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INFRASTRUCTURE

Transforming India’s Infrastructure

While various policy levers and conditions are driving the unprecedented economic boom in the
lives of over 1.4 Bn people, in India, the significant growth in infrastructure and its quality in recent
times, have been a key propeller in the development of the country. Karan Sethi, Vice President,
Invest India, relooks at India’s growth scenario

t a time when India is In the last ten years, India invested through sector specific programs,
celebrating its 79th year over USD 1.2 Trn in building adopted technology/digital
of independence, it is also infrastructure and continued this platforms, and created financing
uniquely positioned at momentum by allocating USD mechanisms to energise the
A the threshold of greater 130 Bn (3.4% of GDP) in its latest industry’s execution capacity.
economic rise. This year, the budget, marking a five-fold increase
country is expected to become from ten years ago. This has Creating Infrastructure
the fourth largest economy resulted in the creation of world-
in the world, underscoring a class infrastructure assets aimed at for New India
remarkable and rapid rise from bringing down the cost of logistics, Through the National
the tenth position merely ten improving the ease of doing Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) set
years ago. During this period, business and augmenting the quality forth in motion India’s target to
the Indian juggernaut trebled in of life of its people. This also bears invest over USD 1.4 Trn (2020-
size (nominal GDP) and was the nexus to the multiplier effect (2.5 to 2025) in infrastructure development
fastest growing large economy 3.5 times in GDP) that investment spanning the length and breadth of
in 2024-25 at 6.5%. The country in the sector has on manufacturing, the country. The NIP paved the way
is expected to continue this services, and employment, serving for sub-sector blueprints focused
trajectory of economic ascent and as a catalyst for growth. to take infrastructure growth to
become the world’s third largest Apart from increasing its capital the bottom of the pyramid and
by 2030, doubling its nominal expenditure, the government has positively impact every business and
GDP. developed robust project pipelines individual in the country.

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