The Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that revenue receipts in India are likely to touch Rs 28-30 lakh crore in the next two years, on the back of demonetization and GST regime coupled with steps to strengthen infrastructure. He pointed out that when the NDA government took over in 2014, the revenue receipts read Rs 13 lakh crore, which could scale up to Rs 20 lakh crore during the three years of the present regime. He also said that two digit GDP growth is attainable on creating world-class infrastructure.
For achieving double digit growth and wipe out poverty, the minister has said that they will have to augment their infrastructure in an integrated manner. He also said that they are focusing on developing a network of waterways, railways and highways. Adding further, he said that his ministry was taking the length of National Highways to 2 lakh km soon and is committed to achieve a target of building 40 km of roads a day from the present 23 km. He noted that thirteen expressways are on the anvil and work has been initiated on five of them with a target of completing the Rs 12,000 crore Eastern Peripheral Expressway by August 15, 2017.
The minister further said that the government is planning to bring down logistics costs drastically to boost exports and create huge employment. In addition, he said that the government is also working to formulate a uniform policy for the development of MMLP. He said that the government has identified sites for the proposed 35 logistics parks to be set up on railways, highways, inland waterways and airports transportation grid.
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