Infrastructure stocks soar after FM unveils Rs 102 lakh crore of national infrastructure projects

01 Jan 2020 Evaluate

Shares of companies related to infrastructure sector soared after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has unveiled Rs 102 lakh crore of national infrastructure projects, including Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed rail that will be implemented in the next five years.

Larsen & Toubro is currently trading at Rs 1308.75, up by 9.80 points or 0.75% from its previous closing of Rs 1298.95 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs 1310.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs 1318.45 and Rs 1305.90 respectively.

PNC Infratech is currently trading at Rs 193.55, up by 1.90 points or 0.99% from its previous closing of Rs 191.65 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs 192.65 and has touched a high and low of Rs 194.00 and Rs 192.50 respectively.

Ashoka Buildcon is currently trading at Rs 103.35, up by 0.90 points or 0.88% from its previous closing of Rs 102.45 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs 102.40 and has touched a high and low of Rs 104.60 and Rs 102.30 respectively.

In order to achieve the target of making India a $5 trillion economy by 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has unveiled Rs 102 lakh crore of national infrastructure projects, including Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed rail, that will be implemented in the next five years. She also said another Rs 3 lakh crore of projects will be added to this pipeline that includes Jewar Airport and Jal Jeevan Mission. She noted that of the Rs 102 lakh crore projects, Rs 42.7 lakh crore (43 percent) projects are under implementation, Rs 32.7 lakh crore (about 33 percent) worth of projects are at conceptualisation stage and Rs 19.1 lakh crore (about 19 per cent) worth of projects are under development.

The minister has stated that the projects are spread across 22 ministries and 18 states and union territories. Besides, she said the government also intends to launch NIP, National Infrastructure Pipeline, a coordination mechanism consisting of the Centre, states and also the private sector for information dissemination together with monitoring the implementation of this entire framework. She added that these projects are on top of Rs 51 lakh crore spent by the Centre and the states during the last six years.

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