WORLD BANK RANKS INDIA AMONG THE TOP FIVE COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE AMONG LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES

India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Infrastructure continues to be central to India's growth strategy, with public capital expenditure following a sustained upward trajectory since FY15, and a defining feature of this transition has been the institutionalization of multimodal planning through PM GatiShakti, complemented by the National Logistics Policy and digital platforms that are reducing transaction costs and execution risks, said the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in the Parliament today by Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN PUBLIC CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

A major element of this shift has been the substantial increase in public capital expenditur...