Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the government which is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken landmark steps in the second term so than India can emerge as a five trillion dollar economy in the next five years.
"I have appointed a high-level task force to identify projects for upgrading infrastructure across the country with an investment of Rs 100 lakh crore. This will include greenfield and brownfield projects costing above Rs 100 crore each," she said.
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