The effort is towards boosting the rural road connectivity, Sitanshu Kar, Director General, PIB said in his tweet.
Terming the connectivity as the lifeblood of the economy, Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of steps to scale up India's infrastructure programmes including augmenting 1,25,000 km of rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana at a cost of Rs 80,250 crore and creating a national highways grid.
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday gave its approval for continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) beyond the 12th five-year plan period.
"It will help in connecting 38,412 habitations at an estimated cost of Rs 84,934 crore," an official twitter handle of the government said. In this, the central government will share Rs 54,900 crore and the states' share is Rs 30,034 crore.
The effort is towards boosting the rural road connectivity, Sitanshu Kar, Director General, PIB said in his tweet.
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