BUSINESS

$5-trillion question: Can Modi hit his economic target?

Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 12/08/2019

» One hundred trillion rupees (US$1.4 trillion) for highways, railways, airports, waterways, crop storage and digital infrastructure; 20 million new houses; 125,000 kilometres of roads; a reduction in fuel imports by 5-6 trillion rupees as solar power and e-vehicles take hold … the Indian government has a very ambitious to-do list.