Lok Sabha Question No. 1355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Infrastructure Development
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: P. Velusamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1355

TO BE ANSWERED ON: Monday, December 6, 2021/Agrahayana 15, 1943 (Saka)

## INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

## QUESTION

## 1355. SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is having any proposal to initiate infrastructure development to boost  the  economy  after  the  devastating  effect  of  Covid  pandemic  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;

(b) the date of implementation of Gati Shakti infrastructure plan to take off and the sectors which will be benefitted out of the scheme;

(c) the source of funding and the method of disbursement equitably to all the segments;

(d) the number of projects that will be benefited under the National Infrastructure Pipeline scheme and the number of sub-sectors to be benefitted;

(e)  whether there is  any  provision  for  MSME  sector  which  is  the  second  largest  employer after Railways; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (f) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1355 RAISED BY SHRI VELUSAMY P.: HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR REPLY ON 06 TH DECEMBER, 2021 REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

- (a) To initiate infrastructure development to boost the economy after Covid pandemic, Union Budget 2021-22 has provided a capital outlay of Rs. 5.54 lakh crore, an increase of 34.5% over Budget Estimate of FY 2020-21. Government has also made provision of more than Rs. 2 lakh crore for States  & Autonomous Bodies towards their Capital Expenditure. National Monetization Pipeline was also prepared to unlock the value of investments  in public sector assets by tapping private capital and efficiencies for delivering infrastructure services. These proceeds  are  envisaged  to  augment  existing/  create  Greenfield  infrastructure.  Additionally, Central Ministries/Departments have been suggested to expedite infrastructure investment by front-loading capital expenditure.
- (b) CCEA in its meetings held on 21.10.2021 approved the proposal for development of 'PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP)' for providing multimodal connectivity infrastructure to various Economic Zones. It aims to depict various economic zones and the infrastructure linkages  to  holistically  integrate  all  the  multimodal  connectivity  projects,  remove  missing gaps  for  seamless  movement  of  people,  goods  &  services,  minimize  disruptions,  improve logistics efficiency. The sectors intended to be included in PM GatiShakti NMP are Transport & Logistics - Roads, Rail, DFC, Airports, Inland Waterways, Ports, Logistics infrastructure, Bulk material transportation, Urban Public Transport; Energy - Electricity Transmission with specific  reference  to  evacuation  of  renewable  energy  projects,  National      Gas  Grid; Communication  -  OFC  network,  Telecommunication  Towers;  Commercial  infrastructure  Common infrastructure for industrial parks with industrial activities like, Food parks/Textile parks, SEZs, Electronics Manufacturing Clusters, Fishing Clusters/Harbours, Defence Corridors/Industrial Corridors, Pharma & Medical Device  Clusters.
- (c)  There  is  no  financial  implication  for  multimodal  connectivity  infrastructure  to  the economic zones under the PM GatiShakti NMP as the concerned line Ministries/Departments will seek funding of their respective infrastructure projects serving the economic zones as per procedures laid under their respective schemes/programmes.
- (d)  to  (f):  National  Infrastructure  Pipeline  (NIP)  was  launched  with  projected  infrastructure investment  of  around  Rs.  111  lakh  crore  during  FY  2020-2025  to  provide  world-class infrastructure  across  the  country,  and  improve  the  quality  of  life  for  all  citizens.    NIP  was launched  with  6,835  projects,  which  has  expanded  to  over  9,000  projects  covering  34  subsectors. NIP is a first-of-its-kind, whole-of-government exercise and covers all infrastructure subsectors, including  MSMEs working in infrastructure sector, as  mentioned  in Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure Sub-sectors notified by DEA.

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