Chennai: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has cited previous Independence Day announcements on infrastructure plan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a swipe at the government.
He said ‘be happy’ that the size of the plan is growing faster every year than the GDP. Chidambaram said that on 15 August, 2019, Modi announced his decision to invest Rs 100 lakh crore for modern infrastructure.
“On August 15, 2020 PM Modi said the ‘National Infrastructure Pipeline Project will play an important role. A sum of Rs 100 lakh crore will be spent on this project’,” he said.
On 15 August, 2021, PM Modi announced the launch, in the near future, of a Rs 100 lakh crore Gati Shakti infrastructure plan, he added.
Modi on Sunday announced an ambitious Rs 100 lakh crore holistic infrastructure development programme ‘Gatishakti’, which is aimed at boosting employment opportunities and productivity of industries.