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Highways sector can help nation achieve $5 trillion economy: Nitin Gadkari

The Road Transport and Highways Minister was addressing the media after the signing of an MoU between NHAI and NIIF

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Nitin Gadkari | Photo: Sanjay K Sharma

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Innovative funding modules are on the anvil for the ambitious Rs 7.5 trillion highway building programme as the sector can help achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of making India a $5 trillion economy, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday.
 
The Road Transport and Highways Minister was addressing the media after the signing of an MoU between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to tap innovative methods of financing, including overseas pension funds.
 
The NIIF and European highway concession manager Roadis in April had announced the creation of

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