Budget 2020: Eyeing toll income of Rs 1 Lk cr/year in 5-years, says Nitin Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari is of the clear view that the government is supporting infrastructure development in the country. He said, “When I had taken charge as minister in 2014, the budget was of Rs 30,000 crore and today it has come to approximately Rs 92,000 crore. It is three times more.”

This indication and this support is very important. At the same time we are raising fund from the capital markets. So we don’t have any fund problem, he said. "We will use this money for land acquisition and other things and we will accelerate the road process. This year we are going to complete our target of 40 kilometre per day,” he added.

“We are now receiving a lot of funds, lot of people - stakeholders from abroad, insurance funds, pension funds, banks – all are ready to invest in NHAI, it has a good credibility in the market," he said in an interview with CNBC-TV18  post the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020.