Modi Approves $14 Billion for India’s Rural Road Network
- Program aims to improve road connectivity in India’s villages
- Funding boost could lift Modi in state, national elections
A truck driver cleans the windscreen of a truck as it sits in a parking bay area of a highway service station, known locally as a highway dabba, on the side of national highway 8 (NH8) in Haryana, India.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning to spend an additional 900 billion rupees ($14 billion) to provide road connectivity in India’s remote villages by March 2020, officials with knowledge of the plan said.
About 1.4 trillion rupees has already been spent under the program. The cost will be shared in the ratio of 60:40 by the federal and state governments, the officials said, asking not to be identified citing rules.