Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired review meetings with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Department of Telecommunications in New Delhi yesterday to give a fillip to capital expenditure CAPEX and infrastructure progress in the country.

The Finance Minister emphasised that there must be an accelerated phase of infrastructure development and Ministries must continuously make concerted efforts to ensure that project implementation is fast-tracked.

The review meetings were attended by Economic Affairs Secretary, Civil Aviation Secretary, Telecom Secretary, Joint Secretaries Economic Affairs, Joint Secretary and Finance Advisers of Civil Aviation and Telecom amongst others.