Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said, India offers golden opportunities for global investors in sectors such as infrastructure, transport, agriculture and food processing. <br/><br/>He was addressing the World Food India 2017 conference on the 'Opportunities in Infrastructure Technology & Equipment' in New Delhi yesterday. Mr Gadkari said, country is going to offer a world class infrastructure in highways in two years. <br/><br/>He said, waterways and agriculture are also undergoing massive reforms that include 325 irrigation projects and massive river-interlinking programme.<br/><br/>The minister said, of the 32 logistic parks, 24 have already been identified on National Corridors to be built at a cost of 2 lakh crore rupees. He said, these parks will cater to key production and consumption centres accounting for 45 per cent of India's road freight.<br/><br/>Mr Gadkari said, government's another major initiative Sagarmala for port-led economic development of the country will see reduction of about 40,000 crore rupees logistic cost in the country. He said, Sagarmala will see development of 14 coastal economic zones besides development of two mega food processing parks.
News On AIR | November 5, 2017 8:19 AM
India offers golden opportunities for global investors: Nitin Gadkari