Indian Railways has floated a tender for the production of 58 new Vande Bharat trains and aims to deliver 75 trains by August 23 next year. With the tender for 44 Vande Bharat rakes earlier this year and the 58 new rakes 102 Vande Bharat trains are expected to be ready by 2024.

The government has set aside Rs. 200 crore to either refurbish or rebuild old infrastructure in Mumbai’s Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone, which is a Special Economic Zone, while another Rs. 50 crore has been earmarked for creating common facility centres.

A portion of the Uyyakondan Riverfront Development Project constituting one of the three parks along the canal’s banks has been thrown open to the public. According to plans drawn up under Smart Cities Mission, four parks, including an amphitheatre, are to be established at a cost of Rs. 17.56 crore.

The government has sanctioned around 60,000 houses to be constructed by public, private agencies and organizations under the Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs). These are in addition to around 4,000 affordable rental houses that have come up in various cities and nearly 7,000 that are under construction.

GMR Group is currently investing Rs. 20,000 crore to expand the existing airports and developing new ones.

The new National Automobile Scrappage Policy would attract investments worth Rs. 10,000 crore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at an investors' summit held virtually by the Gujarat government, that was held in Gandhinagar, adding that the government aims to remove unfit and polluting vehicles in a scientific manner through the policy.

The Punjab government has undertaken a slew of major infrastructure development projects worth Rs. 11,493.89 crore in Ludhiana District with an aim to transform the industrial hub of the state into a smart and ultra-modern city, including a 24x7 surface water supply project being executed at a cost of Rs. 3,383.89 crore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled plans to launch a Rs. 100 trillion integrated infrastructure scheme. The PM Gati Shakti scheme is aimed at breaking the silos between road, rail, air and waterways, improving industrial productivity, making manufacturing globally competitive, facilitating future economic zones and creating employment.

The government e-market (GeM) will expand its operations into government projects this year with a market worth of Rs .10 trillion by developing end-to-end contactless and paperless systems, to bring standardisation and transparency in government bidding process, starting with the panchayat and urban local body levels.