Govt focuses on robust infrastructure and labour-intensive sectors to boost job creation, says FM...

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stressed that the government is giving a major push to build robust infrastructure in the country with the emphasis on labour-intensive sectors to generate employment and facilitate growth. Replying to a debate on the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha this evening, Ms Sitharaman said, in this year’s budget, provision of more than 12 lakh crore rupees have been made for the public capital expenditure which is 3.1 percent of GDP and 11.5 percent higher than t...