Time ripe for India to go on two-track growth path: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Sitharaman exhorted the private sector not to miss the opportunity of kickstarting its investments

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said despite the pandemic, India is at a stage where it has to tread on a two-track growth path.

“One is the rail, which is going to have a multi-modal approach and guided by the spirit of PM Gati Shakti where 21st century infrastructure will be built. Understanding the length and breadth of this country, economic corridors are going to be built, logistics hubs are going to be built so that you are going to have inter-connectivity with all of them,” she said.  

The finance minister said the other track involves new opportunities such as start-ups,