India to launch $32.9 billion in infrastructure projects this year - minister

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to launch 2 trillion rupees ($32.9 billion) worth of infrastructure projects this year, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday, as the government seeks to upgrade the country's creaking roads, railways and ports.

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(Reporting by Aditi Shah; Writing by Tommy Wilkes; editing by Malini Menon)