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Budget 2017 wishlist: Five expectations from infrastructure sector

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley might announce a third straight year of record capital spending

The liberalised norms for foreign investment could be a boon for affordable housing
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The liberalised norms for foreign investment could be a boon for affordable housing

Sandeep Upadhyay New Delhi
The Union Budget 2017 is expected to give an impetus to infrastructure sector in order to boost industrial growth amid global slowdown and lower corporate spending at home. 

A Business Standard report said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley might announce a third straight year of record capital spending, which could be 12-14% higher than the 2016-17 Budget Estimates of Rs 2.47 lakh crore. That would put the 2017-18 capital expenditure at nearly Rs 2.8 lakh crore. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL REPORT

From more avenues to fund stuck projects, tax holidays to discount in lending rates, below are five things