Budget 2018 proposals to help boost growth to 8%: Nitin Gadkari

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road and Transport gave his take on Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget and the outlook on the road ahead.

Gadkari said that it is not important to be a popular Budget; it’s important to think in the interest of the poor.

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He further said that Budget proposals to help boost growth to 8 percent, contribution from agriculture sector will be higher.

Talking about infrastructure, he said for National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), money is not a problem. NHAI has a strong credit rating and can easily raise money from market.

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