Updated On: 01 January, 2020 06:15 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Sitharaman says spending, in sectors like railways, education and health, will help the country nearly double the size of the GDP to $5 trillion by 2025.

Railway projects will account for R13.68 lakh crore. representation Pic/AFP
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled Rs 102 lakh crore of infrastructure projects, including Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed rail, in the next five years to help achieve the target of $5 trillion (around R356 lakh crore) economy by 2025.
She said another R3 lakh crore of projects will be added to this pipeline that includes Jewar Airport and Jal Jeevan Mission. "I'm happy to say that projects are coming in and in the next couple of weeks, we get additional projects of worth R3 lakh crore... So in all I think we have about R105 lakh crore in total of projects for R100 lakh crore commitment we made," she said.