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by sirwanqutbi 4806 days ago
no mention of india spending $1 trillion on infrastructure over 2013 - 2018.
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mb_72 4806 days ago
Spending money and seeing the results of spending the money are two different things entirely.
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sirwanqutbi 4806 days ago
spending $1 trillion by 2018 is alot of money.. Dont you think articles like these are a precursor for the year 2018 ?

why are we hearing about indian sanitation and infrastructure NOW ?!

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OGinparadise 4806 days ago
Even if true, 20%-30% of that is probably taken as a winners fee by the politicians. So the contractors have to buy substandard materials and labor, causing this "infrastructure" to last a decade or two, at best.
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sirwanqutbi 4805 days ago
India is electing a new government in 2014. Giving the $1 trillion expenditure a better chance of curbing said problem.

Most of the contractors will be foreign. e.g. The North-South Rail Corridor being built by Japan's International Cooperation Agency

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