Highway building budget for FY24 to top ₹2.1 lakh crore

Officials told ET that the ministry of roads, transport, and highways will get around 10-15% more than the amount allotted during FY23, for the next budget. The FY23 budget had earmarked ₹1.99 lakh crore as Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for the transport ministry, of this, capital expenditure (capex) stood at ₹1,87,744 crore, while revenue expenditure was ₹11,364 crore.