India's Modi promises to spend over $1 trillion on infrastructure -- once again
CNN
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has renewed a pledge to spend more than $1 trillion on infrastructure to create jobs for hundreds of thousands of young Indians and boost the economy.
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