Budget 2021: Seven port projects worth more than Rs. 2,000 crore announced by Finance Minister

01:10:00 PM, Monday 1st of February 2021 | in business

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced seven port projects worth more than Rs. 2,000 crore. The finance minister said the projects would be undertaken through the public-private partnership (PPP) model. She also announced the launching of a deep ocean mission worth Rs. 4,000 crore for the investigation of seabed and biodiversity. FM also allocated Rs. 3,768 crore for the country's first digital census.