The Union Budget 2017 is expected to give an impetus to infrastructure sector in order to boost industrial growth amid global slowdown and lower corporate spending at home. A Business Standard report said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley might announce a third straight year of record capital spending, which could be 12-14% higher than the 2016-17 Budget Estimates of Rs 2.47 lakh crore.

That would put the 2017-18 capital expenditure at nearly Rs 2.8 lakh crore. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL REPORT From more avenues to fund stuck projects, tax holidays to discount in lending rates, below ...