Apprising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of a slowdown in key infrastructure sectors, like coal, steel and construction, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said bottlenecks to production in these areas must be removed.
In a recent letter to the Prime Minister, Chidambaram said: "Our assessment is that there has been a slow down in key infrastructure sectors. While there is no evidence of a slow down in investment, bottlenecks to enhanced production need to be addressed and removed."
The shortfall is more pronounced in areas like coal, finished steel, railway revenue freight traffic, fertiliser and natural gas production, construction and strengthening of four-lane national highways, Chidambaram said in the letter.
During April-June this fiscal, coal production stood at 97.57 MT, which is a mere 0.7 per cent growth over