India is spending 1.7% of GDP on road and rail alone, twice the level in most European countries. In terms of capital expenditure, it's spending 11% of all government capital spending on road and train. The idea here is to build new national highways as well as building access controlled expressways. They're also doing stuff in the airport.
America invaded Iraq 20 years ago this week. Today Baghdad is bustling, violence across the country is less frequent, but these gains have come at a horrific cost. India is getting a huge, essential infrastructure upgrade. And we say goodbye to one of our hosts.
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