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At the meeting, higher targets were set for investments in ports and aviation sectors, power generation, coal production and railway freight carriage for the current financial year. For the Ports sector, a target of Rs 35,000 crore investment was set for 2012-13, up from Rs 16,585 crore last fiscal. A target of Rs 8,798 crore was set for aviation sector through PPP mode for 2012-13, an increase from Rs 4,877 crore last fiscal.
It was decided that two new aviation hubs would be created to make India a major transit point. "We must work to create an atmosphere which is conducive to investment and to removing any bottlenecks to growth. We, as a government, are committed to taking the necessary measures to reverse the present situation and revive India`s growth story," Singh told the meeting attended by Ministers of Power, Roads, Shipping, Civil Aviation and Coal.
Railway Minister Mukul Roy did not attend the meeting. Underlining the pressing need for action, the Prime Minister said, after achieving high growth rate in past eight years, "we are now running into more turbulent weather". His comments assume significance as a number of reform programmes like FDI in multi-brand retail and aviation and pension sector liberalisation are stuck because of opposition from UPA constituents like Trinamool Congress.
