At the macro-level, the Eleventh Five Year Plan envisages stepping up of the gross capital formation in infrastructure from 5 per cent in 2006–07 to 9 per cent of GDP. It envisaged an investment requirement of over $ 500 billion (Rs.20,11,521 crore).
In the midst of prolonged sluggishness within the advanced economies, the expanding middle-class population has strengthened and enriched the diversity of base demand of goods and services in the domestic market, thereby steadfastly supporting the economic expansion.