New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Highlighting the vitality of construction industry for Indian economy, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas, said that the construction industry is among the fastest growing industries in India. It is the second-largest employer in the country and has forward and backward linkages across 250 sectors of the economy. It is estimated that India will have the third-largest construction market globally by 2025, he said.

The Minister was addressing at the inauguration of National Workshop on "Recent Development with recycling and use of C&D waste in construction sector" here today. Ms. May-Elin Stener, Norwegian Ambassador to India; Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Housing and Urban A...