New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday unveiled a bunch of projects that are expected to give a fillip to infrastructure and connectivity in the poll-bound states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala but there was no mega allocation or big-ticket announcements aimed at these high-stakes elections in the Union Budget.

This was in stark contrast to the outlay of over Rs.60,000 crore for various projects aimed at Bihar in the Union Budget last year.

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West Bengal did not find a specific mention in the finance minister's speech but the state is expected to gain from the allocation under Purvodaya, where the development of an integrated East Coast Industrial Co...