Today’s “Word of the Day” is “brownfield“ and it is an adjective/noun meaning “relating to an existing urban facility/property/site/land/infrastructure, but that is underutilized, contaminated and abandoned”.
Example Sentence: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the government’s ₹6,00,000 crore ‘National Monetisation Pipeline’ (MNP) project on Monday. Under the ambitious NMP, the government has identified 13 sectors — including airports, railways, roads, shipping, gas pipeline among others – which will be privatised as the government aims to monetise its brownfield infrastructure assets.
This word is present in The Hindu article National Monetisation Pipeline | Here’s the breakup of the govt’s big privatisation push and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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