New Delhi - India will invest over 9 trillion rupees ($140 billion) to boost the country's economy, Hindustan Times reported.

The government said the amount includes 2.11 trillion rupees in banks over the next two years and another 7 trillion rupees on 83,677 kilometers of roads and highways over the next five years.

It is New Delhi's biggest move to spur India's economy, which is growing at its slowest pace in three years.