Big-ticket infra projects surge ahead with Rs 19.26 lakh crore booster shot: MOSPI
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is currently monitoring as many as 1,775 ongoing big-ticket infrastructure projects, with a total revised cost of Rs 37.11 lakh crore, across 17 Central Ministries, with the cumulative expenditure incurred on these projects stands at Rs 19.26 lakh crore, accounting for approximately 51.91 per cent of the revised project cost, indicating steady progress in their implementation, an official statement issued on Tuesday said.
As many as 675 of these projects, comprising 38 per cent of the total, are at advanced stages of implementation, achieving over 80 per cent physical progress, while 305 or 17 per cent have crossed 80 per cent financial completion. The data also reflects a balanced pipeline, with projects distributed across early and advanced stages of implementation, MOSPI’s flash report as of July 2026 states.
Transport & logistics remains the dominant sector, accounting for 53 per cent of total revised project cost of Rs 19.81 lakh crore across 1,246 projects (70 per cent of the total projects), underscoring the central role of roads & highways, railways, aviation, urban public transport, shipping, and inland waterways in economic integration and logistics efficiency.
The energy sector follows with 29 per cent of aggregated revised cost (Rs 10.66 lakh crore) across 205 projects, reflecting sustained emphasis on oil & gas infrastructure, electricity generation, transmission and distribution networks, and energy storage systems.
Communications infrastructure, with a project cost of Rs 1.34 lakh crore (4 per cent) across 31 projects, represents targeted interventions aimed at strengthening digital connectivity.
Water & sanitation projects account for Rs 2.05 lakh crore (5 per cent) across 53 projects, highlighting continued focus on essential urban services.
Social & commercial infrastructure, comprising 91 projects with a revised project cost of ₹0.99 lakh crore (3 per cent), reflects selective investments in education, healthcare, real estate, and tourism, hospitality, and wellness.
Projects classified under ‘Others’, amounting to Rs 2.26 lakh crore (6 per cent) across 149 projects, indicate diversification across sectors such as coal, steel, metals, and mining, the statement said.
Physical and financial progress broadly move in tandem, with a large number of projects clustered at the initial (0–20 per cent) and advanced (81–100 per cent) stages, indicating a pipeline of newly started projects alongside many nearing completion, the flash report added.
–IANS
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