The Centre is actively monitoring 1,987 ongoing infrastructure projects with a total revised cost of ₹42.50 lakh crore across 17 Central Ministries and Departments, according to data released on Thursday, 25 June by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). The figures, current as of May 2025, reflect the scale of India's infrastructure build-out under the national capital expenditure push.

Scale and Sectoral Breakdown

The transport and logistics sector dominates the pipeline, accounting for 1,476 projects — the highest across all sectors — with revised estimates of ₹23.50 lakh crore. This underscores the government's emphasis on connectivity-driven growth as the backbone of infrastructure expansion.

Within the overall portfolio, 813 mega projects — each with a cost of ₹1,000 crore and above — carry an original cost of ₹31.58 lakh crore. The remaining 1,174 major projects, with costs between ₹150 crore and ₹1,000 crore, amount to ₹5.52 lakh crore.

Implementation Progress

Cumulative expenditure on these projects stands at ₹21.82 lakh crore, representing approximately 51.34 per cent of the total revised project cost — indicating that roughly half the committed outlay has already been deployed. 817 projects, or 41 per cent of the total, have achieved over 80 per cent physical progress, while 280 projects (14 per cent) have crossed the 80 per cent financial completion mark.

According to MoSPI, a large cluster of projects sits at both the initial (0–20 per cent) and advanced (81–100 per cent) stages, pointing to a pipeline that simultaneously has newly-launched projects and many nearing delivery. 'While physical progress exceeds financial progress in the 81–100 per cent range, financial progress is relatively higher in the early stages, reflecting upfront expenditure patterns in project implementation,' the ministry noted.

Ministry-wise Leaders

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways leads all ministries with 1,149 projects and a revised cost of ₹10.95 lakh crore — a 26 per cent share of the total. The Ministry of Railways follows with 261 projects worth ₹8.79 lakh crore (21 per cent).

The Ministry of Power is implementing 101 projects at a revised cost of ₹5.77 lakh crore, while the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas oversees 109 projects worth ₹5.14 lakh crore. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs accounts for 50 projects (₹3.65 lakh crore), and the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is executing 40 projects worth ₹2.04 lakh crore. The Ministry of Coal is implementing 121 projects with a revised cost of ₹2.23 lakh crore.

Monitoring Mechanism

MoSPI continues to track progress through its PAIMANA platform, which enables real-time tracking, timely reviews, and data-driven decision-making across ministries. The ministry described the data as reflecting 'a balanced pipeline, with projects distributed across early and advanced stages of implementation.' With over half the total outlay already spent and a large share of projects in advanced stages, the government's infrastructure roll-out appears on track — though execution risk on the newer tranche of early-stage projects will be the key variable to watch in coming quarters.