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MoSPI's flash report for July 2026 records 1,775 ongoing central sector infrastructure projects with a total revised cost of Rs 37.11 lakh crore, monitored on the PAIMANA platform across 17 Central Ministries and Departments.
Cumulative expenditure on these projects stands at Rs 19.26 lakh crore, about 51.91 per cent of the revised cost; 675 projects (roughly 38 per cent) have crossed 80 per cent physical progress and 305 (about 17 per cent) have crossed 80 per cent financial completion.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways accounts for the largest share by count with 993 projects (56 per cent) worth Rs 9.62 lakh crore (26 per cent), followed by Railways with 190 projects (11 per cent) worth Rs 6.38 lakh crore (17 per cent).
By sector under the Department of Economic Affairs' Harmonized Master List, Transport and Logistics dominates with 1,246 projects (70 per cent) and Rs 19.81 lakh crore (53 per cent), ahead of Energy at 205 projects and Rs 10.66 lakh crore (29 per cent).
PAIMANA's project monitoring interface has been renamed PAIMANA-PROJ, with PAIMANA-CRIP — the Central Repository of Infrastructure Projects launched in July 2026 — serving as the underlying data layer; nearly 80 per cent of data is updated through APIs.
Monitors ongoing central sector infrastructure projects costing Rs 150 crore and above and publishes the monthly flash report; also the parent of the National Statistical Office.
Maintains the Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure, the classification under which the flash report groups projects into Transport and Logistics, Energy, Communication, Water and Sanitation, and Social and Commercial infrastructure.
Runs the Integrated Project Monitoring Portal with which PAIMANA is integrated through APIs, so that data reported by ministries and implementing agencies flows automatically.
Every monitored project carries two cost figures. The original cost is the sanctioned estimate at approval; the revised cost is the latest approved estimate. A cost overrun is the excess of the revised (or anticipated) cost over the original, expressed as a percentage — which is why the flash report reports both figures for Mega projects, whose original cost was Rs 28.77 lakh crore. A time overrun is the delay of the anticipated commissioning date against the date originally scheduled. The two usually move together, because a delayed project accumulates escalation, interest during construction and idle establishment costs. The report's other axis is progress: physical progress measures how much of the work is built, financial progress how much of the money is spent. The release notes that these move broadly in tandem, with financial progress running ahead in early stages — reflecting upfront expenditure such as land, mobilisation and advances — and physical progress running ahead in the 81-100 per cent band.
Simple Analogy: Building a house, the original cost is the builder's first quote and the revised cost is what the quote became once foundations were dug. Physical progress is how many walls stand; financial progress is how much of the budget has left your account. In the first month the money moves faster than the walls; near the end, the walls move faster than the money.
| Ministry / Department | Projects (number) | Revised cost (Rs lakh crore) |
|---|---|---|
| Road Transport and Highways | 993 (56 per cent) | 9.62 (26 per cent) |
| Railways | 190 (11 per cent) | 6.38 (17 per cent) |
| Coal | 121 (7 per cent) | 2.22 (6 per cent) |
| Petroleum and Natural Gas | 103 | 4.23 |
| Power | 98 | 6.08 |
| Housing and Urban Affairs | 50 | 3.78 |
| Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | 38 | 2.01 |
| All others combined | 182 (10 per cent) | 2.78 (8 per cent) |
Road Transport and Highways holds 56 per cent of the projects but only 26 per cent of the cost, while Railways holds 11 per cent of the projects and 17 per cent of the cost. Highway projects are numerous and individually smaller; railway and power projects are fewer and larger. This gap between count share and value share is exactly the kind of distinction a data question is built on.
PAIMANA sits alongside PRAGATI, the Prime Minister's review platform, and PM GatiShakti, the integrated planning master plan. They are different functions on the same problem: PAIMANA measures, PRAGATI escalates, GatiShakti plans.
The sector classification is not MoSPI's own; it is the Department of Economic Affairs' Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure, the same list that determines what qualifies as infrastructure for financing purposes. Using it keeps monitoring and finance categories consistent.
Nearly 80 per cent of PAIMANA data now updates through APIs from PAIMANA-CRIP and DPIIT's Integrated Project Monitoring Portal, rather than through manual returns — an example of administrative data replacing survey and return-based reporting.
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Project Assessment Infrastructure Monitoring and Analytics for Nation-Building — MoSPI's infrastructure monitoring platform, launched 25 September 2025, replacing OCMS.
Central Repository of Infrastructure Projects, launched by MoSPI in July 2026, the underlying data layer for the monitoring interface PAIMANA-PROJ.
In this monitoring framework, a project costing Rs 1,000 crore and above; a Major project costs between Rs 150 crore and Rs 1,000 crore.
The excess of a project's revised or anticipated cost over its original sanctioned cost.
The Department of Economic Affairs' classification of infrastructure sectors, used to group projects in the flash report.