MoSPI Flash Report: 1,853 Projects Worth Rs 37.56 Lakh Crore

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released its Monthly Flash Report on central sector infrastructure projects for September 2026. Through its PAIMANA platform the Ministry is now tracking 1,853 ongoing projects with a latest cost of Rs 37.56 lakh crore, spread across 17 central Ministries and Departments. Only projects costing Rs 150 crore and above are covered.

How far the money has gone

Spending on these projects has reached Rs 17.73 lakh crore, which works out to about 47.21 per cent of their cost. A large block of work is near the finish line: 654 projects, roughly 35 per cent, have crossed 80 per cent physical progress, while 338 have crossed 80 per cent of their financial target. By size, 780 are mega projects of Rs 1,000 crore and above, and the remaining 1,073 are major projects below that mark.

Which Ministries carry the load

Road Transport and Highways alone accounts for more than half the project count. Housing and Urban Affairs has 49 projects and the Department of Water Resources 35, while 169 projects worth Rs 2.62 lakh crore sit with smaller Ministries ranging from Higher Education and Civil Aviation to Steel, Mines and Sports.

Sectors

Classified by the Department of Economic Affairs harmonised list, Transport and Logistics is the biggest group with 1,320 projects costing Rs 20.07 lakh crore, followed by Energy with 225 projects costing Rs 11.04 lakh crore. Together the two make up 83.4 per cent of the projects being watched. Water and Sanitation, with 50 projects, records the best spending-to-cost ratio at 70.81 per cent, ahead of Transport and Logistics and of Communication, which has 31 telecom projects.

Completed and newly added

Projects commissioned during the month include the Buxar Thermal Power Project of 1,320 MW under the Ministry of Power and Phase-1 of the NMDC Slurry Pipeline under the Ministry of Steel. Another 83 projects were brought onto the PAIMANA platform in September, 57 of them from Railways and 16 from Road Transport and Highways. The next Flash Report, for October 2026, is due on 25 November 2026.