MoSPI's September 2026 Flash Report Monitors 1,853 Central Sector Infrastructure Projects Worth ₹37.56 Lakh Crore

Key facts

• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) monitors 1,853 ongoing Central Sector infrastructure projects with a total latest cost of ₹37.56 lakh crore as of September 2026, across 17 Central Ministries/Departments.
• Cumulative expenditure on these projects stands at ₹17.73 lakh crore, approximately 47.21% of the total project cost.
• Of the 1,853 projects, 780 are Mega projects (cost ₹1,000 crore and above) and 1,073 are Major projects (below ₹1,000 crore); 654 projects (~35%) have achieved over 80% physical progress and 338 (~18%) have crossed 80% financial completion.
• Transport & Logistics is the largest category with 1,320 projects (71.2%) costing ₹20.07 lakh crore, followed by Energy with 225 projects (12.1%) costing ₹11.04 lakh crore; together they account for 83.4% of monitored projects and about 82.9% of the aggregate revised project cost.
• Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has the highest number of projects at 974 (53% of total) with a revised cost of ₹9.46 lakh crore, followed by Ministry of Railways with 284 projects (15%) costing ₹7.21 lakh crore and Ministry of Coal with 121 projects (6%) costing ₹2.22 lakh crore.
• Notable projects commissioned during September 2026 include the Buxar Thermal Power Project (1,320 MW, ₹13,756.56 crore) of Ministry of Power, commissioned on 12.09.2026, and the NMDC Slurry Pipeline Project Phase-1 (₹5,427 crore) of Ministry of Steel, commissioned on 26.09.2026.
• During September 2026, 83 additional projects were onboarded under PAIMANA monitoring: 57 from Ministry of Railways, 16 from Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, 7 from Ministry of Power, 2 from Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and 1 from Ministry of Coal.
• Water & Sanitation records the highest expenditure-to-cost ratio among HML categories at 70.81%, followed by Transport & Logistics (51.03%) and Communication (48.66%).
• The Flash Report covers Central Sector infrastructure projects of ₹150 crore and above; the October 2026 Flash Report is scheduled for release on 25th November 2026.
• The PAIMANA project monitoring interface has been renamed PAIMANA-PROJ, and the PAIMANA-CRIP (Central Repository of Infrastructure Projects), launched in July 2026, serves as the underlying data repository with nearly 80% of data updated via APIs.