New Delhi: Several infrastructure projects worth above Rs 150 crore each registered a cumulative cost overrun of Rs 5.52 lakh crore, according to a monthly government report for January 2026.
The latest ‘Flash Report on Central Sector Infrastructure Projects’ showed that the revised cost of all 1,702 projects, each valued at Rs 150 crore or higher, monitored by the statistics ministry stood at Rs 39,24,534 crore compared to their original cost of Rs 33,71,816 crore.
The report did not specify the actual number of projects that are facing cost overrun.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) stated in a press release on Wednesday that as of January this year, 1,702 ongoing infrastructure projects, with a revised cost of Rs 39.25 lakh crore, are reported on the PAIMANA portal across 17 central ministries/departments.
During the month, three projects were commissioned and 203 additional projects were brought under the monitoring of PAIMANA.
