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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5340
TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026
PAIMANA PORTAL AND MANAGEMENT OF MAJOR
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
5340. SMT. MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:
SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:
SHRI P C MOHAN:
DR. BHOLA SINGH:
SHRI ANOOP PRADHAN VALMIKI:
SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:
SMT. ANITA NAGARSINGH CHOUHAN:
SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:
SHRI NALIN SOREN:
SHRI RAVINDRA SHUKLA ALIAS RAVI KISHAN:
SHRI AVIMANYU SETHI:
SHRI RODMAL NAGAR:
SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:
SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:
SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:
SHRI MUKESHKUMAR CHANDRAKAANT DALAL:
Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:
(a) the current number of ongoing infrastructure projects valued at
Rs. 150 crore and above that are being monitored by the Ministry
particularly in Rajasthan and Jharkhand;
(b) the manner in which introduction of the Project Assessment,
Infrastructure Monitoring and Analytics for Nation-Building
(PAIMANA) web-portal has improved the real-time tracking of delays
and cost overruns in Central Sector Projects;
(c) whether the Government provides specific recommendations to
administrative Ministries when a project exceeds its original
sanctioned cost by more than 20 per cent and if so, the details
thereof;
(d) the details of the mechanism used to coordinate with the Project
Monitoring Group (PMG) to resolve inter-ministerial bottlenecks fordelayed projects particularly in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir;
and
(e) the number of major infrastructure projects in Karnataka that have
experienced delays or cost overruns and the corrective measures
taken?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF
STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF
STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING
AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE [RAO
INDERJIT SINGH]
(a), (b) & (e): The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
(MoSPI) is mandated to monitor the status of Ongoing Central Sector
Infrastructure Projects costing Rs. 150 crore & above, and the same
is being undertaken through a new web monitoring system called
PAIMANA (Project Assessment Infrastructure Monitoring and
Analytics for Nation-Building).
As of January 2026, PAIMANA captured the status of 1,702
nationwide ongoing projects being implemented by 17 Central
Ministries/Departments with original cost of ₹33.71 lakh crore and
cumulative expenditure of ₹20.01 lakh crore. The details of these
projects may be seen in the flash report available at
https://ipm.mospi.gov.in/.
Accordingly, the project-wise details of all ongoing infrastructure
projects and those pertaining to States of Rajasthan, Jharkhand,
Jammu & Kashmir and Karnataka are available in the Flash Report
published by this Ministry on the website
https://ipm.mospi.gov.in/ReportPage.
In line with the principle of “One Data One Entry", the PAIMANA portal
is integrated with Integrated Project Monitoring Portal (IPMP) of
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) via
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) enabled to automatically
fetch data reported by the Central Ministries/ Departments/ Project
Implementing Agencies. The integrated platform, PAIMANA, has
substantially reduced manual entry, with about 64 per cent of
projects pertaining to Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways,
Petroleum & Natural Gas and Coal, being updated automatically.(c) and (d): All stakeholders (Infrastructure Line Ministries/
Departments) are also regularly being apprised of their project
execution and slippages on the basis of data analytics available on
PAIMANA, for any required intervention in managing the project
execution at their end. Further, regular coordination with
stakeholders through monthly review meetings and other
communications contribute to the evidence-based monitoring. In
addition to, the login credentials providing access to the customized
dashboards are already shared with all Line Ministries/ Departments,
thereby giving them direct access to the portal for review of the
project progress.
Other major steps taken by the Government of India to mitigate the
delays and expedite the infrastructure projects include the Periodic
review of projects under PRAGATI meetings through video
conferencing by Hon’ble Prime Minister, and rigorous project
appraisal.
Furthermore, the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) of the Department
for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is an institutional
mechanism set up with the objective of milestone-based monitoring
of projects and for expediting issue resolution and fast-tracking of
approvals/ clearances for projects with an anticipated investment of
Rs. 500 cr. and above through inter-Ministerial/State coordination.
Apart from PRAGATI meetings chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister,
PMG conducts regular review meetings of projects facing
delays/issues at the level of DPIIT, and Cabinet Secretariat. For these
reviews to be effective, PMG has implemented a unique 5-tier
Escalation framework that ensures issues are addressed at the
appropriate level, beginning with the respective Ministry for regular
issues and escalating up to PRAGATI for complex issues. This
approach streamlines the review mechanism, prevents duplication,
and enables higher authorities to focus on critical issues that require
their intervention.
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