India’s newly launched PAIMANA platform has rapidly scaled up, tracking nearly 2,000 projects across multiple sectors, with enhanced dashboards and unified data modules to strengthen transparency and accelerate decision-making in the country’s infrastructure development.
India’s PAIMANA platform is emerging as a central tool for tracking the state of the country’s infrastructure build-out, with different updates showing a sharp rise in the number and value of projects under review. According to material from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and industry reports, the system was first rolled out in September 2025 to replace the older OCMS-2006 platform and now serves as the government’s main repository for monitoring major Central Sector projects.
The latest figures in the supplied reporting show the scale of the system has grown quickly. One update put the tally at 1,702 projects across 17 ministries in January 2026, while later figures cited in March and April placed the total at 1,941 and 1,981 projects respectively, with revised costs ranging from ₹41.50 lakh crore to ₹42.78 lakh crore. Another June update said PAIMANA was tracking 1,847 ongoing projects across 17 ministries, with spending at ₹21.97 lakh crore, or 54.18% of the revised total. The variation appears to reflect successive reporting dates rather than a contradiction in the platform itself.
A major addition came on 16 April 2026, when MoSPI launched a performance monitoring dashboard under the PAIMANA umbrella. Built with input from the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and aligned with the Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure issued by the Department of Economic Affairs, the dashboard broadens oversight beyond simple output tracking. It covers six sub-sectors, including power, civil aviation, telecommunications, railways, roads and ports, shipping and waterways, and uses 165 indicators after 54 additions to assess access, quality, fiscal cost, utilisation and affordability.
The government has also been working to unify project data across departments. On 8 July 2026, MoSPI introduced PAIMANA-CRIP, a module designed to bring together project-related information across ministries and replace the DPIIT’s Integrated Project Monitoring Portal. That, according to the supplied reports, is intended to feed review mechanisms such as PRAGATI and PMG from a single, continuously updated database. The broader aim is clear: to improve transparency, tighten monthly review processes and support faster decisions as India pursues its infrastructure ambitions.
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