Transport, housing and infrastructure
Railways, roads, ports, civil aviation, telecommunications, housing and urban development.
₹6,79,917 crore
spent in 2025–26, 13.7% of all union government spending that year. Revised estimate, not yet final.
Every year on record
| Year | Amount | Share of union spending | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | ₹6,79,917 crore | 13.69% | Revised estimate |
| 2024–25 | ₹7,58,721 crore | 16.31% | Actuals |
| 2023–24 | ₹7,03,735 crore | 15.84% | Actuals |
| 2022–23 | ₹6,01,287 crore | 14.34% | Actuals |
| 2021–22 | ₹4,90,343 crore | 12.92% | Actuals |
| 2020–21 | ₹3,14,786 crore | 8.97% | Actuals |
What is inside it
8 budget lines make up this category. A group carries no figure of its own anywhere in this dataset: the total above is the sum of these, and each of them cites the document it was read from.
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways National highways: building, widening and maintaining them, mostly through the NHAI. ₹2.87 lakh cr
- Ministry of Railways New railway lines, doubling, track renewal, coaches and locomotives, and the Railway Safety Fund. ₹2.55 lakh cr
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Metro rail projects, urban housing under PMAY-Urban, AMRUT water supply, and the Smart Cities Mission. ₹57,000 cr
- Department of Telecommunications Capital for BSNL and MTNL, telecom pensions, C-DOT research, and rural connectivity through the USO Fund. ₹53,000 cr
- Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Dams and canal irrigation, the Polavaram project, Har Khet Ko Pani, and the Namami Gange river clean-up. ₹18,000 cr
- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Khelo India, the Sports Authority of India, athlete training, and the Nehru Yuva Kendra youth network. ₹3,000 cr
- Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Major ports — Jawaharlal Nehru, Paradip, Deendayal — inland waterways, lighthouses and coastal shipping. ₹3,000 cr
- Ministry of Civil Aviation Airports Authority of India, the UDAN regional connectivity scheme, the DGCA, and Air India's residual debt. ₹2,000 cr
Who spends it
The same money, grouped by the ministry that spent it rather than by what it paid for. Both views cover exactly the same rupees, that they agree is checked at build time, not assumed.
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways ₹2.87 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Railways ₹2.55 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ₹57,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Communications ₹80,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Jal Shakti ₹41,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ₹3,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways ₹3,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Civil Aviation ₹2,000 cr in total
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