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India's Infrastructure Scorecard Just Came Out. The Numbers Are Real — and So Are the Gaps.
A comprehensive PIB infrastructure milestone report published in May 2026 lays out a decade-by-decade comparison of India's transport, housing, energy, and digital infrastructure since 2014 — and the underlying numbers are large enough to merit scrutiny rather than simple celebration. 4,220 99.6% 532.74 GW 1,726 MMTPA Industrial parks mapped on India Industrial Land Bank, covering 6.98 lakh hectares Railway electrification as of March 2026, up from ~20% before 2014 India's in
Thoughts Initiative Team
May 73 min read
India's Capex Machine Has a New Problem: The Gap Between Allocation and Execution Is Widening
Union Budget 2026-27 raised India's public capital expenditure target to ₹12.22 lakh crore — an 11.5% increase over the revised FY26 estimate, and the highest infrastructure allocation in absolute terms in India's history. The question is whether execution can keep up with ambition. ₹12.22 Lakh Cr 32.4% ₹3.09 Lakh Cr ₹150 Lakh Cr Infra capex — Budget 2026-27 Central capex growth Apr–Oct FY26 MoRTH allocation FY27 — 7.9% rise Proposed NIP 2026-32 The headline number and what i
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Apr 213 min read
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