According to information provided to the Parliament by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, as of June, 721 (46%) of the 1,568 central sector infrastructure projects under government supervision were behind schedule.

The top three industries with the greatest number of postponed projects are the Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Railways, and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, respectively, with 91 (65%) out of 139, 127 (60%) out of 211, and 301 (36%) out of 843 projects postponed.

Based on the data submitted on the online computerised monitoring system (OCMS) by the project implementing agencies, the Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) of MoSPI is tasked with monitoring central sector infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 crore and above.