The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has launched PAIMANA, a web based portal to monitor Central Sector infrastructure projects with a project cost of Rs1.5 billion (bn) and above, replacing OCMS 2006. The portal has been integrated with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Integrated Project Monitoring Portal through application programming interfaces, reducing manual data entry with about 60 per cent of projects updated automatically. PAIMANA serves as a central repository with analytics, role based access and review modules. As of January 2026, 1,702 ongoing projects have been onboarded with a revised cost of Rs39.25 trillion (tn) and cumulative expenditure of Rs20.02 tn, representing 51.01 per cent of the revised cost. The portfolio includes 695 Mega projects with a revised cost of Rs29 tn and 1,007 Major projects amounting to Rs4.72 tn. The Transport and Logistics sector leads with 1,180 projects and a revised estimate of Rs20.65 tn. Project progress shows 645 projects, or 38 per cent, have achieved over 80 per cent physical progress, while 240 projects, or 14 per cent, have crossed 80 per cent financial completion, indicating many projects are near completion alongside newly started works. Physical and financial progress broadly move in tandem with clusters at zero to 20 per cent and 81 to 100 per cent stages, with physical progress higher in the most advanced band. During January three projects were commissioned, including a Patratu Sonnagar railway line of Rs89.75 bn and a Khavda transmission scheme of Rs28.21 bn. In January 203 additional projects were brought under monitoring, most from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and notable additions include major power and urban transport projects such as Nabinagar Super Thermal of Rs299.48 bn, a large transmission project of Rs250 bn, and metro projects of Rs120.15 bn, Rs58.01 bn and Rs54.53 bn. A data sanitisation exercise of the Integrated Project Monitoring Portal database is underway. The portal is expected to strengthen standardised monitoring and decision making.