Expenditure on 438 infra projects increased by Rs 4.3 lakh crore
New Delhi: Infrastructure projects costing Rs. 150 crore or more. The cost of 3 projects is Rs. 4.5 lakh crore. This has been countered in a report. Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation Rs. Monitors infrastructure projects costing Rs 150 crore or more. The ministry said in a September 2021 report that the cost of six of the 120 such projects had gone up while four were running late. The report says that the basic cost of implementation of these 150 projects is Rs. 31,3,09.11 crore which has increased to Rs. It is estimated to have reached Rs 4,2,502.50 crore. Thus, the total cost of this project is 12.5% or Rs. 4,50,8.5 crore has been increased. According to the report, Rs. 13,8,612.50 crore, which is 2.31 per cent of the total estimated expenditure. However, the ministry said that if the current deadline for completion of the projects is to be ascertained, the number of delayed projects has come down to 20. According to the report, out of 8 delayed projects, 100 pr...