State second in Centre-funded infra expenditure
Gandhinagar: A Union govt report on central infrastructure projects exceeding Rs 150 crore for May states that Gujarat is second, behind Andhra Pradesh, among all states and Union territories for cumulative expenditure on ongoing projects.
The '475th Flash Report on Central Sector Infrastructure Projects (Rs 150 crore & above)' for May 2025, stated that the cumulative expenditure by the Union govt in Andhra Pradesh is Rs 96,957.04 crore, followed by Gujarat, where the cumulative expenditure in infrastructure projects is Rs 86,950.93 crore.
A total of 1,637 centrally-funded infrastructure projects are ongoing in the country, of which 90 are in Gujarat, the report says.
It states that the original cost of these infrastructure projects in Gujarat was Rs 1.67 lakh crore, the revised cost was Rs 1.73 lakh crore, and the anticipated cost is Rs 1.74 lakh crore.
The report stated that out of a total of 40 central govt-funded infrastructure projects completed in May 2025, four were in Gujarat, with three in the roads sector and one in the railways sector. These include the Mehsana-Palanpur doubling project of the railways, a section of the expressway project at Vadodara, four-laning of the Bhavnagar-Talala section of NH-8E, and four-laning of the Una-Kodinar section of NH-8E.
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According to the report, among the 15 new centrally-funded infrastructure projects added in May this year, one was in Gujarat — a 50MW wind power project, approved in July 2022 with an estimated cost of Rs 383.84 crore. It was expected to be commissioned by June this year, but the anticipated commissioning date has now been revised to Jan 2026, the report says.
According to the report, a total of eight centrally-funded infrastructure projects were 'frozen' or deleted in May, of which none were in Gujarat.
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