Government has invested Rs4.85 lakh crore in big infrastructure projects, costing over Rs150 crore, as of June 1 in the current fiscal. In 2014-15, the total investment in such projects was to the tune of Rs5.44 lakh crore; Rs5.02 lakh crore in 2013-14 and Rs4.48 lakh crore in 2012-13, Minister of State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh said in the lok Sabha on Friday.
“Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation monitors ongoing central sector infrastructure projects costing Rs150 crore and above on time and cost overruns on the basis of information furnished by the project implementing agencies,” he said.