The Current state and Performance of various Infrastructure in India are as follows:
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- Roadways
- Road transport is the most dominant mode of transportation in terms of traffic share in infrastructure sector
- Highway construction in India increased at a CAGR of 21.44 between FY16-FY19
- The Government of India aims to construct 65,000 km of national highways at a cost of Rs. 5.35 lakh crore (US$ 741.51 billion) by 2022.
- Roadways
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- Railways
- Indian Railways is the 3rd largest network in the world under single management with over 68,000 route kms.
- The Government of India is making large investments in modernization and upgradation of railway stations.
- Railways
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- Telecommunications
- Telecommunication sector is also booming in India. Total telephone connections grew by 18.8% from 996.1 Mn in 2014-15 to 1,183.4 Mn in 2018-19 (Source: Economic Survey 2019-20).
- As of 2019, the wireless telephone and landline telephone constitutes 98.27% and 1.73% of all total connections, respectively.
- Telecommunications
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- Power
- Power sector is an important component of infrastructure sector. Growing population with industrialization has increased the demand of electricity.
- As in 2020, total thermal installed capacity in the country stood at 374.20 GW, while renewable, hydro and nuclear energy installed capacity totalled 90.39 GW, 45.69 GW and 6.78 GW, respectively
- Power
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- Growth of Infrastructure related activities
- National highway construction recorded the highest increase of 15% in line with government’s increased focus on improving logistics
- In 2020, NHAI accomplished the highest ever highway construction of 3,979 km of national highways in FY20
- Electricity production in India reached 1,252.61 BU in FY20.
- Growth of Infrastructure related activities
- Growth Drivers for Infrastructure in India
- Investments made in Indian Infrastructure
