NEWS: Since its launch in September 2025, PAIMANA has brought 1,847 Central Sector projects worth ₹40.54 lakh crore under automated monitoring across 17 Ministries.

ABOUT

• Project Assessment, Infrastructure Monitoring and Analytics for Nation-Building.
• Ministry: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
• Purpose: Monitoring Central Sector infrastructure projects costing ₹150 crore or more.
• Launched: 2025; replaced OCMS (2006).
• Data Principle: “One Data, One Entry” through secure APIs.
• Dashboard: Tracks 165 indicators on growth, targets and capacity utilisation.
• Coverage: Power, Civil Aviation, Telecommunications, Railways, Roads, and Ports/Shipping/Waterways.
• PAIMANA-CRIP: Launched in July 2026; replaced DPIIT’s IPMP and feeds data into PRAGATI and Project Monitoring Group.

SIGNIFICANCE

• Enables real-time cost and project monitoring.
• Reduces data duplication and reconciliation delays.
• Helps identify land/Right-of-Way and environmental clearance bottlenecks.
• Projects costing ₹500 crore+ can be escalated for Cabinet-level review through PRAGATI/PMG.