Rlys, defence spends lift govt capex 51% in Jan

Centre's capital expenditure in January 2025 witnessed a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase of over 51 per cent led by expenditure for Railways, transfers to states, and capital outlay on defence services, Controller General of Accounts' data showed.

- Ruchika Chitravanshi

Capital expenditure for road ministry in the month of January was down 63 per cent over the corresponding month last year. Overall, the road ministry has achieved 87 per cent of the budgeted capital expenditure for April-January period of FY25, at the same level as FY24.

Railways, the other major driver of capital expenditure in the country, saw an increase of 11 per cent in the spend for January 2025 over January 2024. The Railways ministry has utilised 83 per cent of its budgeted target for April-January FY25 compared to 84 per cent in the corresponding period of FY24.