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PPP pipeline: 852 projects worth over ₹17 lakh crore

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: PPP pipeline: 852 projects worth over ₹17 lakh crore (GS3 · Infrastructure, 6 January 2026)
Asked by UPSCPrelims 20191 PYQ

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What happened

  • DEA created a three-year PPP project pipeline of 852 projects across central infrastructure ministries and States/UTs, costing over ₹17 lakh crore [PIB].

Background

  • It follows a Union Budget 2025-26 announcement and is on pppinindia.gov.in [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Investors want visibility before they commit. A published pipeline is how you get it.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2026-01-06): DEA created a three-year PPP project pipeline of 852 projects across central infrastructure ministries and States/UTs, costing over ₹17 lakh crore.
  2. Investors want visibility before they commit. A published pipeline is how you get it.
Quotable data point

DEA created a three-year PPP project pipeline of 852 projects across central infrastructure ministries and States/UTs, costing over ₹17 lakh crore.

PIB: PPP project pipeline, 6 Jan 2026

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: none. · Mains: PPP revival.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Number of projects in DEA's PPP pipeline

Answer (c) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerInfrastructure in India: Importance, Financing, PPP Models, National Infrastructure Pipeline and PM Gati Shakti (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: PPP project pipeline, 6 Jan 2026

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