2025 stands as a defining chapter in India’s development journey. Across every dimension of infrastructure: rail, road, aviation, maritime, and digital, this year marked the convergence of India’s development ambitions into tangible reality for hundreds of millions of citizens. From the remotest frontiers to the country’s largest urban hubs, connectivity deepened, distances shrank, and aspirations found steel, concrete and track beneath them.
The government’s capital investment outlay for infrastructure has surged to ₹11.21 lakh crore (approximately $128.64 billion USD) in FY 2025-26, accounting for 3.1% of GDP, while India is projected to add $1 trillion to its GDP every 12-18 months through 2047. Infrastructure has become the multiplier of economic growth, and 2025 is the year that multiplier began yielding visible returns
Mizoram Connected to India’s National Railway Network for the 1st Time
- History was made as Mizoram was finally integrated into India’s national railway network, marking a transformative milestone for the Northeast and a long-standing aspiration of the people of the state. With this achievement, Mizoram joined the railway map of India, with 51-kilometer Bairabi–Sairang railway line, a project constructed at a cost exceeding ₹8,000 crore, connecting Aizawl directly to India’s national railway network for the first time in independent India’s history.
- Emergency services, military logistics, civilian healthcare access, educational and employment opportunities, all materially transformed by a single railway line for Mizoram’s population. Not only this, the first freight movement occurred on September 14, 2025, when 21 cement wagons were dispatched from Assam to Aizawl. Local agricultural produce like bamboo, horticulture, specialty crops can now reach pan-Indian markets without the friction costs of road transport.
Conquering the Most Difficult Terrain: Inauguration of World’s Highest Railway Bridge
- India’s engineering confidence reached new heights with the inauguration of the Chenab Bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge, under the Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link project. This landmark achievement connected the Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country through all-weather rail connectivity, turning a long-cherished national objective into reality.
Inauguration of India’s 1st Vertical-Lift Sea Bridge in Tamil Nadu
- India’s infrastructure story in 2025 also reached the seas. PM Modi inaugurated the New Pamban Bridge in Tamil Nadu.
- The new Pamban Bridge is India’s first vertical lift sea bridge and shares similarities with other globally recognized bridges known for their technological advancements and unique designs. These include the Golden Gate Bridge in the United States, Tower Bridge in London and the Oresund Bridge in Denmark-Sweden.
Launch of India’s 1st Dedicated Container Transhipment Port
- The PM inaugurated the ‘Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport’ worth Rs 8,900 crore. It is the country’s first dedicated container transhipment port, representing the transformative advancements being made in India’s maritime sector as part of the unified vision of Viksit Bharat.
Launch of 1st Vande Metro in Bihar
- Bihar’s first Vande Metro, also known as the Namo Bharat Rapid Rail, was launched to connect Jayanagar to Patna, enhancing regional connectivity.
- The first of its kind, fully air-conditioned and non-reservation train reaches Patna in just five and a half hours, compared to around eight hours via existing trains.
Z-Morh Tunnel: Securing All-Weather Connectivity in Jammu & Kashmir
- In 2025, PM inaugurated the strategic Z-Morh Tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir, a critical infrastructure project that ensures round-the-year connectivity to Sonamarg and strengthens access to the Ladakh region.
- Built to bypass avalanche-prone stretches on the Srinagar–Leh highway, the tunnel dramatically improves civilian mobility, tourism flow and emergency access, while also serving as a vital strategic asset for national security and defence logistics.
Direct Connectivity from Jammu to Srinagar by Rail for the 1st Time
- The high-tech Vande Bharat Express train was inaugurated by PM Modi and has enabled direct connectivity from Jammu to Srinagar by rail for the first time.
Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)
The final section of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor opened to full commercial operations, completing the 82.15-kilometer linkage from Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan to Modipuram in Meerut. The RRTS reimagines metropolitan commuting. These 180 km/h corridors represent India’s vision for regional connectivity moving beyond rigid distinction between urban metro and intercity rail toward spectrum of rapid transit optimized for different distances.
Inauguration of Navi Mumbai International Airport
- India’s aviation capacity took a major leap with the inauguration of Phase One of the Navi Mumbai International Airport. This milestone eased pressure on Mumbai’s existing airport and strengthened India’s readiness for the next wave of passenger and cargo growth.
Huge Year For Naval Infra:
- 2025 was also a landmark year for naval infrastructure. In August 2025, India inducted two stealth frigates, INS Himgiri and INS Udaygiri with over 75% indigenous content. This is the first time that the two major surface combatants from two prestigious Indian Shipyards are being commissioned at the same time.
Launch of Yellow Line services in Bengaluru
- The PM inaugurated the Yellow Line Metro services at the R.V. Road (Ragigudda) Metro Station, connecting Bengaluru’s Central District to the tech hub of Electronics City.
Light Reaches the Last Mile
- In May 2025, 17 remote villages in Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-affected Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district received grid electricity for the first time since independence, benefiting 540 families.
The First Bus Arrives: Mobility Comes to Katejhari, Gadchiroli
- 2025 Katejhari, a naxal affected tribal village in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra gets the bus transport facility for the first time since independence and the village residents celebrate the arrival of the bus.
Connecting the Unconnected: Mobile Network Reaches Kondapalli
- In December 2025, a mobile tower was installed for the first time since independence at Kondapalli village in Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-affected Bijapur district, an area long cut off from the outside world.
160+ Airports Now
- India’s skies have grown busier than ever. India has emerged as the world’s third-largest domestic aviation market. The number of airports increased from 74 in 2014 to 163 in 2025. Meanwhile, as India celebrates hundred years of independence in 2047, the government’s vision is to increase airports to 350-400 by then.
99% Railways Electrification
- Indian Railways is close to completing the electrification of almost its entire broad-gauge network, with more than 99% already electrified and the remaining stretches expected to finish soon. The pace of work in recent years has been extraordinary.
3rd Largest Metro Network
- India’s metro network grew from 248 km (2014) to 1,013 km (2025). India now proudly stands as the world’s third-largest metro network, reflecting its rapid strides in urban transit expansion.
Roads & Highways
- NH network length in the country has increased from 1,32,499 km in March 2019 to 1,46,560 km at present. Length of 4-lane and above NH network has increased by 1.4 times from 31,066 km in 2019 to 43,512 km.
(Courtesy: Press Information Bureau)
