The Union Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics And Information Technology, has recently informed the Lower House that as on 1st April 2021, 484 railway projects totaling 51,165 kms are in various phases of planning, sanctioning, and execution. The estimated cost of these projects is INR 7.53 lakh crore. So far around 10,638 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approximately INR 2.14 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2021. These include:- 1) 187 New line projects of 21,037 Km length, costing INR 4,05,916 crore; 2) 46 Gauge Conversion projects of 6,213 Km length, costing INR 53,171 crore; and 3) 251 Doubling projects of 23,915 Km length, costing INR 2,93,471 crore.