Bharatiya Janata Party · Lok Sabha General Election 2024
Last updated 8 Jul 2026
“We will expand the railway network to increase capacity for passenger as well as cargo transportation. We have constructed 31,000 km railway tracks in the last ten years. We are now adding 5000+ km of new tracks every year and will continue to add new tracks at this pace for the next few years.”
Network expansion continues at a high pace: in the April-November 2025 period alone over 900 km of new lines were opened and about 7,051 km of track renewal was completed, alongside Dedicated Freight Corridors handling 400+ trains daily, with capital expenditure of about Rs 2.52 lakh crore for railways in 2025-26. The annual pace of new commissioning supports the 5,000+ km/year ambition, though year-to-year figures vary. The pledge is being actively delivered. Partial.
Railways report ~900 km of new lines opened and ~7,051 km of track renewal in Apr-Nov 2025 (Year End Review 2025).
View sourceWe will transform airports into multi-modal hubs with integrated transit facilities such as buses, metro and rapid rail among others by effective use of PM Gatishakti National Master Plan.
We will bring a commercial aircraft manufacturing ecosystem to Bharat. For this we will design a Policy for Aerospace Manufacturing in the country and try to develop our own passenger aircraft. We will strengthen the civil aviation ecosystem by encouraging Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul activities as well as Aircraft Financing and Leasing Activities institutions through comprehensive government support programs under the Make in India initiative.
We will introduce the Amrit Kaal Civil Aviation Master Plan to transform our airports into regional international hubs, providing single-point connectivity to designated regions worldwide, with the vision to position Bharat as the leading aviation ecosystem of South Asia.
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