The central government has been urging ministries to up their spending. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had in June asked public-sector undertakings of railway and power sectors to meet the Capex targets outlined in the budget. The FM has also been reported to have pulled up infrastructure ministries for poor Capex performance. In a letter to railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Sitharaman pointed out that the railways had spent only 61 per cent of budget targets till November 2021. Among the infra ministries, power ministry’s capital expenditure was 7 per cent, road, transport, and highway ministry’s was at 68 per cent, telecom department’s was at 12 per cent, and ministry of housing and urban affairs’ was at 66 per cent, according to data from Controller General of Accounts.