New Delhi, July 20 -- Prime minister Narendra Modi's government has sharply increased infrastructure spending since coming to power in 2014, with allocations rising to more than five times the level seen in the decade up to 2014.

The Centre's effective capital expenditure, including grants to states for creating public assets, surged to Rs.90.87 trillion during 2014-26, from Rs.17.04 trillion in the previous decade (2004-2014), underscoring the government's sustained push to use public investment as a driver of economic growth and infrastructure creation.

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Monday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Centre's direct capital expenditure increased to Rs.64.70 trillion during 2014-26 from Rs.12...