The Infrastructure Section, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India through a Gazette of India Notification dated 7th October, 2013 has notified an updated Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure Sub-sectors which is set out in the table below.
| No. | List | Subjects covered |
| 1. | Transport | • Roads and Bridges • Ports* • Inland Waterways • Airports • Railways track, tunnel, viaducts, bridges** • Urban public transport (except rolling stock in case of urban road transport) |
| 2. | Energy | • Electricity Generation • Electricity Transmission • Electricity Distribution • Oil Pipelines • Oil/ gas/ liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility# • Gas pipelines## |
| 3. | Water & Sanitation | • Solid Waste Management • Water Supply pipelines • Water treatment plants • Sewage collection, treatment and disposal system • Irrigation (dams, channels, embankments, etc.) • Storm water drains • Slurry pipelines |
| 4. | Communication | • Telecommunication (fixed networks) ^ • Telecommunication towers • Telecommunication & Telecom Services |
| 5. | Social & Commercial Infrastructure | • Education Institutions (capital stock) • Hospitals (capital stocks)$ • Three- star or higher category classified hotels located outside cities with population of more than 1 million • Common infrastructure for industrial parks, special economic zones, tourism facilities and agriculture markets • Fertilizer (capital investment) • Post-harvest storage infrastructure for agriculture and horticultural produce including cold storage • Terminal markets • Soli-testing laboratories • Cold chain$$ • Hotels with project cost$$$ of more than Rs.200 crores each in any place in India and of any star rating • Convention centres with project cost of mor than Rs.300 Crores each |
| * | includes capital dredging |
| ** | includes supporting terminal infrastructure such as loading/ unloading terminals, stations and buildings |
| # | includes strategic storage of crude oil |
| ## | includes city gas distribution network |
| ^ | includes optic fibre/ wire/cable networks which provide broadband/ internet |
| $ | includes medical colleges, para medical training institutes and diagnostic centres |
| $$ | includes cold room facility for farm level pre-cooling, for preservation or storage of agriculture and allied produce, marine products and meat |
| $$$ | applicable with prospective effect from the date of notification and available for eligible prospects for three years from the date of notification; Eligible costs exclude cost of land and lease charges but include interest during construction |