MUMBAI — Fueling economic expansion alongside rising personal consumption, New Delhi has doubled its public investment over the past five years to construct critical infrastructure, including semiconductor plants and railway networks. This rapid surge in public works spending is designed to satisfy an increasing demand for highways and high-speed rail systems, driving the real economy toward a rapid 7.7% growth rate for fiscal 2025. Evidence of this national push includes a high-speed rail station currently under construction in Mumbai, as photographed by Takanori Okabe.