(a) whether the Government have reviewed the functioning of major projects in infrastructural sector in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether any shortcoming has been noticed therein;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the corrective steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this direction?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE
IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
AND PUBLIC GRIEVANCES IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC
GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS.
(SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) The result of the review is given in the enclosed Statement.
(c) Yes, Sir. As on January, 2000, out of 183 major projects,
101 projects have suffered cost overrun and 96 projects have
suffered time overrun with respect to their latest approved
cost and schedule.
(d) The reasons for delay vary from project to project. In
general, the reasons include : administrative and procedural
delays, delay in land acquisition, delay in award of work
contracts, failure of civil contractors, delay in supply of
equipment and construction and faulty implementation
procedures.
(e) The corrective steps taken/proposed to be taken to reduce
time and cost overrun of these projects include the
following:
(i) Monthly as well as Quarterly monitoring by the
Government. This enables the monitoring agencies
to identify constraints and help the management in
taking remedial measures;
(ii) Indepth critical review of the progress by the Project
Authorities and Administrative Ministries with the
State Governments, equipment suppliers, contractors,
consultants and other concerned agencies to minimise
delays;
(iii) Inter-ministerial coordination for resolving problems
of inter-ministerial nature;
(iv) Review of projects by Empowered Committee of the
concerned Ministries/Departments for speedy
finalisation of contract packages, solving of land
acquisition and other problems;
(v) Making funds available to complete the projects in
advanced stage of implementation, as per
schedule.
(vi) Reprioritisation of projects for implementation within
the available financial resources.
STATEMENT AS REFERRED TO IN PART(b) OF ANSWER TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1987 FOR ANSWER ON 8-3-2000
Statewise Summary of Projects costing more than 100 Crs. with respect to Approved Schedule as on 01/01/2000
S.No. SECTOR NO.OF TOTAL COST (RS. CRS) PROJ- ECTS LATEST ANTIC_ COST PROJ. WITH COST OVER RUN PROJ. WITH TIME OVER RUN APPROVED IPATED OVER - COST RUN(%) NO. LATEST ANTIC- %INCR NO. LATEST ANTIC- RANGE APPROVED IPATED BASE APPROVED IPATED (MO) COST COST
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1. Andhra Pradesh 12 7596.9 7644.7 0.6 4 4387.4 4504.8 2.7 7 3149.3 3204.7 10- 57
2. Arunachal Pr. 2 831.7 1635.6 96.7 1 675.7 1479.6 119.0 1 675.7 1479.6 50- 50
3. Assam 7 4868.5 5925.6 21.7 2 2068.9 3126.1 51.1 3 2304.5 3361.6 10- 28
4. Bihar 13 6780.4 8690.4 28.2 5 3536.8 5464.8 54.5 5 2453.8 3164.7 12- 60
5. Goa 1 250.0 250.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0- 0 6. Gujarat 7 3512.6 3954.8 12.6 5 2098.2 2729.5 30.1 3 1661.2 2220.0 29- 120
7 Haryana 2 1450.2 1476.7 1.8 1 287.2 379.1 32.0 1 287.2 379.1 27- 27
8. Himachal Pr. 2 9350.3 9350.3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 7666.3 7666.3 39- 39
9. J & K 4 6605.2 7383.9 11.8 2 2637.7 3416.4 29.5 3 3045.4 3824.2 12- 84 10. Karnataka 6 1075.6 2055.5 91.1 4 682.1 1662.0 143.7 0 0.0 0.0 0- 0 11. Kerala 4 2291.3 2334.6 1.9 2 128.8 317.9 146.9 2 935.0 1053.8 10- 19 12. Madhya pradesh 11 8253.6 8328.3 0.9 5 1501.4 1759.1 17.2 5 2098.7 2297.6 12- 48 13. Maharashtra 18 4694.1 5568.5 18.6 10 1950.2 2824.6 44.8 12 2914.0 3609.5 6- 69 14. Manipur 1 578.6 578.6 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0- 0 15. Mizoram 1 368.7 368.7 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0- 0 16. Nagaland 1 331.6 758.7 128.8 1 331.6 758.7 128.8 1 331.6 758.7 32- 32 17. Orissa 9 12594.4 15133.7 20.2 7 12008.6 14687.7 22.3 4 5161.4 6791.9 20- 72 18. Punjab 2 514.1 599.2 16.6 2 514.1 599.2 16.6 2 514.1 599.2 15- 132 19. Rajasthan 3 653.8 887.3 35.7 3 653.8 887.3 35.7 0 0.0 0.0 0- 0 20. Sikkim 1 181.2 408.2 125.3 1 181.2 408.2 125.3 1 181.2 408.2 51- 51 21. Tamil Nadu 12 7528.3 8447.8 12.2 7 4338.8 5337.9 23.0 7 6393.3 7291.1 5- 73 22. Tripura 1 575.0 849.0 47.7 1 575.0 849.0 47.7 0 0.0 0.0 0- 0 23. Uttar Pradesh 10 7472.0 11002.1 47.2 7 6708.7 10238.8 52.6 4 4734.2 7779.1 2- 77 24. West Bengal 11 2367.5 2949.8 24.6 7 797.5 1380.6 73.1 8 1807.7 2182.8 1- 96 25. Multi State 42 13542.5 16129.3 19.1 24 6405.3 9207.6 43.7 26 8417.0 10665.2 6- 117 TOTAL 183 104268.1 122711.5 17.7 101 52469.0 72019.0 37.3 96 54731.6 68737.1