(a) Whether proposals from various States including Gujarat State for external assistance
in respect of power projects/transmission networks which stand already approved by the
Ministry are still lying pending with the Union Government;
(b) If so, the details thereof alongwith the reasons for the delay in according approval;and
(c) the time by which the approval is likely to be given?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM)
(a) & (b) There are six projects in the Rolling Plan/pipeline seeking Official Development Assistance (ODA)
loan from the Government of Japan. The details of these projects alongwith reasons for delay in sanction of
loan are annexed as Statement-I.
No proposal seeking external assistance in the power sector from the State of Gujarat
is pending in Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.
(c) Department of Economic Affairs poses a list of projects every year seeking ODA loan from the
Govt.of Japan. It is the Govt.of Japan which finally selects the projects from the posed list.
Thus the time by which the proposals are likely to be approved by the external funding agency
cannot be specified/indicated.