(a) whether the Government are aware that more than 220 projects involving expenditure over Rs.79,000 crores are running behind schedule;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the extent upto the costs of these projects have increased; and
(d) the concrete measures taken/proposed to be taken for early completion of these projects?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION ( SHRI VIJAY GOEL)
(a),(b) & (c) As on 1.4.2002, there are 455 projects with
investment of Rs.20 crore and above. Out of
these, 159 projects have suffered time overrun
and 221 projects have suffered an aggregate cost
overrun of 69.4% with respect to the originally
approved cost. The Sector-wise details of cost
overrun and also time overrun as well as
expenditure incurred are given in the enclosed
statement.
(d) The steps taken to ensure timely completion of
these projects are as follows:
i) review of projects on monthly as well as
quarterly basis by the Government;
(ii) indepth critical review of the progress
by the project authorities and the
Administrative Ministries and follow up
with the State Governments (for
acquisition of land, rehabilitation
related issues, expediting of forest
clearances and provision of
infrastructure facilities like water and
power, ensuring law & order at project
sites, etc.), consultants and other
concerned agencies to minimise delays;
(iii) setting up of an Empowered Committee in
the concerned administrative Ministries
for resolution of problems;
(iv) inter-ministerial coordination for
resolving problems of inter-ministerial
nature;
(v) making available matching funds on
yearly basis based on updated costs to
complete the projects in the advanced
stages of implementation to achieve the
revised completion schedule; and
(vi) reviews by the Minister-in-charge, the
Prime Minister`s Office and the Cabinet
Secretariat.
ENCLOSURE TO THE ANSWER TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1424 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2002
EXTENT OF TIME / COST OVERRUN IN PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO ORIGINAL SCHEDULE AS ON 01-04-2002
S.No. SECTOR NO.OF TOTAL COST (RS. CRS) EXP. PROJ- UPTO ECTS ORIG- ANTIC_ COST THE PROJ. WITH COST OVER RUN PROJ. WITH TIME OVER RUN INAL IPATED OVER END - COST RUN(%) OF NO. ORGI. ANTIC- %INCR- NO. ORIG. ANTIC- RANGE QTR. COST IPATED EASE COST IPATED (NO) COST COST MONTHS -
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) -
1. ATOMIC ENERGY 7 21043.3 24356.3 15.7 3028.91 1 3447.1 6760.0 96.1 3 184.1 184.1 21- 81
2. CIVIL AVIATION 11 432.4 487.4 12.7 174.99 5 149.8 212.2 41.6 6 261.2 266.0 9- 27
3. COAL 54 10035.8 10647.2 6.1 6537.14 7 2597.5 3735.5 43.8 18 4841.6 5722.9 12- 225
4. FERTILISERS 3 473.4 632.8 33.7 284.99 1 350.0 509.4 45.5 1 350.0 509.4 17- 17
5. I & B 4 168.4 215.8 28.2 126.47 1 34.2 81.6 138.9 4 168.4 215.8 36- 165 6. MINES 3 2598.8 2598.8 0.0 1434.25 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 2118.8 2118.8 6- 30
7 STEEL 7 813.2 852.0 4.8 496.05 4 582.6 621.3 6.7 5 681.2 712.3 5- 58
8. PETROLEUM 44 35262.4 36915.3 4.7 4995.94 6 10592.4 12620.7 19.1 12 3710.5 3349.4 1- 20
9. POWER 38 36251.7 54480.7 50.3 25356.45 13 20883.4 39121.6 87.3 15 12170.7 29868.8 4- 157 10. HEALTH & FW 3 159.9 780.9 388.2 133.32 3 159.9 780.9 388.2 2 140.9 691.8 48- 72 11. RAILWAYS 205 28743.0 43674.8 51.9 13738.17 148 21363.7 36434.0 70.5 50 8716.2 13516.7 2- 156 12. SURFACE TRANSPORT 62 36369.9 38876.1 6.9 9993.15 26 3250.6 5986.7 84.2 32 3490.9 5633.2 1- 132 13. TELECOMMUNICATION 6 259.9 259.9 0.0 119.00 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 122.2 122.2 12- 72 14. URBAN DEVELOPMENT 8 5186.8 9296.6 79.2 2243.81 6 5130.1 9240.0 80.1 6 5076.8 9083.2 6- 67 - TOTAL 455 177798.7 224074.5 26.0 68662.64 221 68541.2 116103.9 69.4 159 42033.4 71994.6