RAJYA SABHA
The measures taken
to speed up implementation of Central Sector projects include:
- review of projects on monthly
as well as quarterly basis by the Government to identify the
constraints and to resolve the problems affecting the implementation
of projects;
- 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 forest
clearances and provision of infrastructure facilities like
water and power, ensuring law & order at project sites,
etc., with the manufacturers for expediting supply of equipment,
with contractors, consultants and other agencies concerned
to minimize delays;
- inter-ministerial coordination
for resolving problems of inter ministerial nature;
- appointment of a nodal officer
for each project coterminus with the duration of the project;
- setting up of Empowered Committees
in the Administrative Ministries for resolution of problems;
- release of Standard Contract
Management System guidelines for adoption by all government
agencies and public sector enterprises to minimize contractual
litigation.
- Yearly updating of cost of the
project to tie up fund requirement; and
- Making available matching funds
to complete the projects in the advanced stages of implementation
as per schedule.
The Ministry
of Rural Development has taken steps to amend the Land Acquisition
Act, 1894 with a view to simplifying and streamlining the existing
procedure, speeding up the acquisition to avoid cost escalation,
providing for liberal compensation, ensuring transparency and
finality of the award and reducing litigation. The Ministry of
Rural Development has also done the ground work for a legislation
on rehabilitation of project affected persons applicable to large
projects.
This information
was given in the Rajya Sabha today by the Minister of State for
Statistics & Programme Implementation shri Vijay Goel in the
written reply to a question by Shri Kripal Parmar and Shri B.J.Panda.
