COMMITTEE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS
RAJYA SABHA
As on 31st
December, 2002, the anticipated increase in the cost of projects
monitored by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
on account of cost and time overruns was of the order of Rs. 46,518
crore..
The measures
taken with a view to completion of projects within the approved
time and cost parameters are as follows:
- Adoption of two-stage clearance
system and stricter appraisal of project reports before investment
approval;
- Taking up of projects for implementation
only after funds have fully been tied up;
- In-depth review of projects
by the Government on monthly/quarterly basis;
- Follow up with the State Governments
in respect of problems relating to acquisition of land, rehabilitation
related issues, forest clearances, provision of infrastructure
facilities and ensuring law & order at project sites;
- Setting up of Empowered Committees
in administrative Ministries for review of dep;artmentally
executed projects;
- Inter-ministerial coordination
for resolving outstanding problems;
- Setting up of Standing Committees
in the Ministries/Departments to fix responsibility for time
and cost overruns;
- Appointment of nodal officers
for each project with continuity of tenure; and
- Issuance of guidelines on standard
bidding documents for adoption.
This information
was given by Shri S.B.Mookherjee, Minister of State for Statistics
and Programme Implementation in a written reply to a question
by Shri P. Prabhakar Reddy in Rajya Sabha today.
