Lok Sabha Question No. 3862 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Project Implementation and Management
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: PINAKI MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3862

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 9 th  AUGUST, 2017

## PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT

## 3862. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has hired project management consultants to manage the ambitious projects of the Government and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the Government's initiatives to strengthen its own processes in terms of programme management competencies to have control over their functioning and deliveries;
- (c) the quality and competency features that are identified for the contractors to qualify for executing the Government projects;
- whether the capacity building is a critical area in executing any Government projects or programme and if so, the steps taken by
- (d) the Government in this regard; and
- (e) whether  the  project  management  training  is  imparted  at  all levels  of  the  Government  machinery  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  [SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA]

- (a)  &  (b):    Government  through  the  nodal  administrative  ministries  has hired qualified project management consultants for engineering, procurement,  monitoring  and  construction  of  its  various  ambitious projects. Details are at Annexure.

To  strengthen  its  processes,  the  Government  has  been  conducting focused  training  programmes  on  project  planning  and  management  for its  employees  engaged  in  project  and  programme  implementation  by effectively using latest techniques of project management such as MIS, program evaluation  and  review  technique  (PERT),  critical  path  method (CPM) for effective project monitoring and timely resolution of issues by conducting  regular  review  meetings  at  various  levels  on  the  status  of projects / programmes.

(c) : Before submission of bids the prospective contractors are invited to attend a pre-bid meeting to have a common understanding of the project objectives  so  that  they  can  assess/enhance  their  competencies  and quality of project implementation to meet the project objectives within the approved time and cost schedules.

(d) & (e) : The implementation of successful project largely depends on the manpower which is responsible for its execution. Capacity building is  a  continuous  exercise  for  successful  delivery  of  the  Government projects  or  programmes.  Government  have  been  regularly  organizing training  programmes  on  project  planning  and  management  wherein focused training is imparted on important aspects of project / programme management such as preparation of detailed project report, preparation of project budget estimates, preparation of work breakdown structure, identification of critical milestones, project monitoring through  PERT  /  CPM  charts,  preparation  of  project  implementation schedule,  preparation  of  contract  document,  risk  management,  etc. These  training  programmes  are  attended  by  various  levels  of  project managers / engineers and other  officers  of  different  backgrounds  from various Central /State Government and public sector undertakings.

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| Annexure                                                                                                           | Annexure                                                                                                                                                                                        | Annexure                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) &(b) OF LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO3862 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 09.08.2017 | STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) &(b) OF LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO3862 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 09.08.2017                                                                              | STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) &(b) OF LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO3862 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 09.08.2017                                                                                                      |
| Sr. no.                                                                                                            | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                    | Consultant                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 1                                                                                                                  | Dredging of Outer Harbour approach channel, outer turning circle, ore berth area, General Cargo Berth approaches etc. and construction of mooring dolphin at ore berth at port of Vishakapatnam | M/s Dredging Corporation of India, a Govt. of India                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 2                                                                                                                  | Development of International ship repair Facility (ISRF) at Cochin port Trust(CoPT) Premises by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL)                                                                   | The consortium of M/s Inros lackner SE, Germany &M/s Tata Consulting Engineers ltd. Mumbai and M/s consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi as EIA consultant for obtaining environmental clearance |
| 3                                                                                                                  | Construction of New Dry Dock by Coachin Shipyard Ltd. (CSL) in its premises                                                                                                                     | CSL has awarded the modeling study for dry dock project to M/s Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune and CSL has awarded the client Consultancy job to M/s Haskoning DHV India Private Ltd. Mumbai     |
| 4                                                                                                                  | Tuticorin Thermal Power Project(2X500)                                                                                                                                                          | M/s Mecon Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                                                  | Construction of 1320 MWSalka Thermal Power Project, Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                | M/s ICPL                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                                  | NEIGRIHMS/Shillong                                                                                                                                                                              | M/s HSCC                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                                                  | NCT of Delhi Transmission System Improvement projects for strengthening of the intra-State transmission system                                                                                  | PGCIL                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 8                                                                                                                  | Metro Blood Banks                                                                                                                                                                               | M/s HLL life care                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

| 9                                                                                        | Banglore MRTS                                                                            | DMRC                                                                                     |
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| 10                                                                                       | AIIMS Rai Bareily                                                                        | M/s HSCC Ltd                                                                             |
| 11                                                                                       | Redevelopment of Safdarjang Hospital                                                     | M/s HSCC Ltd                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                       | Redevelopment of LHMC                                                                    | M/s HSCC Ltd                                                                             |
| Note- The information is based on the inputs provided by the project implementing agency | Note- The information is based on the inputs provided by the project implementing agency | Note- The information is based on the inputs provided by the project implementing agency |