Lok Sabha Question No. 58 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: PM Gati Shakti Project
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *58 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1.12.2021

## PM GATI SHAKTI PROJECT

## *58. SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE  B.:

Will  the  Minister  of  PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government  has  launched  a  project  called  PM  Gati  Shakti  to boost infra  projects  in  the  country;
- (b) whether  it  is  also  a  fact  that  many  ongoing  infra  projects  in  the  country  are  stalled  because of cost overrun  due to the  Government's  inactive  steps;
- (c) if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  complete  the  ongoing  pending  projects  in  a  time bound manner;  and
- (d) the  response  received  in  review  meetings  held  in  connection  with  the  stalled  projects  and the  steps taken by the  Government  to address them?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF STATE (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION;  MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY  OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) to (d): A Statement  is laid  on the  Table  of  the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *58 FOR ANSWER ON 1.12.2021 REGARDING PM GATI SHAKTI PROJECT RAISED BY SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.

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- (a) Yes,  Sir.  The  Cabinet  Committee  on  Economic  Affairs  (CCEA)  in  its  meeting  held  on 21 st October,  2021  approved  the  proposal  for  development of 'PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP)' for providing multimodal connectivity infrastructure to various Economic  Zones.
- (b) No  Sir.  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation,  Infrastructure  and  Project Monitoring Division is monitoring  currently 1680  central  sector  infrastructure projects on online computerised monitoring system (OCMS).  The  total of 438  projects  are having  cost  overrun.  The  reasons  for  cost  overruns  are  project-specific,  depends  on variety  of  technical,  financial  and  administrative  factors,  varies  from  project  to  project. Some important reasons are under-estimation of original cost, Changes  in rates of foreign exchange, statutory duties, High cost of environmental safeguards & rehabilitation  measures,  Spiraling  land  acquisition  costs,  Shortage  of  skilled  manpower  / labour, Changes in project scope, Monopolistic pricing by vendors of equipment services,  General  Price  rise/inflation.
- (c) &(d)The  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  complete  the  ongoing  projects  on  a  time  bound manners  are:  Periodic  review  of  projects  under  PRAGATI  through  video  conferencing by Hon'ble Prime Minister. Further, various  measures  are  being  taken  like  rigorous project appraisal, On-line Computerised Monitoring System (OCMS) for better monitoring, setting up of Revised Cost Committees in the Ministries for fi xati on of responsibility  for  time  and  cost  overruns,  regular  review  of  infrastructure  projects  by  the concerned  administrative  Ministries,  setting  up  of  Central  Sector  Projects  Coordination Committees  (CSPCCs)  in  the  States  under  the  Chief  Secretaries  to  remove  bottlenecks and  facilitate  the  speedy implementation  of major  projects.

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