Lok Sabha Question No. 2585 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Cost Overrun Projects
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Margani Bharat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2585 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## COST OVERRUN PROJECTS

2585. SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

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

- (a) whether  as  of  31 st   March,  2021,  nearly  450  projects  out  of 1750  Central  Sector  infrastructure  projects  are  cost  overrun and 550 are time overrun;
- (b) if  so,  whether  it  is  also  true  that  due  to  the  above  time overrun  of  projects,  Government  is  incurring  Rs.  2,91,000 crores as additional cost;
- (c) if  so,  the  responsibilities  fixed  for  this  monumental  Rs.  2.91 lakh crores loss of taxpayers' money;
- (d) the  details  of  each  of  550  projects  which  are  time  overrun, State-wise; and
- (e) the details of departmental and other action taken against the officials concerned for delay in projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF  STATISTICS  AND  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) As on 31st March, 2021, there were 462 projects having cost overrun  and  557  projects  were  having  time  overrun  out  of  1737 Central Sector Infrastructure Projects on Online Computerized Monitoring System (OCMS) of the Government.
- (b)   The  cost  overrun  due  to  time  overrun  of  557  projects  is  Rs. 2,76,971 crores.

(c) & (e) The mechanism of Standing Committee in the Ministries identifies reasons for time and cost overruns and agencies/individual  responsible  for  delay  and  cost  overruns.  The recommendations  of  the  Committee  are  implemented  by  the Ministries concerned which inter alia submit Action Taken Report along with the revised cost estimates for approval of the Cabinet.

- (d) The State-wise details of time overrun projects is at Annexure-I

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART   (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO 2585 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 04.08.2021

Extent of time overrun in projects with respect to original schedule (State Wise) (As on 31.03.2021)

( Rs. 150 crore & above)

|       |                    |                 |               |                   |                  | Projects with time overrun   | Projects with time overrun   | Projects with time overrun   | Projects with time overrun   |
|-------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| SI.No | State              | No. of Projects | Original Cost | Antici pated cost | Cost overrun (%) | No.                          | Original C ost               | Antici pated Cost            | Range of T. O.R (in months)  |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADE SH    | 77              | 1,22,880.98   | 1,70,411.65       | 38.68            | 27                           | 84,418.70                    | 1,30,874.97                  | 1 - 180                      |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PR ADESH | 42              | 24,624.65     | 44,366.68         | 80.17            | 3                            | 7,822.52                     | 21,529.62                    | 47 - 155                     |
| 3     | ASSAM              | 47              | 42,046.33     | 45,657.63         | 8.59             | 14                           | 9,013.04                     | 11,982.60                    | 2 - 63                       |
| 4     | BIHAR              | 108             | 1,22,099.62   | 1,58,462.50       | 29.78            | 25                           | 38,335.22                    | 64,094.90                    | 4 - 141                      |
| 5     | GOA                | 11              | 5,629.77      | 5,640.26          | 0.19             | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | -                            |
| 6     | GUJARAT            | 59              | 1,06,069.60   | 1,17,304.95       | 10.59            | 12                           | 29,299.67                    | 39,621.46                    | 3 - 132                      |
| 7     | HARYANA            | 43              | 30,316.35     | 32,837.14         | 8.32             | 15                           | 10,754.03                    | 11,359.18                    | 5 - 114                      |
| 8     | HIMACHAL PRA DESH  | 15              | 20,365.24     | 30,249.67         | 48.54            | 3                            | 6,665.52                     | 12,643.52                    | 11 - 154                     |
| 9     | JAMMU AND KA SHMIR | 22              | 40,412.13     | 66,473.44         | 64.49            | 2                            | 10,612.12                    | 36,061.12                    | 63 - 241                     |
| 10    | KARNATAKA          | 60              | 71,320.53     | 80,933.03         | 13.48            | 17                           | 40,828.50                    | 45,934.34                    | 2 - 264                      |
| 11    | KERALA             | 22              | 37,466.85     | 42,584.93         | 13.66            | 9                            | 12,856.97                    | 14,623.43                    | 4 - 53                       |
| 12    | MADHYA PRADE SH    | 84              | 91,161.40     | 1,04,808.86       | 14.97            | 41                           | 31,692.83                    | 38,402.56                    | 8 - 73                       |
| 13    | MAHARASHTRA        | 242             | 2,17,334.38   | 2,40,364.76       | 10.60            | 43                           | 61,363.35                    | 79,403.22                    | 3 - 216                      |
| 14    | MANIPUR            | 12              | 8,137.49      | 15,887.67         | 95.24            | 2                            | 4,971.74                     | 12,721.92                    | 36 - 153                     |
| 15    | MEGHALAYA          | 7               | 3,245.09      | 6,563.59          | 102.26           | 2                            | 515.32                       | 515.32                       | 42 - 43                      |
| 16    | MIZORAM            | 18              | 9,030.03      | 12,978.73         | 43.73            | 11                           | 6,946.25                     | 10,391.41                    | 43 - 128                     |
| 17    | NAGALAND           | 38              | 18,265.97     | 22,463.91         | 22.98            | 14                           | 6,473.72                     | 10,762.04                    | 38 - 117                     |
| 18    | ODISHA             | 89              | 1,29,891.78   | 1,34,147.04       | 3.28             | 36                           | 71,613.20                    | 74,946.36                    | 3 - 228                      |
| 19    | PUNJAB             | 29              | 15,325.05     | 18,249.98         | 19.09            | 12                           | 5,108.01                     | 5,003.71                     | 3 - 108                      |
| 20    | RAJASTHAN          | 60              | 53,090.50     | 61,137.54         | 15.16            | 14                           | 19,626.99                    | 25,103.00                    | 4 - 75                       |
| 21    | SIKKIM             | 14              | 5,074.99      | 12,481.74         | 145.95           | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | -                            |
| 22    | TAMIL NADU         | 71              | 1,19,185.26   | 1,38,366.76       | 16.09            | 27                           | 70,255.53                    | 79,757.87                    | 3 - 198                      |
| 23    | TRIPURA            | 13              | 3,479.87      | 3,662.68          | 5.25             | 5                            | 1,269.36                     | 1,452.17                     | 11 - 70                      |
| 24    | UTTAR PRADES H     | 134             | 1,78,012.58   | 1,85,467.12       | 4.19             | 41                           | 65,659.77                    | 66,375.60                    | 2 - 68                       |
| 25    | WEST BENGAL        | 75              | 65,583.67     | 84,487.51         | 28.82            | 32                           | 30,504.70                    | 38,647.74                    | 4 - 324                      |
| 26    | A & N ISLANDS      | 9               | 2,888.63      | 2,893.59          | 0.17             | 1                            | 417.23                       | 441.33                       | 33 - 33                      |
| 27    | CHANDIGARH         | 2               | 349.15        | 570.00            | 63.25            | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | -                            |
| 28    | DELHI              | 36              | 90,723.12     | 92,153.92         | 1.58             | 17                           | 51,136.48                    | 52,373.75                    | 4 - 90                       |
| 29    | PONDICHERRY        | 1               | 195.00        | 195.00            | 0.00             | 1                            | 195.00                       | 195.00                       | 19 - 19                      |
| 30    | CHHATISGARH        | 48              | 91,239.04     | 1,02,416.44       | 12.25            | 23                           | 32,502.66                    | 42,200.64                    | 15 - 96                      |
| 31    | JHARKHAND          | 42              | 70,673.40     | 68,776.10         | -2.68            | 19                           | 53,677.79                    | 47,078.45                    | 12 - 152                     |
| 32    | UTTARAKHAND        | 32              | 34,539.29     | 46,325.58         | 34.12            | 6                            | 22,461.02                    | 33,218.80                    | 3 - 126 9 - 168              |
| 33    | TELANGANA          | 47              | 36,326.25     | 39,359.69         | 8.35             | 15                           | 17,686.46                    | 18,566.60                    |                              |
| 34    | MULTI STATE        | 128             | 3,66,425.54   | 4,80,969.26       | 31.26            | 68                           | 1,36,856.50                  | 1,92,228.51                  | 5 - 276                      |
|       | Total              | 1737            | 22,33,409.53  | 26,69,649.35      | 19.53            | 557                          | 9,41,540.20                  | 12,18,511.14                 |                              |