Lok Sabha Question No. 796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-07
Subject: Delayed Infrastructure Projects
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 796

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2024

## DELAYED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

## 796.   MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

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

- (a) the details of the number of delayed and cancelled infrastructure  projects  including  highways,  railways,  power,  coal etc., during the last five years, year and sector-wise;
- (b) the details of cost overruns due to delay and cancellation of various  infrastructure projects, sector-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  the  infrastructure  projects  which  have  been delayed for more than five years;
- (d) whether  the original Date of Commissioning  (D.O.C) for various infrastructure projects is not provided by the Government; and
- (e)    if so, the reasons therefor?

## 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) The  Infrastructure  and  Project  Monitoring  Division  (IPMD)  of  the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is mandated to  monitor  time  and  cost  overruns  of  Ongoing  Central  Sector Infrastructure Projects costing Rs.150 crores and above, based on the information provided by the project implementing agencies on

(b)

(c)

(d)

Online  Computerized  Monitoring  System  (OCMS).    The  details  of the  number  of  delayed  projects  sector-wise  during  the  last  five years and the current year are at Annexure A. As per latest Report for the month of December, 2023 published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, 848 projects  are  delayed  and  the  cost  overrun  in  these  delayed projects  is  26.53%.    The  sector-wise  details  of  these  delayed projects with their costs is at Annexure B. Out of total 848 delayed projects, 70 projects have been delayed by more than five years.  The detail of these projects is available at www.cspm.gov.in & (e) As per the data available on the portal of this Ministry all of the projects have Original/Anticipated Date of Commissioning.

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Annexure-A

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO. 796 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/02/2024

| SECTOR_NAME                    |   Mar-19 |   Mar-20 |   Mar-21 |   Mar-22 |   Mar-23 |   Dec-23 |
|--------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| ATOMIC ENERGY                  |        4 |        4 |        4 |        4 |        4 |        4 |
| CIVIL AVIATION                 |        1 |        4 |       11 |       20 |       25 |       21 |
| COAL                           |       37 |       41 |       50 |       39 |       48 |       48 |
| CULTURE DEVELOPMENT            |        0 |        0 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| DEFENCE PRODUCTION             |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        1 |        0 |
| DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION |        8 |       11 |       14 |       15 |       15 |       14 |
| DONER                          |        0 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| DPIIT                          |        0 |        1 |        2 |        1 |        1 |        0 |
| FERTILISERS                    |        1 |        4 |        4 |        1 |        0 |        0 |
| FINANCE                        |        1 |        1 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE      |        6 |       14 |       13 |        4 |        2 |        4 |
| HEAVY INDUSTRY                 |        0 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| HOME AFFAIRS                   |        3 |        2 |        2 |        5 |        5 |        4 |
| MINES                          |        0 |        2 |        2 |        6 |        7 |        7 |
| PETROLEUM                      |       39 |       50 |       76 |       81 |       86 |       91 |
| POWER                          |       51 |       40 |       45 |       54 |       54 |       59 |
| RAILWAYS                       |       97 |      144 |      155 |      130 |      115 |      105 |
| RENEWABLE ENERGY               |        0 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS    |      110 |      183 |      135 |      243 |      402 |      450 |
| RURAL DEVELOPMENT              |        0 |        3 |        3 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| SHIPPING AND PORTS             |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        1 |        1 |
| STEEL                          |       10 |        7 |        5 |        4 |        5 |        5 |
| TELECOMMUNICATIONS             |        3 |        3 |        3 |        3 |        3 |        2 |
| URBAN DEVELOPMENT              |        7 |        9 |       10 |       16 |       16 |       16 |
| WATER RESOURCES                |        1 |        3 |       20 |       37 |       31 |       17 |
| Total                          |      381 |      530 |      557 |      664 |      821 |      848 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 796 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/02/2024

| S.No.   | Sector Name                    |   No of Projects |   Original Cost (Rs Crore) |   Anticipated Cost (Rs Crore) |   Cost Overrun (%) |
|---------|--------------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1       | ATOMIC ENERGY                  |                4 |            67120           |               87115           |              29.79 |
| 2       | CIVIL AVIATION                 |               21 |            14561.1         |               16852.7         |              15.74 |
| 3       | COAL                           |               48 |            65443.2         |               70051.6         |               7.04 |
| 4       | DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION |               14 |             6563.79        |                7105.49        |               8.25 |
| 5       | HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE      |                4 |             3649.55        |                3746.33        |               2.65 |
| 6       | HOME AFFAIRS                   |                4 |             1826.42        |                2759.67        |              51.1  |
| 7       | MINES                          |                7 |             7333.99        |                9562.91        |              30.39 |
| 8       | PETROLEUM                      |               91 |           301540           |              359259           |              19.14 |
| 9       | POWER                          |               59 |           170141           |              222988           |              31.06 |
| 10      | RAILWAYS                       |              105 |           313321           |              464231           |              48.16 |
| 11      | ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS    |              450 |           314875           |              344196           |               9.31 |
| 12      | SHIPPING AND PORTS             |                1 |             5369.18        |                5362.27        |              -0.13 |
| 13      | STEEL                          |                5 |             6953.4         |                7806.37        |              12.27 |
| 14      | TELECOMMUNICATIONS             |                2 |              709.62        |                 709.62        |               0    |
| 15      | URBAN DEVELOPMENT              |               16 |           164606           |              183614           |              11.55 |
| 16      | WATER RESOURCES                |               17 |            15534.6         |               61431.3         |             295.45 |
|         | Total                          |              848 |                1.45955e+06 |                   1.84679e+06 |              26.53 |