Lok Sabha Question No. 801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-04
Subject: Cost Escalation due to Delay in Project Completion
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Dr. Mohammad Jawed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 801 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026

## COST ESCALATION DUE TO DELAY IN PROJECT COMPLETION

801. DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

Will the MINISTER OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a large number of projects have crossed their stipulated completion dates and if so, the list of such projects, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether  there  is  a  prescribed  practice  or  mechanism  for conducting audits prior to the approval of cost escalations in such projects and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the cost implications arising from delays in project completion, expressed in percentage terms, project and sector-wise;
- (d) the number of such delayed projects in the State of Bihar along with details of the original cost, revised cost, percentage increase in cost along with the reasons for delay; and
- (e)  whether  responsibility  or  accountability  is  fixed  for  delays  in project execution and if so, the details thereof?

## 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  CULTURE  [RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

(a)  to  (e):  The  Ministry  of  Statistics  &  Programme  Implementation (MoSPI) is mandated to monitor the status of Ongoing Central Sector

Infrastructure  Projects  costing  Rs.  150  crore  and  above  through online portal/ web monitoring system 'Project Assessment Infrastructure Monitoring and Analytics for Nation-Building (PAIMANA)' which is integrated with DPIIT's (Department for Promotion of  Industry  and  Internal  Trade)  portal  IPMP  (Integrated Project Monitoring Portal). Line Ministries/ Departments/ Implementing Agencies regularly update the information of projects on IPMP and the same is fetched from IPMP to PAIMANA via APIs (Application Programming Interfaces).

Accordingly,  the  project-wise  details  of  all  ongoing  infrastructure projects and those pertaining to State of Bihar are available in the Flash Report published by this Ministry on the website https://ipm.mospi.gov.in/ReportPage.

The  reasons  for time and cost overruns are project-specific, depending  on  a  variety  of  technical,  financial  and  administrative factors and differ from project to project. However, as reported by the project implementing agencies on portal, the main reasons for delay in the projects are: Land  Acquisition issues, Forest/ Wildlife/ Environmental  clearances,  Law  and  Order  issues,  Utility  Shifting, Delay in Civil Work and others.

All  stakeholders  (Infrastructure  Line  Ministries/  Departments)  are also regularly being apprised of their project execution and slippages on the basis of data analytics available on PAIMANA, for any required intervention in managing the project execution at their end. These are helpful to the stakeholders in managing the project execution at their end.

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