Concerned over the delay in the implementation of projects related to investments, industry body Assocham has said that this delay could adversely impact the Make in India programme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. An Assocham study had observed that there are 1,160 manufacturing projects under implementation and of these 422 projects have reported either time over run or cost escalation or both that was worth Rs 8.76 lakh crore.
Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat has said that the investments have been facing long time delays mainly due to red tapism, which hurts the sentiment of investors. The delay in implementation bears a huge cost to the economy because every single investment has significant potential to contribute in economic growth and generate potential employment opportunities.
He suggested that the government needs to have a strong plan to prioritize for cleaning up of delayed projects in the form of effective implementation and it would be only possible when appropriate target-oriented roadmap has been created for authorities as well as investors. Therefore, government needs to limit the timeframe for each clearance authority, failing which it should be penalized.
He further said that innovative financial models should be followed in the wake of low interest of developers and a difficult environment for raising and servicing the debts. For the industrial estates, he said to put a three-year moratorium on visits of inspectors and let self compliance be the norm.
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