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322 infra projects witnesses total cost overrun of Rs1.71 lakh crore by March 2017: MOSPI

21 Aug 2017 Evaluate

Showing a worrying state of affairs for the Indian infra sector, a flash report by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has stated that as many as 322 infrastructure projects, each worth Rs 150 crore or above, have seen a total cost overrun of Rs1.71 lakh crore by March 2017. The report said that total original cost of implementation of the 1,231 projects was Rs15,59,571.06 crore and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs. 17,31,162.47 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of Rs. 1,71,591.41 crore (11 per cent of original cost).

As per the flash report which provides details on the status of the 1,231 central infrastructure projects that cost Rs. 150 crore and above, as of March 2017, 9 were ahead of schedule, 324 were on schedule, 327 were delayed and 322 projects showed cost overrun. It said that 105 projects showed both time and cost overrun with respect to original implementation schedules. The report attributed the time overrun to a host of issues including delay in land acquisition, forest clearance, supply of equipment, funds constraints, the Maoist incursion, legal cases and law and order situation for the cost overrun.

The report however said that the number of delayed projects decreases to 233 if delay is calculated with reference to latest revised schedule of completion. Out of 327 delayed projects, 63 projects have overall delay in the range of 1 to 12 months, 67 projects have delay in the range of 13 to 24 months, 119 projects have delay in the range of 25 to 60 months and 78 projects have delay of 61 months and above. The report stated that the expenditure incurred on these projects till March 2017 is Rs. 7,46,480.94 crore, which is 43.12 per cent of the anticipated cost of the projects. There were 76 projects showing both time overruns of more than six months and cost overruns of more than Rs. 100 crore.

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