Sitharaman exhorts large CPSEs to achieve half of FY21 capex target by September

17 Aug 2020 Evaluate

In order to support economic growth amidst covid-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has exhorted large central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) to achieve 50 percent of their planned capital expenditure (capex) target for FY21 by the month of September. She also asked the secretaries to closely monitor the performance of CPSEs in order to ensure capital expenditure to the tune of 50 percent of capital outlay by the end of second quarter of 2020-21 and make appropriate plans for it.

While mentioning the significant role of CPSEs in giving a push to the growth of the Indian economy, the minister encouraged the CPSEs to perform better to achieve their targets and to ensure that the capital outlay provided to them for the financial year 2020-21 is spent properly and within time. She felt that better performance of CPSEs can help the economy in a big way to recover from the impact of COVID-19. She stated that the CPSEs discussed constraints being faced by them especially due to COVID–19 pandemic. She said ‘extraordinary situation requires extraordinary efforts and with collective efforts, we will not only perform better but also help the Indian economy to achieve better results.’

The combined capex target for 2020-21 for these seven CPSEs is Rs 1,24,825 crore as against Rs 1,29,821 crore in the previous fiscal. The achievement was Rs 1,14,730 crore i.e. 88.37 percent. During Q1 of FY 2019-20, the achievement was Rs 20,172 crore (15.53 percent) and achievement up to July 2020 (FY 2020-21) is Rs 24,933 crore (20 percent).

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