PSUs seek speedy project clearances; PM says NIB on its way

25 Oct 2012 Evaluate

In a bid to bring back the Indian economy on the growth track, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has urged the public sector units’ (PSU) honchos to invest and grow, and set the pace for India's growth in the process, during the meeting on Tuesday. Singh’s meet with PSU heads was held in the backdrop of declining domestic growth.

The PSU chiefs listed their major concerns including the most prominent one - to speed up project clearances. Also, the PSUs face issues like lack of autonomy, inability to invest which are closely connected. The Prime Minister advised the PSUs, with profits of almost Rs 1 lakh crore and accounting for 6% of GDP, to withdraw their cash surplus out of the banks and invest them in new projects. This would escalate India’s position as an attractive investment destination.

The public sector companies’ project clearance suffers many more delays than their private sector counterparts. However, according to PM, government is resolving this issue through National Investment Board (NIB). Owing to the opposition from the environment ministry, the NIB is yet to commence its operations. Finance minister P Chidambaram, who was also part of the delegation led by PM, stressed on the need to cut subsidies and push ahead with reforms.

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