Issues of infrastructure projects to be resolved in 5-6 weeks: Ahluwalia

09 Apr 2013 Evaluate

Expressing hope that problems related to infrastructure projects will be solved soon, the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said, the mega infrastructure projects, which are stuck due to regulatory clearances - will be resolved within 5-6 weeks.

By adding further he said, the only way to solve such problems is to address them at political levels, adding that the CCI has dealt with environmental related issues and several projects have moved forward. As per Ahulwalia, various projects are stuck because a number of regulatory clearances are now subject to so much public scrutiny, thereby making it difficult for bureaucratic system to respond.

Concerned over the growing number of stalled projects, the government had set up the high-powered CCI, under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, to clear the bottlenecks holding back mega projects. Currently, over 340 projects, including 125 new projects, are held up for some reason. Further, CCI is expected to ease stringent conditions imposed by Defence Ministry for oil and gas blocks.  

The government has identified the development of infrastructure as a most critical condition to boost the economy’s growth. The pace of development in the infrastructure sector lingers to a great extent on the investments made and timely execution of the projects. For the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), the government has set the $1-trillion investment target for the infrastructure sector. 

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