FM reviews eastern region’s hindered projects worth Rs 31,000 crore

25 Jul 2013 Evaluate

In a bid to review the stalled projects in the eastern region which are worth Rs 31,000 crore and to find a solution on the same, Finance Minister P Chidambaram held a meeting on July 24, 2013 with bankers and promoters of the concerned companies for two hours. FM discussed the issue with concerned persons to gather information and tried to suggest measures for the projects.

Most of the stalled projects are in steel and power from Jharkhand and Orissa, while two road projects are from West Bengal valued at Rs 800 crore. Although bankers already have an exposure of Rs 22000-23000 crore in these projects, FM suggested that bank consortiums should clear the additional funding proposals in case the majority agreed.

P Chidambaram urged the relevant banks to be rational toward the stalled projects instead of ignoring them. For the eastern region, additional estimated fund requirement would be Rs 8,000 crore including promoter's contribution for these stalled projects.

The major obstacle in front of stalled the projects were land and raw material linkages. Further, the Centre had appointed a committee to identify and help re-start 215 large projects across the country valued at over Rs 7 lakh crore which were stalled for years.

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