Infrastructure Project Price Overruns Climb to Six-Month High

24 Oct 2023 CW Team

The federal government may seek to spend an additional Rs 4.5 lakh crore on projects costing Rs 150 crore or more, bringing the total investment to Rs 24.8 lakh crore. In addition, the completion time increased from 36.96 months to 38.63 months in comparison to the previous month. Though the number of delayed assignments decreased to 823 in September from 830 in August, 58% are currently delayed for more than two years.

In September, the federal government's monitoring portal considered 1,418 tasks, 12 of which were added from the previous month. In September, the federal government completed 46 missions. The report notes that 268 tasks had been on schedule, whereas 242 confronted price and time overruns.Nevertheless, it highlights that this may occasionally not current the precise image on the bottom, as not all businesses could also be reporting or offering checklist of milestones.

?The involved administrative Ministry might prefer to assessment the tasks with a view to keep away from additional price overrun, time overruns, to agency up milestones in case of milestone will not be accessible, to agency up revised price estimates and revised commissioning schedule if the identical has been not revised and lapsed,? the report acknowledged.

Railways was one of the ministries experiencing the greatest price overruns, with estimated costs in 173 tasks being 68.1% more than the original cost. The 41 jobs of the Ministry of Water Resources saw 195.6% cost overruns, whereas highways, which accounted for over half of all tasks monitored under the system, only 4.3% cost overruns.

Northeastern states had the lowest price overruns, followed by Andhra Pradesh.

According to data released by the federal government, price overruns climbed to a six-month high in September, reversing the features made in the previous couple of months. In September, the predicted price of central infrastructure tasks was 21.92% more than the unique price, compared to 19.08% in August. The federal government may seek to spend an additional Rs 4.5 lakh crore on projects costing Rs 150 crore or more, bringing the total investment to Rs 24.8 lakh crore. In addition, the completion time increased from 36.96 months to 38.63 months in comparison to the previous month. Though the number of delayed assignments decreased to 823 in September from 830 in August, 58% are currently delayed for more than two years. In September, the federal government's monitoring portal considered 1,418 tasks, 12 of which were added from the previous month. In September, the federal government completed 46 missions. The report notes that 268 tasks had been on schedule, whereas 242 confronted price and time overruns.Nevertheless, it highlights that this may occasionally not current the precise image on the bottom, as not all businesses could also be reporting or offering checklist of milestones. ?The involved administrative Ministry might prefer to assessment the tasks with a view to keep away from additional price overrun, time overruns, to agency up milestones in case of milestone will not be accessible, to agency up revised price estimates and revised commissioning schedule if the identical has been not revised and lapsed,? the report acknowledged. Railways was one of the ministries experiencing the greatest price overruns, with estimated costs in 173 tasks being 68.1% more than the original cost. The 41 jobs of the Ministry of Water Resources saw 195.6% cost overruns, whereas highways, which accounted for over half of all tasks monitored under the system, only 4.3% cost overruns. Northeastern states had the lowest price overruns, followed by Andhra Pradesh.