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Date : Sep 15, 2023
Table 36 : Sector-Wise Cost Overrun of Delayed Central Sector Projects
(End-March)
(₹ Crore)
Sector / Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1. Atomic energy                              
a) Number of projects 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
b) Original estimate 20456 20876 17769 38056 36950 40442 40442 40442 40442 67120 67120 67120 67120 27271 27271
c) Now anticipated 19525 22130 22607 40709 41049 46726 51918 51918 52241 69728 75589 80348 80348 43139 43969
d) Cost overrun -931 1254 4838 2700 4100 6284 11476 11476 11799 2608 8469 13228 13228 15868 16698
2. Civil aviation                              
a) Number of projects 2 7 3 3 3 3 5 1 3 1 1 4 11 4 6
b) Original estimate 246 2823 2420 2588 2588 989 1659 309 842 315 315 3235 8527 3288 3834
c) Now anticipated 246 2823 2420 2970 2970 1042 1712 309 1239 441 441 3362 8641 4358 6391
d) Cost overrun 0 0 0 400 400 53 53 0 397 127 127 127 114 1070 2556
3. Coal                              
a) Number of projects 8 24 10 19 28 30 37 42 35 37 37 42 55 9 8
b) Original estimate 6751 12689 5851 13791 24263 26241 28302 23987 19120 20254 21142 23769 76470 28083 27219
c) Now anticipated 8366 13962 7541 15102 26137 36435 32310 25308 19022 20473 22274 29117 72521 33167 33110
d) Cost overrun 1615 1273 1690 1300 1900 10194 4008 1322 -98 219 1133 5348 -3949 5084 5890
4. Finance                              
a) Number of projects 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
b) Original estimate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 209 0 209
c) Now anticipated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 209 0 262
d) Cost overrun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
5. Fertilisers                              
a) Number of projects 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 4 0 0
b) Original estimate 0 0 1479 763 1479 0 0 0 198 681 198 1299 1101 0 0
c) Now anticipated 0 0 1479 763 1479 0 0 0 209 692 209 1311 1101 0 0
d) Cost overrun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 12 12 0 0 0
6. Mines                              
a) Number of projects 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 3
b) Original estimate 0 4092 4092 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5707 6738 6429 4992
c) Now anticipated 0 4092 4402 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5703 6738 7684 6303
d) Cost overrun 0 0 310 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0 1255 1311
7. Steel                              
a) Number of projects 14 20 7 10 15 13 17 15 19 15 10 8 6 1 2
b) Original estimate 22732 39430 30280 51099 64698 64208 56371 39095 41294 46113 26774 25965 19922 15525 17618
c) Now anticipated 27111 46120 39780 57158 70856 70162 59940 39601 41521 45901 33578 33222 26337 21940 26062
d) Cost overrun 4379 6690 9500 6100 6200 5954 3569 505 227 -213 6804 7257 6415 6415 8444
8. Petro-chemicals                              
a) Number of projects 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
b) Original estimate 0 0 0 0 5461 0 5461 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
c) Now anticipated 0 0 0 0 8920 0 9834 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
d) Cost overrun 0 0 0 0 3500 0 4373 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9. Petroleum                              
a) Number of projects 26 41 27 38 39 50 43 38 35 27 39 60 77 29 24
b) Original estimate 46429 86400 37562 107198 111743 139493 88533 47995 52021 52801 97368 144602 130932 66970 62453
c) Now anticipated 56635 111051 40105 115427 121838 153759 101635 49999 52088 56325 102310 156071 137876 91502 84502
d) Cost overrun 10206 24651 2542 8200 10100 14265 13102 2004 68 3524 4942 11470 6944 24532 22048
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TABLE 36 : SECTOR-WISE COST OVERRUN OF DELAYED CENTRAL SECTOR PROJECTS (End-March) (Concld.)
(₹ Crore)
Sector / Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
10. Power                              
a) Number of projects 28 33 40 50 53 44 63 64 57 62 51 47 51 27 22
b) Original estimate 68600 82771 105569 137766 135656 124490 164942 171622 199226 227593 199221 199760 222574 107459 78351
c) Now anticipated 72140 86254 110220 152267 150492 142172 193266 208830 230151 274184 244605 270014 291234 171791 134019
d) Cost overrun 3540 3483 4631 14500 14800 17681 28323 37208 30925 46590 45384 70254 68659 64332 55668
11. Railways                              
a) Number of projects 44 53 31 34 41 37 35 31 38 29 97 149 157 158 131
b) Original estimate 15871 19388 22532 23671 27924 28589 29092 36714 41534 39411 123380 187725 201874 213625 194576
c) Now anticipated 40072 40523 43774 56068 73537 73022 86253 90432 109806 110498 201546 284516 323257 477384 455505
d) Cost overrun 24201 21135 21242 32400 45600 44432 57160 53718 68273 71087 78166 96791 121383 263759 260930
12. Surface transport                              
a) Number of projects 139 143 109 93 95 23 104 128 107 48 111 188 155 154 119
b) Original estimate 40007 48532 39092 40272 54950 8843 77042 88402 85274 34466 96854 128612 85648 126843 79288
c) Now anticipated 40643 48946 40490 43172 58195 11095 78983 90842 90139 36987 99476 135951 88944 166366 101930
d) Cost overrun 637 414 1399 2900 3250 2253 1941 2440 4865 2522 2622 7339 3295 39523 22642
13. Telecommunication                              
a) Number of projects 22 35 35 9 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 0
b) Original estimate 7513 14069 16628 3856 2935 2018 721 15445 15445 13752 13781 13566 14013 13765 0
c) Now anticipated 6947 14391 17139 4035 2761 1843 721 15345 15345 25082 25118 24904 25343 25125 0
d) Cost overrun -566 322 511 200 -174 -175 0 -100 -100 11330 11337 11338 11330 11360 0
14. Others                              
a) Number of projects 1 6 4 2 1 1 17 18 26 27 27 56 69 35 35
b) Original estimate 543 9111 15728 6938 6395 2494 82662 64808 98854 86365 71272 129505 153112 152255 149433
c) Now anticipated 1187 10315 31872 12796 11609 2494 82662 72118 108617 87106 72514 177485 217166 223574 223853
d) Cost overrun 644 1204 16144 5858 5214 0 0 7310 9763 742 1242 47980 64054 71319 74422
Total                              
a) Number of projects 287 366 271 264 285 209 328 343 327 254 381 567 596 425 354
b) Original estimate 229148 340181 299002 425998 475042 437807 575227 528819 594248 588870 717425 930864 988240 761514 645244
c) Now anticipated 272872 400607 361829 500467 569843 538750 699234 644702 720378 727418 877661 1202005 1279714 1266030 1115907
d) Cost overrun 43724 60426 62827 74469 94801 100943 124007 115883 126130 138548 160236 271140 291474 504516 470663
Notes : 1. Data relate to central sector projects costing ₹100 Crore and above up to 2010. From 2011 onwards data pertain to projects costing ₹150 Crore and above.
2. Projects without date of commissioning are not considered.
3. Cost overrun is taken as the difference between the 'anticipated cost' and the 'original cost'.
4. Surface transport = Road transport + Shipping & ports.
5. Others = Heavy Industry+ Defence Production + Health & family welfare + Urban Development.
Source : Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.

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