The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directed that a special cell be created immediately in the Cabinet Secretariat. This cell would be in the nature of a Project Monitoring Group for all large projects, both public and private and would pro-actively pursue them so that these investment projects are commissioned on time. The cell would try to remove hurdles in implementing large infrastructure projects, both in the public and private sectors on a fast-track basis. Suitable officers may be identified at the earliest and priority projects may be quickly identified to be taken for tracking.
The Administrative Ministries, in consultation with the Finance Ministry, and the Finance Ministry on its own also were tasked with the identification of such priority projects. The Cabinet Secretariat was directed to hold a meeting with Chief Secretaries of States to have State Governments on board with this new mechani.
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