National Infra Pipeline: FM reviews progress of projects worth `3.6L cr

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday held a meeting to review the progress of 34 projects in the health and water resources sectors involving investments of Rs 3.6 lakh crore under the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP).

While 24 of these projects worth Rs 80,915 crore are under the supervision of the health ministry, the department of water resources, rural development & Ganga rejuvenation oversees 10 large projects worth Rs 2,79,604 crore, the Finance Ministry said.

Secretaries of water resources and health attended the meeting, which focussed on the implementation of the projects and bottlenecks, if any.

“The agenda was to discuss the progress of NIP projects, expenditure incurred so far and the initiatives taken to expedite the project implementation,” the ministry said in a statement.