The road transport and highways sector has, as per a government report, faced the maximum number of delayed projects at 402, followed by Railways at 115. In the road and highways sector, as many as 402 out of 749 projects are running behind schedule, while in the Railway sector, 115 out of 173 projects are hanging fire.
Based on the information provided on the Online Computerised Monitoring System (OCMS) by the project implementing agencies, the Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) is mandated to monitor central sector infrastructure projects costing Rs 150 crore and above. The IPMD comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
