Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2021-06-14 |
Progress of Mega Scale Development Projects by the end of the First Quarter - 2021 - 284 Mega Scale Development Projects exceeding Rupees one billion of estimated cost are being implemented under 41 ministries at present whereas Rupees 692.5 billion has been allocated for the year 2021, to carry out those projects. 53 projects from among them are related to the priority development targets of the Government such as “drinking water for all” and “development of 100,000 km road network”. The Cabinet noted the report regarding the progress of these projects at the end of first quarter of 2021 submitted by the Hon. Prime Minister in his capacity as the Minister of Finance informing the necessity of integrating all the relevant institutions in order to achieve specific investment targets of those projects and resolving procedural and legal issues relating to the land acquisition which directly affects on the performance of certain projects. |