The Chhattisgarh Government has agreed to adopt the software being utilised by the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) of the Cabinet Secretariat in New Delhi for launching the system of monitoring the status of clearances required from various agencies in implementation of industrial projects, stated Additional Secretary and Chairman, PMG, Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi Anil Swarup here on Friday.
He was speaking at an Interactive Session held by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Chhattisgarh Committee in the city.“The software being utilised by the PMG had already been adopted by Bihar and Rajasthan while the Maharashtra and Gujarat Government have evinced interest in adopting the software to track status of clearances of industrial projects,” he said.
Swarup said that the PMG had been set in the context of resolving issues involving clearances of projects costing Rs 1,000 crore or above. “We had a meeting with the Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary and other senior officials in the State Government today and discussed various issues pertaining to the status of various projects in Chhattisgarh,” he said.
The Chhattisgarh chief secretary had demanded during the meeting that the threshold for monitoring the projects should be made for cost below Rs 1,000 crore, Swarup said adding, “We had advised the chief secretary to adopt the software being used by the PMG to monitor projects of cost below Rs 1,000 crore.” He said that the PMG in Delhi goes after each concerned ministry every week to inquire about the status of clearances of various projects.
“Today we have the technology to bring transparency in every work we do at the PMG. Now, we are also able to track all files related to clearances electronically,” Swarup said. He said that the industry must also learn to appreciate the good work done by the various departments. Speaking on the occasion, N Baijendra Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister said that one should not become irrational by creating hurdles in clearing projects in the name of green activism.
He said that the State Government had already been using a software to track pollution clearances for industrial projects.