The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division

The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division

Subject: Economy

Context:

The road transport and highways sector has the maximum number of delayed projects, as per the latest flash report on infrastructure projects for October 2022.

Details of the report:

• In the road transport and highways sector-243 out of 826 projects are delayed
• In railways-114 out of 173 projects are delayed
• In petroleum sector-89 out of 142 projects are delayed 
• The Munirabad-Mahabubnagar rail project (by 276 months) is the most-delayed project followed by the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail project (by 247 months) and Belapur-Seawood-Urban Electrified Double Line (228 months). .

Concept:

The Flash Report for October 2022: 

• It contains information on the status of the 1,521 central sector infrastructure projects costing Rs 150 crore and above.
• The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) is mandated to monitor central sector infrastructure projects costing Rs 150 crore and above based on the information provided on the Online Computerised Monitoring System (OCMS) by the project implementing agencies.
• The IPMD comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD)

• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has two wings, one relating to Statistics and the other relating to Programme Implementation.
• The Programme Implementation Wing has three Divisions, namely,
  • Twenty Point Programme.
  • Infrastructure and Project Monitoring and
  • Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.
• The Infrastructure & Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) is the Project Management arm and apex monitoring institution of the Government of India. 
• It performs a triple role in monitoring the implementation status of central sector projects costing more than Rs 150 Crores in 16 infrastructure sectors and performance of key 11 infrastructure sectors.
• The IPMD brings out several analytical reports.
• The role of IPMD can be summarized as below:–
  • a monitor of the implementation of projects and infrastructure performance
  • an initiator of systemic improvements and of better project management practices and
  • a facilitator in taking up issues with the relevant authorities in case of individual projects.

Online Computerized Monitoring System (OCMS)

• It  is a database maintained and operated by IPMD, MoSPI for collecting, analyzing and distributing data pertaining to all Central Sector Infrastructure projects costing Rs. 150 crore and above.
• All Central Sector project agencies are required to enter monthly project status report in OCMS for all ongoing project costing Rs. 150 crore and more.