P.Chidambaram Presents MHA Report Card for March ; 265 Posts Created in NIA 70,220 Projects worth Rs.3,480 Crore Sanctioned under IAP in 2011-12
70,220 projects at a cost of Rs.3,480 crore were sanctioned and funds released under the IAP Scheme in 78 selected districts, of which 45,652 projects have been completed and the remaining 24,568 projects are expected to be completed by May/June, 2012. This was stated by Union Home Minister Shri P.Chidambaram while presenting the Report Card for the Ministry of Home Affairs for the month March 2012 in New Delhi today. He also gave details of the major tasks accomplished by the Ministry during 2011-12. Rs.2,485 crore was spent under five provisioning heads for purchase of arms and ammunition and equipment for the CAPFs andRs.2,128 crore was sanctioned for land acquisition, buildings and BOPs of CAPFs.
During March 2012, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams comprising 132 personnel and 16 boats were deployed for rescue and relief operations during floods and other emergencies in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Delhi. Orders was issued for creation of 265 posts in NIA and for setting up of new offices at Mumbai, Kochiand Lucknow. Following is the text of the Home Minister’s statement:
“On March 12, 2012, the National Security Advisor of Israel called on me and discussed issues related to bilateral security cooperation.
During March 14-20, 2012, the Judicial Commission from Pakistan visited Mumbai to record statements of prosecution witnesses in the Mumbai Terror Attack case.
On March 2, 2012, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission and I held a video conference with the District Collectors of 78 LWE-affected districts and reviewed the implementation of the Integrated Action Plan.
On March 9, 2012, Rs.5.52 crore was reimbursed to Chhattisgarh Government being expenditure incurred by them on anti-naxal operations under the SRE Scheme.
During the month, Rs.9.28 crore was sanctioned to CAPFs deployed in LWE-affected States for carrying out programmes under Civic Action Plan for the year 2011-12.
A sum of Rs.1.08 crore was sanctioned as assistance to
36 beneficiaries at the rate of Rs.3 lakh each under the Central scheme of assistance to the victims of terrorist/communal/naxal violence.
North East
On March 24, 2012, a Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement was signed by the Government of India and the Government of Manipur with the United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) and the Pakan Reunification Army (PRA) [both under the umbrella of Kuki National Organisation (KNO)] for a period of six months.
Jammu and Kashmir
On March 2, 2012, the Approval Committee of Special Industry Initiatives (SII), J&K, approved the proposal of Wipro (BPO) and HCL Infosystems Ltd to train 4390 candidates and 400 candidates, respectively, over a period of five years.
On March 26, 2012, I inaugurated the website-‘Udaan’ of the Special Industry Initiatives (SII) for J&K at New Delhi in the presence of Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Shri Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir.
CAPFs (Central Armed Police Force)
Sanctions amounting to Rs.111.55 crore were issued for acquisition of land and construction of office/residential/other infrastructure buildings for the following CAPFs:
Sanctions amounting to Rs.54.44 crore were issued for the purchase of arms and ammunition and equipment for the following CAPFs:
On March 2, 2012, sanction worth Rs.15.51 crore was given for augmentation of infrastructure for enhancing the training capacity of National Training Centre for Dog, BTC Bhanu, ITBP.
On March 7, 2012, approval worth Rs.17.97 lakh was given to the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA) for the procurement of Gym equipments.
On March 9, 2012, Rs.75 lakh was released to the Government of West Bengal for construction of Model Police Stations.
On March 12, 2012, administrative approval for Rs.8.89 crore was accorded to NSG for a proposal for an Integrated Security System for HQ NSG Complex, Palam and NSG Garrison, Manesar.
On March 12, 2012, administrative approval for Rs.5.16 crore was accorded to BSF for extending video conferencing system up to sector level.
On March 15, 2012, approval was given for the contractual appointment of 51 Medical Officers (28 GDMOs & 11 Specialists in BSF and 12 GDMOs in CISF). Further, to make the career prospects of the doctors in CAPFs and Assam Rifles more attractive, policy guidelines have been issued for pursuing PG courses/short term courses and fellowships/super specialty courses.
During the month, Rs.69.93 crore was released under the MPF Scheme to various States. As on date, the total grant of Rs.800 crore has been released.
Lump sum ex-gratia compensation amounting to Rs.3.10 crore was sanctioned to the next of kin of 27 deceased CAPF personnel.
During the month, a total of Rs.96.30 crore was released to States/UTs under CCTNS project of which Rs.13.42 crore was for networking and Rs.82.88 crore was for System Integrators (SI). LoIs for System Integrators were issued by the Governments of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Tripura. As of now, 16 LoIs have been issued to SIs out of which 9 Contracts have been signed. Further, 5000 personnel have been trained until now under capacity building.
Sanction was issued for creation of 217 posts in CISF for induction at the following installations/establishments:
India-Bangladesh Border: In March 2012, 7 kms of fencing and
5 kms of road works were completed under phase II of the project and
2 kms of fencing were replaced under phase III of the project. Poles for floodlighting were erected on a length of 70 kms and cables were laid on
40 kms stretch during the month.
Coastal Security: Land identification for 111 (out of 131) Coastal Police Stations has been finalized and land acquisition process in 74 cases has been initiated till March, 2012. An amount of Rs.44.37 crore has been released to the coastal States/UTs for construction of Coastal Police Stations and Jetties.
India-China Border: Out of 27 ITBP priority roads along India-China border, construction work on one road has been completed and the work on 22 roads is in progress. No progress could be made during the month because of non working season. So far, a total of 511.69 Kms of formation works and 173.73 Kms of surfacing works have been completed.
Border Area Development Programme (BADP): The total amount released to the 17 States in the current financial year at the end of March 2012 stands at Rs.1003.22 crore [100% of the total allocation of Rs.1003.22 crore (RE)], including Rs.85.58 crore released during the month.
Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI): The Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) has been set up and notified with effect from 1.3.2012.
Immigration
Integrated on-line visa application system under the Mission Mode Project on IVFRT (Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking) was made operational at the Indian missions at New York and San Francisco. This facility is now operational at 52 Indian Missions abroad.
The online registration application system for Foreigners was operationalized at the office of the FRO,Chandigarh. This facility is now operational at the offices of all the 7 FRROs and 3 FROs.
2 Pakistani prisoners were repatriated to Pakistan on completion of their sentences.
IPS
Shri Prakash Mishra, IPS (OR:77) was appointed as Director General, National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF & CD).
During the month, notifications were issued for the induction of 6 State Police Service (SPS) Officers of Maharashtra, 12 SPS Officers of Tamil Nadu and 10 SPS officers of Tripura segment from State Police Service (SPS) to Indian Police Service (IPS).
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the empanelment of 21 IPS officers of 1981 batch to hold Addl. Director General/equivalent level posts at the Centre. It also approved the empanelment of 8 IPS officers of 1985 batch to hold Joint Secretary/equivalent level posts under the Central Staffing Scheme.
On March 6, 2012, sanction amounting to Rs.4.18 crore and Rs.4.16 crore were given for the installation of CCTV surveillance systems at the periphery of the Supreme Court of India and High Court of Delhi, respectively.
Disaster Relief
During March 2012, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams comprising 132 personnel and 16 boats were deployed for rescue and relief operations during floods and other emergencies in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Delhi.
During the month, NIDM conducted 11 training programmes with 274 participants on different aspects of Disaster Management.
NIA
On March 6, 2012, orders was issued for creation of 265 posts in NIA and for setting up of new offices at Mumbai, Kochi and Lucknow.
On March 13, 2012, a charge-sheet against six accused was filed in case no. RC 09/2011 of NIA relating to Delhi High Court Bomb blast case of 7.9.2011.
On March 27, 2012, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court at Ahmedabad, Gujarat was notified.
The results of Houselisting and Housing Census phase of Population Census 2011 have been released, giving data on quality and quantity of Census House, amenities available and the assets possessed by the households across the Country. It is notable that the results have been released one year ahead of schedule.
Scanning of Population Enumeration schedules has been completed for 24.5 crore out of the total of 27 crore schedules. The data processing of more than 13.3 crore schedules has been completed.
The creation of the National Population Register (NPR) in 3331 coastal villages covering a population of 1.2 crore persons has been completed. The production of Resident Identity Cards (RIC) for this population is currently underway and 27 lakh RICs have been produced so far. The capture of biometrics for the NPR in the rest of the country is in progress and as on date, data entry of 54 crore persons and biometrics of 1.51 crore persons have been completed.
Field work for 2nd round of Annual Health Survey has been completed in 125 districts and the same is in progress in another 75 districts across all the 9 Annual Health Survey States (viz. Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh)
During the month, the President gave her assent to the following bills:
(a) The Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control (Amendment) Bill, 2009
(b) The Gorkha land Territorial Administration Bill, 2011
Other matters
On March 1, 2012, Government constituted the “Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal” under Justice Sh. V. K. Shali for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring SIMI as an unlawful association.
On March 12, 2012, a Conference of Chief Secretaries and DGPs of States was held to discuss issues regarding setting up the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).
The drive to implement the judgments of Courts in relation to pension to freedom fighters continued. During the month, 61 judgments were implemented and 109 judgments are pending for implementation.
63,930 records of claims and compensation paid to displaced persons were computerized in March, 2012. The database now has 994,442 records.
You are aware that this is the last day of the current financial year. I thought it would be appropriate if I recall the major tasks accomplished during the financial year:
Source: PIB
During March 2012, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams comprising 132 personnel and 16 boats were deployed for rescue and relief operations during floods and other emergencies in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Delhi. Orders was issued for creation of 265 posts in NIA and for setting up of new offices at Mumbai, Kochiand Lucknow. Following is the text of the Home Minister’s statement:
“On March 12, 2012, the National Security Advisor of Israel called on me and discussed issues related to bilateral security cooperation.
During March 14-20, 2012, the Judicial Commission from Pakistan visited Mumbai to record statements of prosecution witnesses in the Mumbai Terror Attack case.
Internal Security
On March 2, 2012, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission and I held a video conference with the District Collectors of 78 LWE-affected districts and reviewed the implementation of the Integrated Action Plan.
On March 9, 2012, Rs.5.52 crore was reimbursed to Chhattisgarh Government being expenditure incurred by them on anti-naxal operations under the SRE Scheme.
During the month, Rs.9.28 crore was sanctioned to CAPFs deployed in LWE-affected States for carrying out programmes under Civic Action Plan for the year 2011-12.
A sum of Rs.1.08 crore was sanctioned as assistance to
36 beneficiaries at the rate of Rs.3 lakh each under the Central scheme of assistance to the victims of terrorist/communal/naxal violence.
North East
On March 24, 2012, a Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement was signed by the Government of India and the Government of Manipur with the United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) and the Pakan Reunification Army (PRA) [both under the umbrella of Kuki National Organisation (KNO)] for a period of six months.
Jammu and Kashmir
On March 2, 2012, the Approval Committee of Special Industry Initiatives (SII), J&K, approved the proposal of Wipro (BPO) and HCL Infosystems Ltd to train 4390 candidates and 400 candidates, respectively, over a period of five years.
On March 26, 2012, I inaugurated the website-‘Udaan’ of the Special Industry Initiatives (SII) for J&K at New Delhi in the presence of Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Shri Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir.
CAPFs (Central Armed Police Force)
Sanctions amounting to Rs.111.55 crore were issued for acquisition of land and construction of office/residential/other infrastructure buildings for the following CAPFs:
| ITBP | : | Rs. 18.92 crore |
| BSF | : | Rs. 6.73 crore |
| CRPF | : | Rs. 11.05 crore |
| SSB | : | Rs. 32.51 crore |
| CISF | : | Rs. 42.34 crore |
| Total | : | Rs.111.55 crore |
Sanctions amounting to Rs.54.44 crore were issued for the purchase of arms and ammunition and equipment for the following CAPFs:
| CRPF | Blanket Air Force Blue (Kit and EIC) | : | Rs. 39.39 crore |
| BSF | 122 nos. various vehicles | : | Rs. 12.09 crore |
| CRPF | 8000 nos. Light Weight Sleeping Bag | : | Rs. 1.04 crore |
| CAPFs/SPOs | 910 nos. of Glock-26 pistols | : | Rs. 1.92 crore |
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Total | : | Rs. 54.44 crore
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On March 2, 2012, sanction worth Rs.15.51 crore was given for augmentation of infrastructure for enhancing the training capacity of National Training Centre for Dog, BTC Bhanu, ITBP.
On March 7, 2012, approval worth Rs.17.97 lakh was given to the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA) for the procurement of Gym equipments.
On March 9, 2012, Rs.75 lakh was released to the Government of West Bengal for construction of Model Police Stations.
On March 12, 2012, administrative approval for Rs.8.89 crore was accorded to NSG for a proposal for an Integrated Security System for HQ NSG Complex, Palam and NSG Garrison, Manesar.
On March 12, 2012, administrative approval for Rs.5.16 crore was accorded to BSF for extending video conferencing system up to sector level.
On March 15, 2012, approval was given for the contractual appointment of 51 Medical Officers (28 GDMOs & 11 Specialists in BSF and 12 GDMOs in CISF). Further, to make the career prospects of the doctors in CAPFs and Assam Rifles more attractive, policy guidelines have been issued for pursuing PG courses/short term courses and fellowships/super specialty courses.
During the month, Rs.69.93 crore was released under the MPF Scheme to various States. As on date, the total grant of Rs.800 crore has been released.
Lump sum ex-gratia compensation amounting to Rs.3.10 crore was sanctioned to the next of kin of 27 deceased CAPF personnel.
During the month, a total of Rs.96.30 crore was released to States/UTs under CCTNS project of which Rs.13.42 crore was for networking and Rs.82.88 crore was for System Integrators (SI). LoIs for System Integrators were issued by the Governments of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Tripura. As of now, 16 LoIs have been issued to SIs out of which 9 Contracts have been signed. Further, 5000 personnel have been trained until now under capacity building.
Sanction was issued for creation of 217 posts in CISF for induction at the following installations/establishments:
| Unit | No. of additional posts sanctioned |
| Talcher Thermal Power Station, Orissa | 30 |
| Tuticorin Port Trust, Tamil Nadu | 55 |
| Calicut Airport, Kerala | 8 |
| Infosys Technologies, Mysore, Karnataka | 54 |
| Jamnagar Airport | 70 |
Total | 217 |
Border Management
India-Bangladesh Border: In March 2012, 7 kms of fencing and
5 kms of road works were completed under phase II of the project and
2 kms of fencing were replaced under phase III of the project. Poles for floodlighting were erected on a length of 70 kms and cables were laid on
40 kms stretch during the month.
Coastal Security: Land identification for 111 (out of 131) Coastal Police Stations has been finalized and land acquisition process in 74 cases has been initiated till March, 2012. An amount of Rs.44.37 crore has been released to the coastal States/UTs for construction of Coastal Police Stations and Jetties.
India-China Border: Out of 27 ITBP priority roads along India-China border, construction work on one road has been completed and the work on 22 roads is in progress. No progress could be made during the month because of non working season. So far, a total of 511.69 Kms of formation works and 173.73 Kms of surfacing works have been completed.
Border Area Development Programme (BADP): The total amount released to the 17 States in the current financial year at the end of March 2012 stands at Rs.1003.22 crore [100% of the total allocation of Rs.1003.22 crore (RE)], including Rs.85.58 crore released during the month.
Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI): The Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) has been set up and notified with effect from 1.3.2012.
Immigration
Integrated on-line visa application system under the Mission Mode Project on IVFRT (Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking) was made operational at the Indian missions at New York and San Francisco. This facility is now operational at 52 Indian Missions abroad.
The online registration application system for Foreigners was operationalized at the office of the FRO,Chandigarh. This facility is now operational at the offices of all the 7 FRROs and 3 FROs.
2 Pakistani prisoners were repatriated to Pakistan on completion of their sentences.
IPS
Shri Prakash Mishra, IPS (OR:77) was appointed as Director General, National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF & CD).
During the month, notifications were issued for the induction of 6 State Police Service (SPS) Officers of Maharashtra, 12 SPS Officers of Tamil Nadu and 10 SPS officers of Tripura segment from State Police Service (SPS) to Indian Police Service (IPS).
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the empanelment of 21 IPS officers of 1981 batch to hold Addl. Director General/equivalent level posts at the Centre. It also approved the empanelment of 8 IPS officers of 1985 batch to hold Joint Secretary/equivalent level posts under the Central Staffing Scheme.
Union Territories
On March 6, 2012, sanction amounting to Rs.4.18 crore and Rs.4.16 crore were given for the installation of CCTV surveillance systems at the periphery of the Supreme Court of India and High Court of Delhi, respectively.
Disaster Relief
During March 2012, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams comprising 132 personnel and 16 boats were deployed for rescue and relief operations during floods and other emergencies in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Delhi.
During the month, NIDM conducted 11 training programmes with 274 participants on different aspects of Disaster Management.
NIA
On March 6, 2012, orders was issued for creation of 265 posts in NIA and for setting up of new offices at Mumbai, Kochi and Lucknow.
On March 13, 2012, a charge-sheet against six accused was filed in case no. RC 09/2011 of NIA relating to Delhi High Court Bomb blast case of 7.9.2011.
On March 27, 2012, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court at Ahmedabad, Gujarat was notified.
Census 2011 and National Population Register (NPR)
The results of Houselisting and Housing Census phase of Population Census 2011 have been released, giving data on quality and quantity of Census House, amenities available and the assets possessed by the households across the Country. It is notable that the results have been released one year ahead of schedule.
Scanning of Population Enumeration schedules has been completed for 24.5 crore out of the total of 27 crore schedules. The data processing of more than 13.3 crore schedules has been completed.
The creation of the National Population Register (NPR) in 3331 coastal villages covering a population of 1.2 crore persons has been completed. The production of Resident Identity Cards (RIC) for this population is currently underway and 27 lakh RICs have been produced so far. The capture of biometrics for the NPR in the rest of the country is in progress and as on date, data entry of 54 crore persons and biometrics of 1.51 crore persons have been completed.
Field work for 2nd round of Annual Health Survey has been completed in 125 districts and the same is in progress in another 75 districts across all the 9 Annual Health Survey States (viz. Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh)
Judicial
During the month, the President gave her assent to the following bills:
(a) The Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control (Amendment) Bill, 2009
(b) The Gorkha land Territorial Administration Bill, 2011
Other matters
On March 1, 2012, Government constituted the “Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal” under Justice Sh. V. K. Shali for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring SIMI as an unlawful association.
On March 12, 2012, a Conference of Chief Secretaries and DGPs of States was held to discuss issues regarding setting up the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).
The drive to implement the judgments of Courts in relation to pension to freedom fighters continued. During the month, 61 judgments were implemented and 109 judgments are pending for implementation.
63,930 records of claims and compensation paid to displaced persons were computerized in March, 2012. The database now has 994,442 records.
You are aware that this is the last day of the current financial year. I thought it would be appropriate if I recall the major tasks accomplished during the financial year:
- Rs.2,485 crore was spent under five provisioning heads for purchase of arms and ammunition and equipment for the CAPFs
- Rs.2,128 crore was sanctioned for land acquisition, buildings and BOPs of CAPFs
- An amount of Rs.800 crore was released to the States under the MPF Scheme
- 70,220 projects at a cost of Rs.3,480 crore were sanctioned and funds released under the IAP Scheme in 78 selected districts, of which 45,652 projects have been completed and the remaining 24,568 projects are expected to be completed by May/June, 2012
- Rs.200.78 crore under SRE and Rs.185.82 crore under SIS were released to LWE-affected States
- Rs.210 crore was released to take up construction of 400 model police stations at a cost of Rs.2 crore per police station in LWE-affected States
- Special Industry Initiative Scheme for J&K was launched; 8 corporates have signed up to impart training to 8,290youth; website UDAAN inaugurated
- Rs.460.68 crore was released to J&K under SRE Scheme
- Agreement between Government of India, Government of West Bengal and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha was signed for setting up of a new Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) for the hill areas of Darjeeling district.
- Memorandum of Settlement was signed with UPDS of Karbi Anglong district in Assam
- SoO was signed with ULFA, United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) and the Pakan Reunification Army (PRA) [both under the umbrella of Kuki National Organisation (KNO)]
- Tripartite talks with DHD(N), DHD(J) and NDFB (Progressive) are in progress
- 1,695 cadres belonging to nine different outfits surrendered with their weapons to the Government of Assam
- Rs.350 crore was released to the North Eastern States under SRE Scheme
- Approval was given to raising of 10 new Specialised India Reserve Battalions and conversion of 3 sanctioned IRBs into SIRBs
- 3,477 additional posts was sanctioned to CAPFs
- 53,646 Constables (GD) was recruited in 2011-12
- 31 new BOPs were constructed, work in progress in 92 new BOPs
- On India-Bangladesh border, 79 kms of fencing and 69 kms of roads were completed. 30 kms of fencing was replaced
- On India-Pakistan border, 28 kms of fencing was completed
- On India-China border, 275 kms of formation work and 134 kms of surfacing work were completed on border roads
- Rs.44.37 crore was released for 131 new coastal police stations and jetties
- For the National Police Academy, 274 posts were created and Rs.85 crore was released (against a sanction of Rs.200 crore) for augmenting infrastructure
- For the North Eastern Police Academy, Rs.35.36 crore was released (against a sanction of Rs.82.13 crore) for augmenting infrastructure
- Approval was given for 21 CIAT Schools, out of which 17 are functional; 13,713 police personnel trained so far
- Sanction was given for 6 new RTCs, 1 new CIJW School and upgradation of 9 STCs, 2 BTCs and BSF Academy, at a cost of Rs.493.70 crore
- Orders were issued for setting up of new offices of NIA at Mumbai, Lucknow and Kochi. 35 cases were assigned to NIA for investigation out of which charge sheets have been filed in 21 cases. 2 cases have resulted in conviction. 265 new posts were sanctioned.
- Integrated Online Visa Application System is now operational at 52 Indian Missions.
- Online registration module has been operationalised in 7 FRROs and 3 FROs
- Computer hardware and software installed in all 77 ICPs. 72 of them are connected with Central Foreigners Bureau
- 1971 new organisations were granted Registration Certificate under the FCRA. ‘Prior permission’ was granted in 316 cases.
- 8430 NDRF personnel were deployed in rescue and relief work, 19488 human lives were saved.
- High Level Committee approved Rs.3,679 crore to States for disaster relief, out of which States accessed NDRF to the extent of Rs.2,201 crore.
- Pension was sanctioned to 204 freedom fighters in 2011-12. As on date, 51,000 freedom fighters and their eligible dependants are drawing pension.
- The data base of claims and compensation paid to displaced persons has 994,442 records
- CCTNS project continued to make progress, but it is 9 months behind schedule.
- NATGRID received in principle approval and is making progress, but it is 5 months behind schedule.”
Source: PIB
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