Frequently Asked Questions
The database is a repository of infrastructure projects being implemented in India by various Government Departments and private sector companies. The database provides its users with key information on infrastructure projects including: Government infrastructure projects (PPP), Government infrastructure projects (Traditional Procurement) and Private Sector Infrastructure projects.
The database contains information about infrastructure projects in India. The infrastructure projects are included as per the following criteria:
a) Sector: The database is aligned to the harmonized list (as per notification of Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs vide Gazette No. 240, dated October 13, 2014) of infrastructure sectors. Infrastructure projects from following sectors are included in the database.
| Sector | Sub Sector |
|---|---|
| Communication | Telecommunication Network and Services |
| Telecommunication towers | |
| Energy | City gas distribution |
| Electricity Distribution | |
| Electricity generation (grid) | |
| Electricity transmission | |
| Gas pipelines | |
| Oil pipelines | |
| Oil/ Gas/ LNG Storage | |
| Renewable energy (grid) | |
| Social and Commercial Infrastructure | Cold Chain |
| Common infrastructure for industrial parks, SEZ | |
| Education | |
| Health Care | |
| Post-harvest storage infrastructure for agriculture and horticulture produce including cold storage | |
| Tourism* | |
| Transport | Airports |
| Inland waterways | |
| Ports (excluding captive) | |
| Railway track, tunnel, viaducts, bridges | |
| Roads and bridges | |
| Urban public transport (except rolling stock) | |
| Water and Sanitation | Irrigation (dams, channels, embankments, etc.) |
| Sewage collection, treatment and disposal system | |
| Solid waste management | |
| Storm water drainage system | |
| Water supply pipeline | |
| Water treatment plants | |
| Social and Commercial Infrastructure | Cold Chain |
| Common infrastructure for industrial parks, SEZ | |
| Education | |
| Health Care | |
| Post-harvest storage infrastructure for agriculture and horticulture produce including cold storage | |
| Tourism* | |
| * Only PPP infrastructure projects | |
b) Year: The database provides information on Government infrastructure projects (PPP) till date and Government infrastructure projects (Traditional Procurement) & Private sector infrastructure projects from 2012 onwards;
c) Value: The database captures information on projects with project cost more than INR 50 crores Government infrastructure projects (Traditional Procurement) and Private sector infrastructure projects; and projects with project cost more than INR 5 crores for Government infrastructure projects (PPP);
d) Status: The database includes infrastructure projects which are in “Pre-construction Stage”, “Under Construction”, “Operation and Maintenance Stage” (for PPP projects), or “Completed”.
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The database provides information on Government infrastructure projects (PPP) across 29 parameters as follows:
Category
Parameter
General Information
Project Name
Project Brief
Sector
Sub Sector
Project Capacity
Location
Type of PPP
Status
Nodal Authority
Concession Duration (in months)
Project Authority
Project Concessionaire
Bidding Information
Bid Parameter
Project Timelines
Concession Agreement Signing Date
Financial Closure Date
Appointed Date
Construction Completion Date (as per Concession Agreement)
Construction Completion Date (Actual)
Date of Start of Commercial Operation (as per Concession Agreement)
Date of Start of Commercial Operation (Actual)
Concession End Date (as per Concession Agreement)
Revised end date of the concession, if any
Concession End Date (Actual)
Project Costs
Project Funding
Type of Grant
Project Cost (as per Concession Agreement), in Rs. Crore
Project Cost (Revised), in Rs. Crore
Project Cost (Actual), in Rs. Crore
Others
Any other information
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The database provides information on Government Infrastructure projects (Traditional Procurement) across 17 parameters as follows:
Category
Parameter
Category
Parameter
General Information
Project Name
Project Timelines
Date of award of project
Project Brief
Date of Project Completion (as per Contract)
Sector
Date of Project Completion (Actual)
Sub Sector
Project Cost
Project Cost (as per contract), in Rs. Crore
Project Capacity
Project Cost (Revised), in Rs. Crore
Location
Project Cost (Actual), in Rs. Crore
Status
Others
Any other information
Nodal Authority
Project Authority
Project Contractor
The data has been collected using primary as well as secondary resources. The information on projects is based on data received from relevant Project Authorities and is being updated on a best endeavor basis.
The database contains mainly two types of reports:
Pre-defined Reports: These reports contain information on the broad parameters which includes General Information, Project Timelines and Project Costs, and then captures detailed information against all these parameters. The other parameters captured in these reports are Project Authority, Project Cost and Date of Award of the project.
Summary Reports: These reports provide concise information on state wise, sector wise, status wise and year wise projects. These reports contain the total number of projects and the total project cost for all the states, sectors, status and years.
User Defined Reports: These reports allow users to generate customized results by selecting the desired parameters (from the available options) for which the information is required. For example, the users may select the desired type of project, type of PPP, sector, location, status, etc. to generate desired customized reports.
The database is available as free access to all the users. For general browsing, there is no log-in required. Log-in privileges are available with certain officials and Government agencies for updating and monitoring the information on the database.