Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC)

The government of India has streamlined the appraisal and approval mechanism for Central Sector PPP projects to ensure speedy appraisal of projects, eliminate delays, and have uniformity in appraisal mechanisms. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in its meeting on October 27, 2005, approved the procedure for approval of Central Sector Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects. Pursuant to this decision, in 2006, the Government of India (GOI) notified the appraisal mechanism by setting up the Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) for the appraisal of PPP projects in the Central Sector.

The appraisal and approval authority for a Central Sector Project is based on the Capital costs or the cost of underlying assets (Value of the project) and is as follows:

Flowchart showing PPP projects referred to PPPAC based on project value. Appraisal and approval authorities vary from administrative ministry for projects under 5 crore, to PPPAC and CCEA for projects above 1000 crore. The chart confirms if it's a central PPP project and shows steps leading to bidding and award.

Further, higher delegation of Financial Powers have been granted in case of NHDP, Bharatmala and Port Sector projects.

Pursuant to the decision of the CCEA, a Committee for appraisal of PPP projects of all sectors of cost greater than Rs. 100 crore but less than Rs. 250 crore has been set up comprising of the following

Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs
Secretary of the Ministry/Department sponsoring the project.

Booklet of Guidelines for Formulation, Appraisal and Approval of Central Sector Public Private Partnership Projects

Sr No.	Title	Announced On	Notified On
1	Notification of Constitution of the PPPAC (OM 2/10/2004-INF dated November 29, 2005).	-	-
2	Notification of procedure for appraisal and approval of PPP projects(OM 1/5/2005 PPP dated January 12, 2006).	-	-
3	Modification in appraisal and approval procedure for Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects	-	-
4	Guidelines for Formulation, Appraisal and Approval of Central Sector Public Private Partnership Projects(Hindi version )	27-10-2005	12-01-2006
5	Guidelines for Formulation,Appraisal and Approval of Central Sector Public Private Partnership Projects(English version)	27-10-2005	12-01-2006
6	Detailed process and guidelines are given here(OM 10/3/2006-Infra dated July 24, 2007)	-	-

Format for Submission of Proposals for Appraisal and Approval

For submission to PPPAC

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Composition of the PPPAC

- Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (in the Chair)
- Secretary, Planning Commission(now CEO Niti Aayog)
- Secretary, Department of Expenditure
- Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs
- Secretary, Department Sponsoring a Project

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