Manual for Development Projects - Planning Commission

Manual For Development Projects
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Federal Ministries/Attached Departments Projects
6.52 Projects of Federal Ministries and attached departments which are sanctioned by the
Departmental Development Working Party may also be forwarded to the Planning Commission for
seeking approval of the Concept Clearance Committee. Federal projects costing more than Rs. 20
million will be submitted to the Concept Clearance Committee/CDWP as usual.
Public/Private Partnership Projects
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6.53 The Government have introduced a new concept of public/private partnership in which
private/public sectors will work in harmony for national development. Since public/ private
partnership was a new concept, the procedure for approval of the project under this programme did
not exist. The Ministry of Planning & Development approved the following procedure, proposed
by the Ministry of Industries and Production to process/approve the Projects under Private/Public
Partnership:
(i) The preparation of PC-I and its processing through ECNEC/CDWP may not be necessary for a
project proposed to be implemented under the concept of Public-Private partnership if:
a. The equity participation by the public sector is not more than 30% of the project cost.
b. The management is with the private sector, and
c. No funds are being demanded by the public sector partner out of the Federal Budget.
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(ii) The project will be based on feasibility study and public sector corporations, under
administrative control of Ministry of Industries and Production, will be responsible for viability of
the project.
(iii) The Chairman of the above corporations may approve/sign the MOU with private partner.
However, the approval of the project or Joint Venture Agreement with Private (Local/ Foreign)
partner will require to be obtained from the Board of Directors of the respective Corporation.
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