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Govt Mulls Foreign Collaboration for DPR Preps
March 24, 2025
|The Morning Standard
As Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari often criticises the "poor quality" of detailed project reports (DPRs), the ministry may actively consider a proposal to allow joint ventures with international companies having a majority stake for preparing the blueprint for effective planning, execution and monitoring of infrastructure development.
According to some sources in the know about the matter, Gadkari chaired a meeting on DPRs earlier this month and discussed bringing in changes in the existing arrangements. "There was a long meeting in which deliberations were held about introducing changes in the system. Suggestions have been taken from the stakeholders," a source said.
The minister reportedly suggested if a project costs over ₹1,000 crore, there should be a joint venture with a foreign company for the DPR, with that company having a 51% stake.
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