Fourteen States to launch project monitoring teams, post elections.

Fourteen States are waiting for the elections to end to set up monitoring groups to facilitate clearance of projects with investments under Rs. 1,000 crore.

'These State-based project monitoring groups will be ready to start work as soon as the on-going Lok Sabha election is over,' a Government official told Business Line.

The States include Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam. The monitoring bodies to be set up by the States will be similar to the one at the Centre.

The Prime Minister's Project Monitoring Group at the Centre, which has assisted in clearing several big-ticket projects in less than a year, has developed software for each State, the Government official said. The first round of training of officials is also over.

'Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are also interested and are expected to give a formal request soon,' the official added.

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