By Saksham singh
In the act of fixing the problem of bureaucratic delays by cutting them and boosting investor confidence in the state’s execution capacity, Tamil Nadu is working on a project tool to work as a technology platform to track large infrastructure projects in real time.
The e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) created a tool for project monitoring and handling that will cover 370 major projects worth over Rs 100 crore each in around 14 government departments. The platform will prioritise updates on physical and financial progress and any queries occurring in departments to be noticed, flagged, and resolved quickly and effortlessly on time. A high-level meeting arranged by Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu N. Muruganandam was held recently to discuss the new project-monitoring system so that work could proceed.
The initiative follows a startup from the Department for the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), which describes and makes states believe in adopting the centre’s Project Monitoring Group (PMG) technology portal, an institutional mechanism tasked and made for resolving issues in every physical and mechanical department related to projects that are facing delays or awaiting regulatory clearances with state and central ministries.
The Tamil Nadu government plans to develop an AI tool that will simplify monitoring large projects and quickly detect and report any repairs, whether physical or mechanical. Departments will have to only update data on the tool every month, enabling regular reviews and early intervention where projects risk slipping off the schedule.