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PAC’s study of PPPs to begin with a visit to Delhi airport
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is starting a detailed study on public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the country with a visit to the Delhi international airport on Tuesday.
The panel, which has already constituted a sub-committee to discuss the issue, will start its work by studying the PPP between the Civil Aviation Ministry and the GMR Consortium on Tuesday.
A source in the panel told BusinessLine that the panel will meet officials of the Airports Authority of India, Civil Aviation Ministry and the GMR on Tuesday. “We will study such PPPs in other sectors like roads, power generation, distribution and use of natural resources such as spectrum and minerals,” the PAC member added.
Earlier, during the UPA regime, the panel, then headed by BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, studied the PPP between the AAI and GMR and said the PPP in Indira Gandhi International Airport could be considered a success as there have been significant improvements in services for the travelling public.
“It is also noteworthy that the Airports Council International had adjudged the airport as the second best in the world in the category of 25-40 million passengers per annum,” it said, adding that the panel found several lacunae and shortcomings in the operationalisation of the joint venture mode and implementation of Operation, Management and Development Agreement (OMDA) and State Support Agreement (SSA).
“We will go into the details of measures such as development fees imposed on passengers. We will also study the commercial use of land allotted to the DIAL,” the member added.
The panel member said the effort was to ensure that the Comptroller and Auditor General has a role in auditing the PPPs in which the money from exchequer is involved. Steven Matz Authentic Jersey
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