SLOWDOWN IN PROJECT COMPLETIONS CONTINUES

Projects worth `51,000 crore were completed in the quarter ended June 2021, a near 54 per cent drop from the March quarter

However, the total represents only 154 of the 245 completed projects in the quarter as Covid-19 affected both project implementation and data collection

About `3.1 lakh crore worth of projects were completed in FY21, well below the `5.2 lakh crore in FY20 and less than half the `6.5 lakh crore in FY19

Data for June quarter not available; numbers rounded off; Source: CMIE