What Actually Delays Indian Projects: The Reported Causes and the Controls That Answer Them

Indian public projects are delayed for reasons the government itself publishes: land acquisition, forest and environmental clearance, utility shifting, law and order, contractor capacity and funding flow. This report takes each officially reported cause, traces it to the statute, rule or contract clause that governs it, and sets out the control discipline that answers it. It is a companion to our earlier report on cost and time overruns, which covered the magnitudes.

Part of AECS Research Global's publications programme — drawing on ARG's work across cost management, EPC advisory and integrated project delivery. Download the full report below.