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Learning Objectives
➢ Technical Evaluation
➢ Commercial Evaluation
➢ Financial Evaluation
➢ Economic Evaluation
➢ Management Evaluation
➢ Government Consents
a) Technical Evaluation
b) Commercial Evaluation
The market projections in the project could also be cross checked with
c) Financial Evaluation
➢ The unit has run into rough weather and is likely to become sick.
➢ The financial institution holds more than 26% of the share capital.
➢ Where the stake of the financial institution by way of loan/
investments exceeds ` crores.
d) Economic Evaluation
Government Consents
➢ Letter of intent
➢ Industrial license
➢ Capital goods clearance
➢ Import license
➢ Foreign exchange permission
➢ Approval of technical/financial collaboration
➢ Clearance under MRTP Act
➢ Consent of the controller of capital issues (SEBI)
The elements of costs and benefits are identified both from the
point of view of undertaking, implementation and managing the project,
and from the point of view of the society. The Project Appraisal Division
of the Planning Commission is the main agency that scrutinizes and
evaluates all projects after the Public Investment Board has carried out
the scrutiny from the financial angle. Together, these two agencies have
the responsibility for the planned and the coordinated development of the
country.
➢ Growth
➢ Equitable distribution of gains
➢ Self-reliance
➢ Eliminate all transfer cost items, i.e., taxes and duties, including
indirect taxes;
➢ Value all tradable inputs and outputs at border prices or
international resource costs. This is based on the logic that
domestic prices are distorted.
➢ All non-tradable items, such as power, transport, etc., are to be
evaluated on the basis of marginal cost. The aim is to eliminate the
distortion between the market tariffs and the marginal costs.
➢ Foreign exchange involved in the inputs or outputs are valued at
specific premia and there should also be a sensitivity analysis carried
out to assess the impact of variations in the premium on foreign
exchange.
➢ The average social return on capital or the Social Discount rate
(SDR) to be used for evaluation is 12 per cent and the costs and
the benefits are to be discounted at this rate.
b) Infrastructural Investment