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ADB financial sector operations in India. The limited fiscal space for government guarantees, including to India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited, emphasizes the need for innovation and well-structured ADB interventions in the financial sector and infrastructure financing, including public nonsovereign operations, for ADB to remain relevant to changes and financial market developments in India.

Project Number: 41036-013
Project Name: Second India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility
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The success of India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility II draws important lessons of building and maintaining strong partnerships during project implementation, not only with the government and India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) but also with development partners, banks and financial institutions, project sponsors, and other stakeholders. Building awareness, continuous dialogue, and strengthening safeguard practices of IIFCL and banks/ and financial institutions are crucial to ensure effective project implementation and disbursements.

Project Number: 41036-013
Project Name: Second India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility
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Conduct adequate due diligence. ADB's policy framework was based largely on the recommendations of the high-level task force. Given the task force's expertise, there is merit to using such a report as the basis for ADB's program. Yet, ADB still needs to conduct adequate due diligence - specifically, how to implement and monitor the task force's recommendations and how to mitigate the facility's risks.Include systems for data collection. The program design could have benefited from a greater focus on data collection.

Project Number: 36343-013
Project Name: Rural Cooperative Credit Restructuring and Development Program: Program Completion Report
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To improve the environmental performance of loans, the following measures are suggested: (i) a systematic and continuous approach in developing awareness and periodic capacity enhancement of the project staff regarding ADB's environmental policy, procedures, and requirements; (ii) as appropriate, ensuring timely mobilization and continuation of environmental experts by the executing agency, consultants, and contractors until loan closure; (iii) systematic supervision, monitoring, data mapping, and reporting mechanisms on implementation of environmental safeguards; and (iv) periodic rev

Project Number: 32298-043
Project Name: Madhya Pradesh Power Sector Investment Program (Tranche 3)
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Project implementation delays. Project implementation experienced significant delays. The initial delay was caused by insufficient project readiness, inadequate dedicated staff assigned by Public Works Department, delays in finalizing the design reports and bid documents, and time needed to obtain environment and/or forest clearance for tree cutting. During construction, the delays were caused by poor performance of some contractors and Naxalite attacks. To avoid implementation delays, project preparation should be undertaken before approval.

Project Number: 36005-013
Project Name: Chhattisgarh State Road Development Project
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Due to inappropriate selection of the contractors, a significant delay in the completion of the contracts was caused by (i) weak planning; (ii) weak project management capacity; (iii) poor performance of the contractors; and (iv) inadequate participation of the lead partner, particularly the joint venture contractor, who was awarded three contract packages. Three out of five civil works contracts were ultimately terminated after a considerable delay. The criteria for the qualification of the contractor under a joint venture and for the award of multiple contracts should be strengthened.

Project Number: 31435-013
Project Name: Western Transport Corridor Project
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The National Highways Authority of India undertook several measures towards achieving project readiness such as (i) project preparation using its own funds; (ii) deployment of a project team at its headquarters and field office during the initial stage to supervise project preparation and undertake procurement activities and pre-construction activities; and (iii) advance action on civil works procurement, recruitment of construction supervision consultants, and pre-construction activities such as shifting of utilities, cutting of trees, and land acquisition.

Project Number: 31435-013
Project Name: Western Transport Corridor Project
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Choose sustainable implementation arrangements. Although the same person headed the Agency for Vocational Education and the project implementation unit, there was a lack of integration between the two organizations. The project activities were separately implemented and managed by the project implementation unit without involving the staff of the Agency for Vocational Education. As a result, activities initiated under the project may slow down after the departure of the project implementation unit consultants.

Project Number: 38298-022
Project Name: Vocational Education and Skills Development Project
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Training in basic information and communication technology skills. While the project recognized the importance of training in basic ICT skills for users of the unified automated information system, it left the provision of this training to the executing and implementing agencies. Because this is a prerequisite for any large-scale ICT system development, future projects should set this as an appropriate loan covenant.

Project Number: 38177-013
Project Name: Regional Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project
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Project implementation capacity of the executing and implementing agencies. The provision of training for the executing and implementing agencies at the outset, not only in ADB procurement procedures but also in project management techniques, would probably have reduced the project start-up delays. Future projects should include appropriate training to new executing and implementing agencies at start-up.

Project Number: 38177-013
Project Name: Regional Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project
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Subproject packaging and procurement. During procurement for civil works packages, the response to bid was low. Some packages received no response, even after the 7th call. Repackaging and rebidding for such contract packages slowed down the procurement process. In the meantime, the ADB procurement review revealed that a number of contractors had been awarded more than one contract and that most of them submitted bids for multiple contracts within a district.

Project Number: 37066-053
Project Name: Rural Roads Sector II Investment Program - Project 4
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Understand that project implementation will require significant ADB staff resources, and allocate resources for additional support to bolster areas where project implementation was previously weak.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Despite the urgency of government requests for additional financing, conduct a thorough due diligence on all government entities involved and ensure that the available resources fit the scope of the project.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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At appraisal, all parts of previous project arrangements should be thoroughly reviewed to identify the real causes of past project implementation issues. For key past problems, new solutions should be sought, rather than trying to modify past arrangements.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Do not reengage in a sector with poor past performance until the government demonstrates its commitment and ownership by creating an enabling environment for delivery of sustainable outputs.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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