State Govt inks MoU with lPL
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIPR

Imphal, October 06 2021: The government of Manipur has on Wednesday signed an MoU with IIFCL Projects Ltd (IPL), a subsidiary of Indian Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), for engaging the company as the principal consultant to Manipur State Planning Authority for development of various infrastructure projects in the state.

During the signing of the MoU, the state government was represented by additional chief secretary (Planning) P Vaiphei and the IPL by its deputy chief executive officer Palash Shrivastava.

The MoU was exchanged in the presence of chief minister N Biren at the Cabinet Hall of CM Secretariat.

It can be mentioned that the Planning Authority was constituted for preparing plans for the development of the state.

It is also responsible for co-ordinating and monitoring the implementation of such plan and for evolving harmonised policies for the control of land-uses and development of infrastructure so as to ensure planned development of the state.

The chief minister is the chairman of the Authority.

IPL is a wholly owned subsidiary of IIFCL, a Government of India Enterprise.

IIFCL, a premier infrastructure financing institution in India, promoted IPL in February 2012 as a dedicated project advisory company involved in the areas of project appraisal, syndication, transaction advisory, and infrastructure consultancy services.

The company caters to the demand for advisory services to projects across the spectrum of infrastructure sector including roads, highways, ports, airports, power including renewable, tourism, urban infrastructure like water supply and sewerage projects, solid waste management, etc.

It will provide project advisory and institutional support to assist in development of various infrastructure projects in Manipur by undertaking project preparatory studies and advisory services related to infrastructure project development and resource mobilisation.

Chief secretary Dr Rajesh Kumar, additional chief secretaries MH Khan and Letkhogin Haokip, commissioner (Works) T Ranjit, commissioner (Agriculture/IPR) M Joy, IIFCL managing director PR Jaishankar and other high ranking officials of the state government and IIFCL were also present on the occasion.

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