Revised 2005

PC-1 FORM

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
PLANNING COMMISSION

PROFORMA FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

(INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS)

• Transport & Communication

• Telecommunication

• Information Technology

• Energy (Fuel & Power)

• Housing, Government Buildings &

Town Planning

• Irrigation, Drainage & Flood Control

 Revised 2005
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
PLANNING COMMISSION
PC-1 FORM
(INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS)

1. Name of the project

2. Location

3. Authorities responsible for:

i. Sponsoring
ii. Execution
iii. Operation and maintenance
iv. Concerned federal ministry

4. Plan provision

5. Project objectives and its relationship with sector objectives

6. Description, justification, technical parameters and technology

transfer aspects (enclose feasibility study for projects costing
Rs. 300 million and above)

7. Capital cost estimates

8. Annual operating and maintenance cost after completion of the

Project

9. Demand and supply analysis

10. Financial plan and mode of financing

11. Project benefits and analysis

i) Financial
ii) Economic
iii) Social benefits with indicators
iv) Employment generation (direct and indirect)
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 v) Environmental impact
vi) Impact of delays on project cost and viability

12. a) Implementation schedule

b) Result Based Monitoring (RBM) Indicators
.
13. Management structure and manpower requirements including
specialized skills during construction and operational phases

14. Additional projects/decisions required to maximize socio-

economic benefits from the proposed project

15. Certified that the project proposal has been prepared on the basis
of instructions provided by the Planning Commission for the
preparation of PC-I for Infrastructure sector projects.

Prepared by _______________________
Name, Designation & Phone #

Checked by _______________________
Name, Designation & Phone #

Approved by _______________________
Name, Designation & Phone #

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 Revised 2005
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
PLANNING COMMISSION
Instructions to Fill-in PC-I Proforma(Infrastructure Sectors)

1. Name of the Project

Indicate name of the project.

2. Location
• Provide name of the district/province.
• Attach a map of the area, clearly indicating the
project location.

3. Authorities responsible for

Indicate name of the agency responsible for sponsoring, execution,
operation and maintenance. For provincial projects, name of the
concerned federal ministry be provided.

4. (a) Plan provision

• If the project is included in the medium term/five year

plan, specify actual allocation.
• If not included in the current plan, what warrants its
inclusion and how is it now proposed to be
accommodated.
• If the project is proposed to be financed out of block
provision, indicate:

Total block Amount already Amount proposed Balance

provision committed for this project available

(b) Provision in the current year PSDP/ADP

5. Project Objectives

• The objectives of the sector/sub sector as indicated in the

medium term/five year plan be reproduced. Indicate objectives
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 of the project and develop a linkage between the proposed
project and sectoral objectives.
• In case of revised Projects, indicate objectives of the project if
different from original PC-I.
6. Description and Justification of Project (enclose feasibility study
for projects costing Rs.300 million & above.)

 Describe the project and indicate existing facilities in the

area and justify the establishment of the Project.
 Provide technical parameters i.e. input and output of the
project. `Also discuss technological aspect of the project.
 Provide details of civil works, equipment, machinery and
other physical facilities required for the project.
 Indicate governance issues of the sector relevant to the
project and strategy to resolve them.

In addition to above, the following sector specific information be

provided

Transport & Communication

• Provide technical parameters i.e. selected design features and

capacity of the proposed facilities alongwith alternates
available.
• For roads, provide information regarding land width,
geometric and pavement design including formation width,
pavement width.
• Land classification for bridges and culverts.
• Thickness/width of road way on bridges and culverts.
• Design speed, traffic capacity of road in terms of passenger
car units per day.
• Saving in distance for diverted traffic. Average daily traffic
of motor vehicles by category as well as the car units be
provided.

• In case of improvement within the urban areas, separate

traffic counts within that area should be given. Brief
information regarding traffic and pavement width etc. in
adjoining sections should also be given.
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 • For bridges provide location, total length of bridge, number
of spans with length of each span, width roadway and
footpath, type of sub and superstructure and load
classification.
Telecommunication

• Mention alternate means of providing the same facilities (for

example microwaves verses optic fiber cable, underground cable
versus overhead cable etc.) and the cost of each of the
alternatives means.

Information Technology

• Provide Hardware specification

• Attach Networking/LAN diagram
• Software requirements
• Availability of services (DSL, Dial-ups, wireless)

Energy (Fuel & Power)

Fuel
• Detailed description of major equipments, items and structure.
• Provide basis of design of the project.
• Indicate alternate technology alongwith the selected one with
justification.
• For exploration projects give details of previously work
undertaken.
Power
• Give detailed description of major equipment and structure.
• For Hydroelectric projects: Give information regarding
geological investigations, flow duration curve, water storage,
estimated monthly kilowatt hours generation under minimum
and average flow conditions and the flow conditions assumed in
the project and operational regime i.e. base load or peak load
plant. Rainfall record, stream flow calculation, hydrograph and
other available water data alongwith siltation problems be
provided.
• For thermal projects: Give information on sources and
availability of cooling water and fuel, calorific value, heat rate

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 price (with custom duties and taxes shown separately) and
disposal of ash and effluents.
• Give a comprehensive, comparison of available technology and
rationale/criteria for selection of specified technology.
• Provide analysis of adopted technology with respect to existing
system.
• Indicate whether maintenance facilities are available. If not,
provide details/plans for maintenance facilities.
• For transmission and distribution system: Basis of design
voltage drop allowance system stability, reliability, operating
voltage, policy regarding reserves, design and material to be
used for supporting structure, average span length and
conductor size, type of spacing.
• Load flow studies for the year in which plant is proposed to be
commissioned and five years thereafter.
• For sub-stations and switching stations: Give location and
purpose of each station KVA voltage, type and structure,
number of circuits, type of transformers and major circuit
breakers.
• Load conditions of the existing facilities, in case of extention
facilities.
• In case of new projects, loading conditions of sub stations be
provided.

Housing, government buildings & town planning

• Provide alternate designs and proposed design features of the
project, keeping in view the income levels, family size of the
population to be served alongwith weather conditions etc.
• Mention the nature and size of land available and indicate
whether the design ensures the most economical use of space.
• Indicate whether the project is in consonance with the master
plan of the city.
• Town Planning and covered area parameters/space
standards applied in determining land and flood area
requirements.
• Specifications of the civil works.

Irrigation, drainage and flood control

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 • Provide project areas characteristics in terms of population,
climate, geology, soil, irrigation, ground water, drainage and
agriculture (crops, yields etc.)
• For multipurpose projects, provide basis of allocation of
costs between different purposes.
• Engineering projects be supported by technical background
data and each distinct segment of the project be described
separately.

7. Capital cost estimates

• Indicate date of estimation of Project cost.

• Basis of determining the capital cost be provided. It
includes market survey, schedule rates, estimation on the basis
of previous work done etc.
• Provide year-wise estimation of physical activities as per
following:

Year-wise/component-wise physical activities

Items Unit Year-I Year-II Year-III

A.
B.
C.

• Phasing of capital cost be worked out on the basis of each item

of work as stated above and provide as per following:

Year-wise/component-wise financial phasing

(Million Rs)
Item Year-I Year-II Year-III Total
Total Local FEC Total Local FEC Total Local FEC Total Local FEC
A.
B.
C.
Total

In case of revised projects, provide

• History of project approval, year-wise PSDP allocation,
releases and expenditure.

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 • Item-wise, year-wise actual expenditure and Physical
progress.
• Justification for revision of PC-I and variation in scope
of project if applicable.
• Item-wise comparison of revised cost with the approved
cost and give reasons for variation.
• Exchange rate used to work out FEC in the original and
revised PC-I’s.
8. Annual Operating Cost

Item-wise annual operating cost based on proposed capacity

utilization be worked out for 5 years and sources of its
financing.

9. Demand and supply analysis

• Existing capacity of services and its supply/demand

• Projected demand for 10 years.
• Capacity of the projects being implemented in
public/private sector.
• Supply – demand gap.
• Designed capacity and output of the proposed project.

10. Financial Plan

Sources of financing

(a) Equity:

Indicate the amount of equity to be financed from each

source
• Sponsors own resources
• Federal government
• Provincial government
• DFI's/banks
• General public
• Foreign equity
• NGO’s/beneficiaries
• Others

b) Debt

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 Indicate the local & foreign debt, interest rate, grace period
and repayment period for each loan separately. The loan
repayment schedule be also annexed.

c) Grants along with sources

d) Weighted cost of capital

11. Benefits of the project and analysis

• Financial: Income to the Project alongwith

assumptions

• Economic: Benefit to the economy alongwith

assumptions

• Social: Benefits with indicators

• Environmental: Environmental impact assessment

negative/positive

Financial/Economic Analysis(wih assumptions)

• Financial analysis

• Quantifiable output of the project

• Profit and loss account and Cash Flow statement
• Net present value (NPV) and Benefit Cost Ratio
• Internal financial rate of return (IFRR)
• Unit cost analysis
• Break even Point (BEP)
• Payback period
• Return on equity (ROE)

• Economic analysis

• Provide taxes & duties separately in the capital and

operating cost
• Net present value (NPV) and benefit cost ratio (BCR)
• Internal economic rate of Return (IERR)

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 • Employment analysis

• Employment generation (direct and indirect)

• Sensitivity analysis

• Impact of delays on project cost and viability

12. a) Implementation Schedule

• Indicate starting and completion date of the project

• Item-wise/year-wise implementation schedule in line chart

correlated with the phasing of physical activities.
Outcome
Targets after Targeted
S.No Input Output Baseline
Completion Impact
Indicator
of Project
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Result Based Monitoring (RBM) Indicators

• Indicate Result Based Monitoring (RBM) framework

indicators in quantifiable terms in the following table.

13. Management Structure and Manpower Requirements

• Administrative arrangements for implementation of

project.

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 • The manpower requirements by skills during execution and
operation of the project be provided.
• The job description, qualification, experience, age and
salary of each post be provided.

14. Additional projects/decisions required

• Indicate additional projects/decisions required to optimize

the investment being undertaken on the project

15. Certificate

• The name, designation and Phone # of the officer

responsible for preparing and checking be provided. It may
also be confirmed that PC-I has been prepared as per
guidelines issued by the Planning Commission for the
preparation of PC-I for Infrastructure Sector projects.

• The PC-I alongwith certificate must be signed by the

Principal Accounting Officer to ensure its ownership.

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