The Board shall,—
(1) act as a nodal agency to co-ordinate the efforts of the Government in regard to the development of the Infrastructure sectors in the State;
(2) identify or conceptualize, prioritize and determine the sequence of Projects and recommend to the Government a shelf of Projects for implementation in the State;
(3) identify bottlenecks in the Projects and recommend policy initiatives to rectify the same;
(4) formulate policies related to the sectors specified in Schedule I, so as to ensure that Project risks are identified and allocated between the stakeholders;
(5) co-ordinate with the departments concerned and the implementing agencies;
(6) prepare documents including feasibility study reports and detailed Project study reports, internally or through external consultants or experts;
(7) scrutinize, evaluate and prioritize the Projects proposed by a public agency and recommend to the Government for its implementation;
(8) prescribe the form of tender documents for all Projects;
(9) designate the public agency, which shall implement a Project through public sector mode or through a publicprivate partnership;
(10) approve concession agreements in respect of the Projects identified by the Board;
(11) evaluate and recommend financial support from the Government under the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Fund or from the Central Government;
(12) co-ordinate with the Government, any Government agency and the sponsoring agency in the execution of publicprivate partnership projects;
(13) manage and utilise the Project Preparation Fund;
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(14) promote and oversee, capacity building for project appraisal, project management, procurement, and related areas in Government departments and public agencies; and
(15) perform such other functions as may be entrusted to it by the Government.