To be headed by deputy chairman of Planning Commission Jaswant Singh, the task force, to begin with, would deal with the projects announced by Prime Minister on October 24 -- six lane expressway of 7,000 km length along north-south and east-west corridors, four laning of national highways and five world class international airports.

The task force would comprise Surface Transport Minister M Thambi Durai, Civil Aviation Minister Ananth Kumar, Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) chairman Deepak Parekh and secretaries of Surface Transport and Civil Aviation Ministries as members.

The terms of reference of the task force would be to determine the routes for the expressways and national highway and establish technical parameters. It would also identify and recommendlocations for airports along with establishing criteria for airports.

The task force would recommend criteria for bidding and selection of construction contractors. Other terms of reference include recommendation of financing options for the express way, highways and airports.