PM GatiShakti completes 5 years, shifts focus to stronger multimodal connectivity
What Happened
Piyush Goyal said PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, launched on October 13, 2021, has completed five years and will continue focusing on multimodal connectivity, faster infrastructure development and logistics efficiency. The GIS-based platform now covers 58 Central ministries and departments and all 36 states and UTs, with more than 23,493 data layers.
Key Takeaways
As of August 11, the Network Planning Group had evaluated 396 infrastructure projects worth an estimated ₹18.66 lakh crore, of which 256 were sanctioned and 198 under implementation, highlighting the scale at which GatiShakti is being used for coordinated infrastructure planning.