PM GatiShakti National Master Plan has made substantial progress: Minister

 

The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (PMGS NMP), since its launch in October 2021, has made substantial progress, including development of the geospatial platform, integration of multiple geo-referenced data, provision of planning tools/software for planning infrastructure projects (including socio-economic infrastructure) and capacity building. The mechanism of Network Planning Group (NPG) has been institutionalised, under which infrastructure projects are evaluated for integrated planning, multimodality, inter-modality, synchronisation of efforts, whole of government approach and last-mile connectivity in and around the project catchment area. So far, 293 infrastructure projects amounting to Rs 13.59 lakh crore have been evaluated through the NPG mechanism.

Under PM GatiShakti initiative, as on date, 57 Central Ministries/Departments including 8 Infrastructure, 22 Social and 27 Economic & other Ministries/Departments have been onboarded on PMGS NMP. 36 States/UTs have also been onboarded. About 1,700 data layers, including 969 layers from States/UTs and 731 layers from Central Ministries/Departments, have been mapped and integrated on the PMGS NMP. 

The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan has no specific or separate fund allocation. However, the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure through Part-II of the “Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment for 2022- 23” made a provision of Rs 5,000 crore for disbursement among the States for PMGS-related infrastructure development.

36 new Ministries/Departments, in addition to the initial 21, have been included in the PMGS-National Master Plan, the Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Mr Jitin Prasada, informed Parliament this week.

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