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PM GatiShakti National Master Plan

PM GatiShakti is a digital infrastructure planning and coordination platform launched in October 2021 to bring integrated, multi-modal infrastructure planning under a single GIS-based dashboard.

Key details
  • Launched: October 13, 2021; based on GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping of infrastructure layers.
  • Purpose: Break siloed planning across ministries — road, rail, port, energy, gas pipeline, telecom are all mapped together, enabling identification of synergies and conflict-free corridors.
  • Network Planning Group (NPG): An inter-ministerial technical body reviewing all infrastructure projects through the GatiShakti lens before Cabinet approval.
  • Economic nodes: Industrial clusters, SEZs, export hubs. Logistics nodes: Freight terminals, warehouses, multi-modal logistics parks. Social nodes: Educational institutions, hospitals, rural connectivity points.
  • Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal: A sub-platform for telecom RoW (Right of Way) approvals.
  • Integration with National Logistics Policy (2022): Aims to reduce India's logistics cost from ~14% of GDP to under 8%.
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