PM GATI SHAKTI YOJANA
The ₹100- trillion Gati Shakti or the National Master Plan for multimodal connectivity to
expedite infrastructure project implementation in India.
ABOUT GATI SHAKTI
It is essentially a digital platform to bring 16 Ministries together (including Railways and Roadways) for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.
- An integrated multimodal Network Planning Group (NPG) will be responsible for unified planning and integration of proposals.
- This entire platform has been developed by the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG).
6 PILLARS OF GATI SHAKTI
- Comprehensiveness –
- It will include all the existing and planned initiatives of various Ministries and Departments with one centralized portal.
- Each and every Department will now have visibility of each other’s activities providing critical data while planning & execution of projects in a comprehensive manner.
- Prioritization –
- Through this, different Departments will be able to prioritize their projects through cross-sectoral interactions.
- Optimization –
- The National Master Plan will assist different ministries in planning for projects after identification of critical gaps.
- For the transportation of the goods from one place to another, the plan will help in selecting the most optimum route in terms of time and cost.
- Synchronization –
- Individual Ministries and Departments often work in silos.
- There is lack of coordination in planning and implementation of the project resulting in delays.
- PM Gati Shakti will help in synchronizing the activities of each department, as well as of different layers of governance, in a holistic manner by ensuring coordination of work between them.
- Analytical –
- The plan will provide the entire data at one place with GIS based spatial planning and analytical tools having 200+ layers, enabling better visibility to the executing agency.
- Dynamic –
- All Ministries and Departments will now be able to visualize, review and monitor the progress of cross-sectoral projects, through the GIS platform.
- Satellite imagery will give on-ground progress periodically and progress of the projects will be updated on a regular basis on the portal.
- It will help in identifying the vital interventions for enhancing and updating the master plan.
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