Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the highly-spoken of PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity at Pragati Maidan in the national capital on October 13, 2021. The Rs 100 lakh crore PM Gati Shakti-National Master Plan aims to provide multi-modal connectivity that aims to develop infrastructure to reduce logistic costs and boost the economy.
Highlighting the importance of the plan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan is going to take India’s self-confidence, self-confidence, to the resolve of self-reliance. This National Masterplan will give impetus to 21st century India.”
Under the new project a centralised portal will be set up to bring together the infrastructure schemes (which are to be completed by 2024-25) of as many as 16 Ministries & State Governments on a common platform, for integrated planning and coordinated implementation, instead of planning & designing separately by each ministry and department.
The PM GatiShakti digital platform is based on six pillars
- Comprehensiveness
- Prioritization
- Optimization
- Synchronization
- Analytical
- Dynamic
PM Modi also inaugurated the new exhibition complexes of ITPO and reviewed the model of the new exhibition complex at Pragati Maidan.