Context: Recently, at a meeting between the Prime Minister and state chief secretaries of all the state governments have agreed to support the Gati Shakti scheme.
Outcome of the meeting
All key Central ministries were already part of it and now state governments have also given their consent to support it.
The focus will be on reducing the time taken to award a project starting from preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) till the project is assigned.
The portal is designed to enable project implementers to plan better, and all stakeholders will have access to the portal.
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About Gati Shakti Plan
On India’s 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister announced that the Centre will launch ‘PM Gati Shakti Master Plan’, a Rs. 100 lakh-crore project for developing ‘holistic infrastructure’.
It will incorporate the infrastructure schemes of various Ministries and State Governments like Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways, dry/land ports, UDAN etc.
PM Gati Shakti approach is driven by 7 engines, namely:
Railways
Roads
Ports
Waterways
Airports
Mass Transport
Logistics Infrastructure
All 7 engines will pull forward the economy in unison. These engines are supported by the complementary roles of Energy Transmission, IT Communication, Bulk Water & Sewerage, and Social Infrastructure.
The approach is powered by Clean Energy and Sabka Prayas – the efforts of the Central Government, the state governments, and the private sector together – leading to huge job and entrepreneurial opportunities for all, especially the youth.
The projects pertaining to these 7 engines in the “National Infrastructure Pipeline” will be aligned with PM Gati Shakti framework.
The touchstone of the Master Plan will be world-class modern infrastructure and logistics synergy among different modes of movement – both of people and goods – and location of projects. This will help raise productivity and accelerate economic growth and development.
It provides comprehensive database of the ongoing & future projects of various Ministries i.e., Infrastructure Ministries & Ministries and States involved in development of Economic Zones, integrated with 200+ GIS (Geographic Information System) layers thereby facilitating planning, designing and execution of the infrastructure projects with a common vision.
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Objective of this Plan
It aims to create Next Generation Infrastructure by learning from the past. PM GatiShakti National Master Plan is as an integrated plan which will address the missing gaps to ensure seamless movement of people, goods & services. It aims to enhance ease of living, ease of doing business, minimize disruptions and expedite completion of works with cost efficiencies.
It will help in achieving the objective of an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ by providing visibility to various stakeholders. Instead of planning & designing separately in silos, the projects will be designed and executed with a common vision.
It will incorporate the infrastructure schemes of various Ministries and State Governments like Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways, dry/land ports, UDAN. Economic Zones like textile clusters, pharmaceutical clusters, defence corridors, electronic parks, industrial corridors, fishing clusters, Agri zones etc. will be covered to improve connectivity & make Indian businesses more competitive. This will boost economic growth, attract foreign investments, and enhance the country’s global competitiveness.
List of Ministries that are part of PM Gati Shakti at present (July 2022)
S.No.
Ministry/Department
1.
Ministry of Railways
2.
Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways
3.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
4.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
5.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
6.
Ministry of Power
7.
Department of Telecommunications
8.
Ministry of Coal
9.
Ministry of Mines
10.
Department of Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals
11.
Department of Fertilizers
12.
Ministry of Steel
13.
Department of Expenditure
14.
Department for Food and PDS
15.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare
16.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
17.
Ministry of Tourism
18.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
19.
NITI Aayog
20.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
21.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
As the GatiShakti National Master Plan will progress, other Ministries will also get included. The above list is not fixed.
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How common man will be benefitted from Gati Shakti?
The multi-modal connectivity will provide seamless movement of people, goods, and services from one mode of transport to another. National Master Plan will facilitate the last mile connectivity of the infrastructure so that road, rail, power, optic fiber cable, gas pipeline etc. are available to the people.
Public transport platforms such as the Indian Railways, Metro Trains, Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), Interstate Buses, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as well as Aviation can no longer operate in isolation and must come together to provide integrated and seamless connectivity to commuters. This needs to start with integrated planning for implementation of efficient interchanges.
For example, Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar RRTS stations have been planned by dovetailing the existing infrastructure and the proposed projects, like Bus Terminal, Metro, Railway Station, Taxi Stand, Shopping Complex, Office Spaces etc., of various agencies for development of the Multi Modal plans for this area.
For Business-The plan will provide the public and business community information regarding the upcoming connectivity projects, other business hubs, industrial areas, and surrounding environment. This will enable the investors to plan their businesses at suitable locations leading to enhanced synergies.
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What is the role of BISAG-N?
PM GatiShakti National Master Plan has been developed as a Digital Master Planning tool by BISAG-N (Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics) and has been prepared in dynamic Geographic Information System (GIS) platform wherein data on specific action plan of all the Ministries/Departments have been incorporated within a comprehensive database. Dynamic mapping of all infrastructure projects with real time updation will be provided by way of a map developed by BISAG-N. The map will be built on open-source technologies and hosted securely on Meghraj i.e., GoI cloud. It will use Satellite imagery available from ISRO and base maps from Survey of India.
The digital system is a software where individual Ministries will be given separate user identification (login ids) to update their data on a periodic basis. The data of all the individual Ministries will be integrated in one platform which will be available for planning, review, and monitoring. The Logistics Division, Ministry of Commerce will further assist all the stakeholders through BISAG-N for creating and updating their required layers in the system and update their database through Application Programming Interface (APIs).
Institutional framework for rolling out, implementation, monitoring and support mechanism is designed to have a three-tier system –
Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGOs)
Network Planning Group (NPG)
Technical Support Unit (TSU)
Headed by Cabinet Secretary with special secretary, Logistics as the Member convenor and other Secretaries as members.
Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGos)
Will be constituted in the Logistics Division with representatives from various Ministries (officers to be placed on deputation) to assist the NPG
Technical Support Unit (TSU)
Logistics Division, Ministry of Commerce
Heads of Network Planning Division from various connectivity infra-Ministries/Department
Network Planning Group (NPG)
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Role of Central Ministries
The primary role of the Central Ministries is to break the silos and start working in co-ordination with each other under the umbrella of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan for multimodal connectivity.
All the existing/planned initiatives/schemes of the various Ministries/ Departments like Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways, dry/land ports, UDAN have been integrated as part of PM GatiShakti- National Master Plan.
Further, the Ministries will regularly update the PM GatiShakti GIS portal. Also, share new proposals with NPG which will examine and sanction future projects from the perspective of multi-modal connectivity, thus, leading to minimising of disruptions and strive for the creation of an ideal & efficient operating system for all infrastructure projects in the country.
The State governments have large infrastructure responsibilities spread across departments and agencies. Success of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan for multi modal connectivity largely depends upon the coordination between:
various Central Ministries/Departments with various State Government/Departments
various Departments within a State
various Departments of a State with various Departments of another States.
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Role of district administration
The District Administration will help in ground-level implementation of the planned initiatives/projects under PM GatiShakti including expediting the district level approval processes.
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Role of Logistic Division
the role of Logistics Division will be as under:
Develop and monitor the National Master Plan (NMP) in coordination with the respective line Ministries.
Operationalise the Network Planning Group (NPG) & the Technical Support Unit (TSU).
Handhold all stakeholders and provide capacity building on the use of the Monitoring Tools for updating and sharing data.
Identify projects which are vital or critical from multimodal connectivity point of view through Network Planning Group (NPG).
Coordinate for upgradation of the NMP portal from time to time and use the monitoring tools for review by the EGoS, NPG, and other stakeholders.
Act as Secretariat to the Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) for its ToR.
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