Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal today reviewed the progress of PM GatiShaktiat at a meeting in New Delhi. The meeting reviewed the status of the National Master Plan since its launch on 13th October last year and discussed plans for faster integration of data into the portal. With over 900 data layers updated by Central Ministries and 316 essential layers by States and Union Territories, the meeting took note of various Ministries and Departments using the same to share their proposed projects after having been mapped and aligned digitally. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Piyush Goyal said that under PM GatiShakti’s transformative approach, the government is committed to resolving user issues by overcoming various departmental silos. He added that its role through the National Master Plan and the Institutional Framework is essential to lay down the stepping stones to India’s multimodal infrastructure network.
The meeting also acknowledged the progress made on state-level institutional arrangements. Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Anurag Jain informed that along with a functioning Empowered Group of Secretaries in 32 States and UTs, 29 among them have also been able to formulate their Network Planning Group and Technical Support Unit.
