GatiShakti the ‘Infrastructure-based development’ will lead to extraordinary increase in the strength of India’s economy, creating many new possibilities of employment. Infrastructure Planning, Implementation and Monitoring will get a new direction from PM Gati-Shakti.
On 28th February the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed a webinar on the vision of GatiShakti and its convergence with Union Budget 2022. This is the sixth webinar in the series of post budget webinars addressed by the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister said that the budget 2022 has set the pace (Gatishakti) of India’s development in 21st century. The Prime Minister, underlined the lack of coordination among the stakeholders in the traditional ways of completing projects. “Due to PM Gatishakti, now everyone will be able to make their plan with complete information. This will also lead to optimum utilization of the country’s resources”, said the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister stressed the need of PM Gatishakti by emphasizing the scale at which the government is undertaking infrastructure development. “In the year 2022-23 the direct capital expenditure of the Government of India has increased to seven and a half lakh crore rupees.
According to the Prime Minister in PM Gati-Shakti National Master Plan, more than 400 data layers are available, informing not just the existing and proposed infrastructure but also information about the forest land and available industrial estate. He suggested that the private sector should use it more and more for their planning and all important. The Prime Minister also asked the State Government to make PM Gati-Shakti National Master Plan base for their projects and Economic Zones.
The Prime Minister hopes that Gati-Shakti will ensure true public-private partnership in infrastructure creation from infrastructure planning to development and utilization stage.