Context
- PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (PMGS-NMP) completes five years since its launch in October 2021, marking progress in integrated infrastructure planning and multimodal connectivity in India.
About PM GatiShakti National Master Plan
- Launched: October 2021.
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- Digital platform developed by: Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N).
- Nature: Geospatial digital platform for integrated infrastructure planning and coordinated decision-making.
- Approach: Whole-of-Government approach to infrastructure development.
- Coverage: 58 Central Ministries/Departments and all 36 States/Union Territories.
- Data integration: Over 1,800 data layers, more than 65 software modules/tools and over 100 mobile and web applications.
- Key focus: Multimodal connectivity, intermodal integration, last-mile connectivity and logistics efficiency.
Key Features and Recent Developments
- Integrated Infrastructure Planning: Facilitates coordinated planning across ministries and departments by integrating geospatial data on a common digital platform.
- Network Planning Group (NPG): Evaluates infrastructure projects to ensure multimodal connectivity, last-mile connectivity, improved logistics efficiency and synchronised implementation.
- Total project value: Approximately ₹20.23 lakh crore.
- District-Level Planning: Extends integrated planning to districts, covering roads, schools, healthcare facilities, water pipelines and other essential services.
- Social and Economic Sector Integration: Supports infrastructure planning beyond conventional transport networks to include social-sector development and economic nodes.
- Digital Governance and Accessibility:
- PM GatiShakti Public Platform: Launched in September 2025 through the Unified Geospatial Interface (UGI), extending selected data-analytics capabilities to private entities and the general public.
- Knowledge Management System (KMS): Strengthens knowledge sharing.
- Decentralized Data Uploading and Management System (DUMS): Supports decentralised data management.
- Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA): Approved by the Union Cabinet to strengthen research, planning, project appraisal, monitoring and impact assessment in transport and logistics.
Significance of PM GatiShakti
- Improved Infrastructure Coordination: Reduces fragmented planning by promoting coordination among ministries, departments and States/UTs.
- Multimodal Connectivity: Facilitates seamless integration of roadways, railways, ports, airports and other transport networks.
- Lower Logistics Costs: Supports efficient freight movement, reduced delays and improved supply-chain performance.
- Last-Mile Connectivity: Connects economic centres, industrial hubs and social infrastructure with transport networks.
- Balanced Regional Development: Promotes district-level planning and improved access to essential services.
- Digital Governance: Encourages data-driven decision-making, transparency and synchronised project implementation.
- Viksit Bharat 2047: Supports the development of an integrated, efficient and future-ready infrastructure and logistics ecosystem.
Conclusion
PM GatiShakti has evolved from an integrated digital planning platform into a wider geospatial planning ecosystem. By strengthening inter-ministerial coordination, multimodal connectivity and district-level development, it can improve infrastructure efficiency, reduce logistics costs and support India’s vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.