About the Scheme
- Aim: PM Gati Shakti scheme aims to ensure integrated planning and implementation of infrastructure projects in the next four years, with a focus on expediting works on the ground, saving costs, and creating jobs.
- The PM Gati Shakti scheme will subsume the Rs 110 lakh crore National Infrastructure Pipeline that was launched in 2019.
- Besides cutting logistics costs, the scheme is also aimed at increasing cargo handling capacity and reducing the turnaround time at ports to boost trade.
- It also aims to have 11 industrial corridors and two new defense corridors – one in Tamil Nadu and the other in Uttar Pradesh. Extending 4G connectivity to all villages is another aim. Adding 17,000 km to the gas pipeline network is being planned.
- It will help in fulfilling the ambitious targets set by the government for 2024-25, including expanding the length of the national highway network to 2 lakh km and creating more than 200 new airports, heliports, and water aerodromes.
Integrated Approach:
It intends to bring together 16 infrastructure related Ministries.
- This will help in removing long-standing issues such as disjointed planning, lack of standardization, problems with clearances, and timely creation and utilization of infrastructure capacities.
- Gati Shakti Digital Platform: It involves the creation of a common umbrella platform through which infrastructure projects can be planned and implemented in an efficacious manner by way of coordination between various ministries/departments on a real-time basis.
Targets to be achieved under Gati Shakti
- 11 industrial corridors and two new defense corridors in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
- 4G connectivity in all villages
- Increasing renewable energy capacity to 225 GW from 87.7 GW
- Expanding the national highway network to 2 lakh km
- Increasing length of transmission network to 4,54,200 circuit km
- Creation of 220 new airports, heliports, and water aerodromes
- Increasing cargo handling capacity of railways to 1,600 million tons from 1210 million tons
- Adding 17,000 km to the gas pipeline network
- 202 fishing clusters/harbors/landing centers and more
Significance
Institutional infrastructure:
The Centre’s support in creating an institutional framework in a time-bound manner and implementation of projects under the PM Gati Shakti national master plan for multimodal connectivity will give a boost to the overall infrastructure of the country.
Ease of Living:
- Endeavor to build Next Generation Infrastructure which improves Ease of Living as well as Ease of Doing Business.
- The multi-modal connectivity will provide integrated and seamless connectivity for the movement of people, goods, and services from one mode of transport to another.
- It will facilitate the last-mile connectivity of infrastructure and also reduce travel time for people.
Information help with investing:
- PM Gati Shakti will provide the public and business community with information regarding upcoming connectivity projects, other business hubs, industrial areas, and the surrounding environment.
- This will enable the investors to plan their businesses at suitable locations leading to enhanced synergies.
Utilisation of resources :
- It will create multiple employment opportunities and give a boost to the economy.
- PM Gati Shakti will also lead to optimum utilization of the country’s resources as everyone will be able to make their plan with complete information. ‘Infrastructure-based development’ will lead to an extraordinary increase in the strength of India’s economy, creating many new possibilities for employment.
Improved competitiveness:
It will improve the global competitiveness of local products by cutting down the logistics costs and improving the supply chains, and also ensure proper linkages for local industry & consumers.
Reduce turnaround time:
Besides cutting logistics costs, the scheme is also aimed at increasing cargo handling capacity and reducing the turnaround time at ports to boost trade.
Tourism:
Infrastructure was key to the development of tourism, including spiritual and medical tourism
