Key govt group clears 229 large projects under PM GatiShakti

The Network Planning Group (NPG), which reviews large projects under the PM GatiShakti initiative, have so far cleared as many as 229 critical infrastructure projects of different ministries, a senior government official said on Tuesday.

In October last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had rolled out the Gati Shakti-National Master Plan. It is essentially a GIS-based platform with close to 1,500 layers, capturing all utilities and network linkages in various economic clusters. Under this, different departments join hands for a coordinated development of projects, especially to address first and last-mile connectivity issues and reduce logistics costs.