Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the PM GatiShakti-National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity at Pragati Maidan in the national capital.
PM GatiShakti is the result of the endeavour 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. PM GatiShakti will provide the public and business community information regarding the upcoming connectivity projects, other business hubs, industrial areas and surrounding environment.
It will incorporate the infrastructure schemes of various ministries and state governments like Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways, dry/land ports and UDAN. Economic zones like textile clusters, pharmaceutical clusters, defence corridors, electronic parks, industrial corridors, fishing clusters, agri zones will be covered to improve connectivity and make Indian businesses more competitive.
It will also leverage technology extensively including spatial planning tools with ISRO imagery developed by BiSAG-N (Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics).
PM Modi on Wednesday said that the mantra of “21st century India” is “will for progress, work for progress, wealth for progress, plan for progress and preference for progress” and the national master plan will give “gatishakti” to development plans in the nation.
Speaking at the launch event of the PM GatiShakti plan here, the Prime Minister said, “We are laying a foundation for the next 25 years. This national master plan will give ‘gatishakti’ to development plans of the 21st century and will help in the timely completion of these plans.” “Earlier, we used to see ‘work in progress’ boards everywhere and people started to believe that it will never be completed. It showed distrust of people towards the government. But we changed it. We planned well and introduced ‘gati’ in development projects,” PM Modi said slamming the previous governments who were earlier in the power in the Centre.
“The mantra for 21st century India is will for progress, work for progress, wealth for progress, plan for progress and preference for progress. So, our government has not only developed a work-culture of completing the projects within the stipulated time frame but also efforts are being made to complete the projects before time,” he added.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the new exhibition complex (Exhibition Halls 2 to 5) at Pragati Maidan in the national capital. India Trade Promotion Organisation’s flagship event, India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2021 will also be held from 14-27 November 2021 in these new exhibition halls. Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that the new Pragati Maidan will host the G-20 summit in 2023. Speaking at the launch of the new exhibition complex (Exhibition Halls 2 to 5) at Pragati Maidan, the Union Minister said, “PM GatiShakti-National Master Plan will give a push and direction to various development plans and will also encourage investments. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the G20 summit will be held here in 2023 for the first time.”
Meanwhile, lauding the launch of the Gati Shakti Masterplan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said that the master plan would spur manufacturing competitiveness facilitating ease of doing business through improved connectivity. He said, “The GatiShakti Master Plan would spur manufacturing competitiveness by facilitating ease of doing business through improved connectivity and is a giant step towards unlocking India’s growth potential and creating jobs.” Banerjee added, “The proposed geospatial digital platform, which seeks to promote seamless multimodal connectivity and better intra-government coordination, is a well-timed and revolutionary initiative.”