Lok Sabha Question No. 55 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: PM Gati Shakti-NMP
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Subrata Pathak, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ravindra Kushawaha, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Prataprao  Jadhav, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 55. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 07 TH  DECEMBER, 2022.

## PM GATI SHAKTI-NMP

## 55. SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the objectives and merits of PM Gati Shakti - National Master Plan (NMP) for multimodal connectivity in the country;
- (b) the details of the progress made under the PM Gati Shakti-National Master Plan;
- (c) the details and the numbers of major projects that have been identified by various Departments/ Ministries under the Plan along with the estimated cost in this regard;
- (d) the details of the funds allotted and released since its inception for the plan, yearwise;
- (e) the  projects  that  have  been  undertaken  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra,  Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand with the amount involved therein; and
- (f) the steps taken/being taken for seamless planning and coordinated execution of infrastructure projects in a time bound manner?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a), (b) & (f): PM  Gati  Shakti  National  Master Plan  (NMP),  a  GIS  based platform  with portals of various Ministries/Departments of Government, was launched in October, 2021 with the objective of providing data-based decision-making

for integrated planning, prioritization of projects, synchronized implementation, optimisation of cost and time and project monitoring aiming at  facilitating  development  of  multi-modal  connectivity  infrastructure  to various economic zones by Ministry/Departments across the country so as to  facilitate  last  mile  connectivity  to  economic  clusters  and  thereby  reducing logistics cost.  To ensure better decision making and coordination among various Central Ministries/Departments, Empowered Group of Secretaries ( EGoS)  and  Network  Planning  Group ( NPG ) have  been  created  as institutional  arrangement.    About  2000  data  layers  of  various  Central Ministries / Departments/State Governments  have so far been uploaded on the NMP. Besides, NITI Aayog, there are 24 Central Ministries/Departments  as  part  of  PM  Gati  Shakti,  represented  in  EGoS through their Secretaries. Meetings of NPG are held at regular intervals to monitor progress of the various projects and to examine and recommend projects to EGoS.

- (c) & (e): A list of projects identified by various Ministries/Departments of Government under  PM  Gati  Shakti,  including  those  passing  through  the  State  of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand is provided at https://dpiit.gov.in/sites/default/files/Parliament\_Questions\_Logistics\_Divisi on.pdf .
- (d) : PM  Gati  Shakti  is  a  transformative  approach  to  facilitate  data  based decisions related to integrated planning of multimodal infrastructure.

For enhanced capital expenditure by states for infrastructure development, the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure through  the ' Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment for 2022-23 " on 6 April  2022  has  made  a  additional  provision  of  Rs.  1,00,000  crore  for disbursement among the states as long term loans at a zero interest rate. Out of this, under Part II of the scheme  Rs 5,000 crore are specifically provided  for PM GatiShakti related expenditure.

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