Lok Sabha Question No. 4408 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-27
Subject: Implementation of PM Gati Shakti for Uniform Development
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam, Shri Dileshwar Kamait, Shri Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel, Shri Rajkumar Chahar, Shri Miteshbhai Rameshbhai Patel

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps being taken to ensure balanced regional development not
- under PM Gati Shakti so that infrastructure growth is concentrated only in a few States;
- (b) the manner in which the Government is ensuring that environmental  concerns  are  addressed  while  expediting  approvals for National Highway and Expressway projects;
- (c)  the  Government's  strategy  to  link  major  industrial  hubs  and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) with national expressways to boost
- trade and manufacturing; and
- (d) the percentage of funding for PM Gati Shakti projects that comes from  public  investment  and  the  role  of  private  investment  in financing infrastructure development?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4408

ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2025

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PM GATI SHAKTI FOR UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT

4408.   SMT. POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM:

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

SHRI HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI PATEL:

SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

SHRI MITESH PATEL BAKABHAI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

(a)  to  (c)   The  Government  in  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and Highways is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs) including National Expressways. All the NHs development projects  are  planned  in  line  with  PM  GatiShakti

National Master Plan (NMP) Principles.

Environmental  Impact  Assessment  and  mitigation  measures are  part  of  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  of  NHs  projects.  Further the DPR module tool developed by the Government along with the available  features  in  the  dynamic  Geographic  Information  System (GIS)  platform  based  PM  Gati  Shakti  NMP  Portal  is  helpful  for optimizing  the  NHs  project  alignments  and  planning  of  projects considering  information  related  to  existing  physical  /  geographical features, forest areas, eco-sensitive areas, etc., in minimizing ecological impacts, requirements of clearances and faster and more effective project preparation. This contributes significantly in faster implementation of projects by obviating need for mid-course corrections / revisions in project features during project implementation  phases.  Further,  projects  are  also  examined  by Network  Planning  Group  (NPG) and  the  advice  of  NPG  is  suitably incorporated.

The PM GatiShakti NMP portal depicts the economic zones and the infrastructure linkages required to support  them  with an objective  to  holistically  integrate  all  the  multimodal  connectivity projects.  This  also  facilitates  identifying  the  missing  gaps  for seamless movement  of people, goods & services for proper connectivity, thereby improving the logistics efficiency, thus boosting trade and manufacturing.

These  developments  have  increased  the  balanced  regional accessibility  to  the  NHs  across  the  country connectivity  and including increased logistic efficiency.

- (d)        PM  Gati  Shakti  is  not  a  scheme.  All  the  NHs  development projects are planned in line with PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP)  Principles.  Details  of  the  total  capital  expenditure  incurred

and  private  investment  done  during  last  three  years  and  current year is as under: -

| Year                      | Capital Expenditure (in ₹ Crore)   | Private Investment (in ₹ Crore)   |
|---------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2021-22                   | 212,678                            | 19,206                            |
| 2022-23                   | 219,308                            | 21,897                            |
| 2023-24                   | 266,467                            | 34,805                            |
| 2024-25 (till 31.01.2025) | 234,299                            | 23,161                            |

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