Lok Sabha Question No. 4114 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-17
Subject: Implementation of PM Gati-Shakti
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4114.

TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 17 TH  MARCH, 2026.

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PM GATI-SHAKTI

## 4114.  SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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

- (a) the progress made in the implementation of PM Gati-Shakti National Master Plan in Bihar and other eastern States;
- (b) the number of infrastructure projects integrated through the digital platform in Bihar;
- (c) whether the Government has identified logistical bottlenecks affecting industrial corridors in Bihar and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken to enhance multi-modal connectivity and attract investment in the State through the PM Gati-Shakti initiative?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री णिणिन प्रसाद ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

- (a): PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (PMGS-NMP) initiative has been adopted by all  the  36  States/UTs  including  Bihar  and  other  eastern  states.  All  these States/UTs, including Bihar, are not only using PMGS- NMP but also State and District specific portals i.e. PM Gati Shakti State Master Plan (PMGS SMP) and PM  Gati  Shakti  District  Master  Plan  (PMGS  DMP)  for  planning  social  and physical infrastructure.
- (b): As on date, 356 number of infrastructure projects have been appraised/evaluated through the  Network Planning Group (NPG) mechanism of the PMGS-NMP initiative. Of these, 35 projects fall in the States of Bihar. Details of these projects are in Annexure-I

Further, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure through Part- II (for PM GatiShakti related expenditure) of the "Scheme for Special Assistance to States for  Capital  Investment  2022-23",  made  a  provision  of  ₹5000  crores  for disbursement among the States for infrastructure development in the form of 50 years interest-free loan. Under this scheme, 21 projects worth Rs.502.92 Crore were financed in the State of Bihar. Details of these projects are given at Annexure-II.

- (c): An  institutional  mechanism  of  Project  Monitoring  Group  (PMG)  has  been established for removing bottlenecks and fast tracking the implementation of large-scale  infrastructure  projects,  including  the  industrial  corridor/  cluster project of Bihar, in coordination with concerned Central and State agencies.
- (d): As  stated  above,  35  numbers  of  infrastructure  projects,  which  include  Rail, Highway, Metro, Airport, Multi-modal Logistics Park projects, were planned in the State of Bihar through the PMGS initiative. All these projects are planned to  enhance  the  multi-modal  connectivity  improving  the  social  and  physical infrastructure  in  the  State  which  help  attract  investment.  Details  of  these projects are at Annexure I.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4114 FOR ANSWER ON 17.03.2026.

## Details of Projects of BIHAR STATE evaluated through the NPG Mechanism under the PM GatiShakti Framework

|   Sl. No. | State (Unique)   | State (All)                       | Ministry                                | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Cost of the Project (in Cr.)   |
|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | Bihar            | Bihar                             | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | New 6-Lane H.L./Extra Dosed Cable Bridge on River Ganga Parallel to Western Side of Existing Digha- Sonepur Rail-Cum Road Bridge at Patna in Bihar on EPC mode                                                                                                                                                                                                          | ₹ 2,860.05                     |
|         2 | Bihar            | Bihar, West Bengal                | Ministry of Railways                    | Doubling of Katihar - Kumedpur section and Katihar - Mukuria section on North East Frontier Railway (64.14 km)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | ₹ 942.64                       |
|         3 | Bihar            | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar              | Ministry of Railways                    | Doubling between Gorakhpur Cantt.-Valmiki Nagar on North Eastern Railway (95.95Km)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | ₹ 1,120.00                     |
|         4 | Bihar            | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar              | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | Construction of Four Lane Highway from Gazipur- Ballia- UP/Bihar State Border (Greenfield) section of NH-31 1. Package I [from Hridaipur (km 0.000) to Shahapur (km 42.500)] 2. Package II [from Shahapur (km 42.500) to Pindari (km 78.150)] 3. Package III [from Pindari (km 78.150) to Rawalganj Bypass (km 117.120)] 4. Package IV [Buxar Spur of length 17.270 km] | ₹ 3,554.28                     |
|         5 | Bihar            | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | Gorakhpur-Siliguri Corridor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | ₹ 27,545.00                    |
|         6 | Bihar            | Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal     | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | Indo Nepal Border - Haldia Corridor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | ₹ 30,233.00                    |
|         7 | Bihar            | Bihar, West Bengal and Assam      | Ministry of Railways                    | Provision of Automatic Signaling with CTC in New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati (via Rangiya) & Katihar - Mukuria sections under HDN route of NF Railway                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | ₹ 542.43                       |
|         8 | Bihar            | Bihar, West Bengal                | Ministry of Railways                    | Sonnagar - Andal 3rd & 4th Railway line                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | ₹ 12,333.57                    |

|   9 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Railways                                         | New Line Between Bikramshila - Katareah (Pirpainthi - Naugachia) (26.22 km) of East Central Railway                              | ₹ 2,171.33   |
|-----|---------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|  10 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Road Transport And Highways                      | Sasaram Arrah Patna                                                                                                              | ₹ 3,364.00   |
|  11 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways                      | 4-Lane Greenfield Highway for Parsarma to Araria NH- 327E                                                                        | ₹ 4,890.47   |
|  12 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Railways                                         | Construction of bulb line at Nabinagar( Ankorha) (17.49 km)                                                                      | ₹ 611.73     |
|  13 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways                      | Anishabad - Aurangabad - Hariharganj Road                                                                                        | ₹ 1,210.00   |
|  14 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Railways                                         | Doubling of Narkatiaganj- Raxaul-Sitamarhi- Darbhanga&Sitamarhi- Muzaffarpur Section (255.5 Km)                                  | ₹ 4,080.00   |
|  15 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | NICDC, Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade | Development of Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) at Gaya in Bihar under Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) Project | ₹ 1,862.00   |
|  16 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Civil Aviation                                   | Bihta Airport                                                                                                                    | ₹ 1,413.00   |
|  17 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways                      | Bakarpur-Manikpur- Sahebgunj-Areraj-Bettiah                                                                                      | ₹ 5,644.22   |
|  18 | Bihar   | West Bengal & Bihar           | Ministry of Railways                                         | Aluabari - New Jalpaiguri Quadrupling                                                                                            | ₹ 1,633.22   |
|  19 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways                      | 4 lanes + PS of Kishanganj - Bahadurganj from Km 0+000 to Km 23.649                                                              | ₹ 1,117.01   |
|  20 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Railways                                         | New BG Line (52.810 Km) from Bhagalpur to Jamalpur                                                                               | ₹ 1,094.60   |
|  21 | Bihar   | West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar | Ministry of Railways                                         | Rampurhat - Bhagalpur Doubling                                                                                                   | ₹ 2,999.57   |
|  22 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways                      | MMLP Patna                                                                                                                       | ₹ 1,008.18   |
|  23 | Bihar   | Bihar                         | Ministry of Railways                                         | Baktiyarpur Tilaiya doubling                                                                                                     | ₹ 2,017.39   |

|   24 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways   | Mukama -Munger                                                                                                      | ₹ 2,010.34   |
|------|---------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|   25 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Railways                      | 3rd and 4th Line Between Bhaktiyarpur to Fatuha Station                                                             | ₹ 875.72     |
|   26 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways   | Construction of 4-Lane Divided Carriageway from Khagaria to Purnia                                                  | ₹ 3,975.02   |
|   27 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways   | Construction of a six-lane elevated road along with Six lanes at Grade with a service road in Anisabad- Deedargunj. | ₹ 4,063.38   |
|   28 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways   | 4-Laning of Muzaffarpur- Sitamarhi-Sonbarsa                                                                         | ₹ 3,590.73   |
|   29 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Railways                      | 3rd and 4th line from kiul to Punrakh                                                                               | ₹ 2,513.92   |
|   30 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Railways                      | Jamalpur Munger Sabdalpur Double line including bridge over Ganga including Jamalpur avoiding line                  | ₹ 1,797.09   |
|   31 | Bihar   | Bihar & Jharkhand     | Ministry of Railways                      | 3rd and 4th line Barhawa to Bhagalpur                                                                               | ₹ 3,885.42   |
|   32 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Railways                      | 3rd line between Kiul to Jhajha                                                                                     | ₹ 902.56     |
|   33 | Bihar   | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh | Ministry of Railways                      | 3rd and 4th line between Danapur (DNR) to Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) station                                    | ₹ 7,406.28   |
|   34 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways   | Greenfield highway from Kanhuali to Sherpur                                                                         | ₹ 777.79     |
|   35 | Bihar   | Bihar                 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways   | Development of Patna- Punia 6 Lane expressway                                                                       | 28415.63     |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4114 FOR ANSWER ON 17.03.2026.

Fund Allocation for projects of Bihar State Under Part-II of the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2022-23.

|   Sl. | Name of the Project                                                            | Location                          |   Estimated Project Cost (Rs. In Crore) |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|     1 | Development of Industrial Area, Pataliputra                                    | Pataliputra, Patna                |                                 49.1169 |
|     2 | Development of Industrial Area, Sikandapur                                     | Patna                             |                                 88.42   |
|     3 | Development of Industrial Area, Bhagalpur                                      | Barari, Bhagalpur                 |                                 29.74   |
|     4 | Development of Industrial Area, Hajipur, Vaishali                              | Hajipur, Vaishali                 |                                 31.74   |
|     5 | Development of Industrial Area Kumarbagh, West Champaran                       | Kumarbagh Industrial Area         |                                 30.507  |
|     6 | Development of Industrial Area, Bihta Phase-II                                 | Bihta Phase-II, Patna             |                                 42.25   |
|     7 | Development of Industrial Area, Muzaffarpur                                    | Muzaffarpur                       |                                 49.3294 |
|     8 | Development of Industrial Area, Lohat Phase-II, Madhubani                      | Lohat Phase-II, Madhubani         |                                  8.6    |
|     9 | Development of Industrial Area, Banmankhi                                      | Banmankhi, Purnea                 |                                  5.51   |
|    10 | Development of Industrial Area, Warisaliganj                                   | Warisaliganj, Nawada              |                                  6.67   |
|    11 | Development of Industrial Area, Goraul Phase-I                                 | Goraul, Vaishali                  |                                  6.62   |
|    12 | Development of Industrial Area, Sakri Sagarpur Pandaul                         | Sakri Sagarpur Pandaul, Madhubani |                                  3.92   |
|    13 | Development of Industrial Area, Siwan                                          | Siwan                             |                                  2.8    |
|    14 | Development of Industrial Area, New Siwan                                      | New Siwan                         |                                  2.5    |
|    15 | Development of Industrial Area, Hathua Phase-II                                | Hathua, Gopalganj                 |                                  4.84   |
|    16 | Development of Industrial Area, Lohat Phase-I, Madhubani                       | Lohat Phase-I, Madhubani          |                                  8.1    |
|    17 | Development of Growth Centre, Begusarai                                        | Begusarai                         |                                 36.7    |
|    18 | Land acquisition for Development of MMLP                                       | Patna                             |                                 80      |
|    19 | Development of City Logistics Plan                                             | N/A                               |                                  2      |
|    20 | Development of PM Gati Shakti Data Centre                                      | Patna                             |                                  1      |
|    21 | Development of Industrial Area Muzzafarpur Phase-IX Plug & Play Infrastructure | Muzzafarpur                       |                                 12.56   |

Source : DoE OM 44(1)/PF-S/CAPEX)- Part-II/2022-23 dated 08.09.2022 read with DoE OM No. 44(1)/PFS/2022-23 (CAPEX)-Bihar dated 02.12.2022 & DoE OM 44(1)/PF-S/(CAPEX)-Part-II/2022-23(Pt.) dated 24.01.2023

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