India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (PMGS NMP) was launched in October 2021. Since the launch, substantial progress has been made, which includes development of the geospatial platform, integration of multiple georeferenced data, provision of planning tools/software for planning infrastructure projects (including socio-economic infrastructure), and capacity building. Mechanism of Network Planning Group(NPG) has been institutionalised, under which infrastructure projects are evaluated for integrated planning, multimodality, inter-modality, synchronization of efforts, whole of Government approach and Last-mile connectivity in and around the project catchment area. So far, 293 infrastructure projects amounting to Rs. 13.59 Lakh Crore have been evaluated through the NPG mechanism.

Under PM GatiShakti initiative, as on date, 57 Central Ministries/Departments including 8 Infrastructure, 22 Social and 27 Economic & other Ministries/Departments have been onboarded on PMGS NMP. 36 States/UTs have also been onboarded on PMGS NMP. About 1700 data layers, including 969 layers from States/UTs and 731 layers from Central Ministries/Departments, have been mapped and integrated on the PMGS NMP. Year wise progress made under PMGS is given in Annexure-A

The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan has no specific or separate fund allocation. However, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure through Part- II of the "Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment for 2022- 23" made a provision of rs 5000 crores for disbursement among the States for PMGS related infrastructure development.

36 new Ministries/Departments, in addition to initial 21, have been included in the PMGS-National Master Plan. As on date, total 57 Central Ministries/Departments have been onboarded on PMGS NMP. The details are given in Annexure-B

This information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Shri Jitin Prasada, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

The rest of the document can be viewed at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2152521

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