81 high-impact infrastructure projects make it to Gati Shakti list
- IBEF
- March 8, 2022
For the government's Gati Shakti initiative, the industry department has shortlisted 81 high-impact projects across multiple infrastructure ministries. The ministry of road transport and highways is responsible for half of the 81 high-impact projects listed, followed by others. National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) major industrial corridors, key expressways and highways, including the 1,257-kilometer Amritsar-Jamnagar expressway, 1,350-kilometer Delhi-Mumbai expressway, and 210-kilometer Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun expressway, as well as the world's largest broadband project BharatNet, will be among the government's priority projects.
The development is significant since Gati Shakti is one of the government's four objectives for the upcoming fiscal year, as outlined in the Union Budget 2022-23. Gati Shakti, a digital platform launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October 2021, is currently in a test phase, with a complete launch scheduled by the end of March.The Union Budget for 2022-23 has a provision for states to get Rs 1 trillion (US$ 13 billion) in assistance, which they can spend on multimodal infrastructure. Government is also working on online tools for obtaining time-consuming environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances.
Furthermore, they are focusing on providing assistance and training to states and ministries so that they can use Gati Shakti. A network planning group, made up of officials from multiple ministries, has been established to guarantee that projects are planned in accordance with the master plan. More than 400 data layers with information regarding forest land and available industrial estate are available in the Gati Shakti National Master Plan. As a result, project alignment and other types of permissions will be feasible right at the DPR (detailed project report) stage.
Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.
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