The Scope For Quicker TAT

THE SUCCESS OF GATI SHAKTI HINGES ON QUICKER TAT. DEEPTI THORE EVALUATES THIS SCOPE FOR TRANSFORMATION IN ROADS, MASS TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE.

- DEEPTI THORE

In this year's Union Budget, infrastructure continued to be one of the focus lareas. The FM laid down priorities that also included the National Master Plan(NMP), PM GatiShakti, which was cited as a transformative approach for economic growth and sustainable development. Of the seven engines driving it, roads, ports, mass transport and logistics infrastructure found a prominent mention in the speech. Planning and development of major infrastructure projects in silos by different departments have always been a chaos in terms of coordination. It has not only posed to be inconvenient for departments but it has also led to wasteful expenditure. To deal with such issues, encourage holistic planning from different stakeholders and to streamline the entire process of the infrastructure development, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, introduced 'PM GatiShakti' programme which incorporates the infrastructure schemes of various Ministries and State Governments including Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways, dry/land ports, UDAN etc. All the departments now have visibility of each other's projects through a centralised portal. The programme is a giant stride towards the country's target to meet the five trillion USD economy.