Overview
- Government data shows 396 big-ticket projects worth Rs 18.66 lakh crore have been taken up under PM GatiShakti, with 256 projects sanctioned and 198 under implementation.
- The public GIS platform has grown to more than 23,493 data layers and offers 230 approved datasets to help planners run site-suitability checks, map connectivity and plan alignments.
- PM GatiShakti now links 58 central ministries and all 36 states and union territories so ministries can view infrastructure, land, ecological and economic data on a common map.
- A Network Planning Group under the scheme has recommended over 400 projects worth about Rs 20.23 lakh crore for approval, signalling faster screening of large investments through the platform.
- Officials say the next phase will push multimodal links and last-mile connectivity to cut delays and logistics costs which could speed deliveries for factories, farms and ports and reshape regional supply chains such as the Khagaria–Purnea corridor.