PM GatiShakti Regional Workshop for Western and Central Zone held in Goa

MUMBAI : The first Prime Minister GatiShakti regional workshop for Western and Central Zone was held Goa recently. The workshopfeatureddiscussionsonuse cases of National Master Plan (NMP) adoption by Central Ministries & State Departments for planning and acted as a platform for mutual learning among the States and Central Ministries/Departments. Sumita Dawra, Special Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Union Ministry of CommerceandIndustryandsenior Government officials from Central Ministries and State Governments of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh,andMadhyaPradesh werepresentontheoccasion.

Addressing the workshop via video conference, Secretary, DPIIT Anurag Jain stated that PM GatiShakti will kick start the virtuous cycle of pulling in private investments, increasing production, employment and growth. He added that the GatiShakti NMP was launchedtopropelthenationtowards achieving the goal of Atma Nirbhar Bharat. He further noted that the root cause of many problems faced by the common man is the huge disconnect between macro level planning and its implementation at the micro level and that the GatiShakti NMP is huge step towards resolving the same. Synergies can be built to ensure integrated planning, synchronized implementation and monitoring of infrastructure, economic and social sector projects/schemes through this platform, added Secretary Anurag Jain.

Special Secretary, DPIIT Sumita Dawraobservedthatsincethelaunch of PM GatiShakti on Oct 13, 2021 by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, severalmilestonessuchasthelaunch of a National Logistics Policy has been achieved. Tracing the progress made under PM GatiShakti NMP, she added that as of today over 1300 layers have been uploaded. 30 Individual portals of Central Ministries and 36 States/UTs State Master Plan portals have also been developed.

Nodal Officers from Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Union Ministry of Railways and Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology also shared their improved experiences with PM GatiShakti in project planning. The day further witnessed a range of sessions, including a few on demonstration of use cases and best practices of PM GatiShakti in holistic planning of economic activities and socialsectorplanning,onsignificance of City Logistics Plan in creating sustainable cities and on issues & bottlenecks on major projects of the StatesenlistedinthePMG.