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Gati Shakti to play big role in development of modern infra: PM Modi

The initiative will also help in bringing down transportation cost, said the Prime Minister.

GUWAHATI:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 28 said the Gati Shakti initiative will play a big role in developing modern infrastructure in the country through better coordination and monitoring.

Modi was addressing the Northeast Zonal Conference for PM Gati Shakti organised here virtually, where he underlined the government’s vision of taking development to the next level through Gati Shakti. He also urged the private sector enterprises to partner with the government to increase investments in various sectors.

“This year’s budget has set the pace (Gati Shakti) of India’s development in the 21st century. This direction of ‘Infrastructure-based development’ will lead to an extraordinary increase in the strength of our economy, creating many new possibilities of employment,” Modi said.

He said that through the PM Gati Shakti initiative, everyone will be able to make their plan with complete information. This will also lead to optimum utilisation of the country’s resources.

The Prime Minister stressed the need of PM Gati Shakti by emphasizing the scale at which the government is undertaking infrastructure development. “In the year 2013-14, the direct capital expenditure of the Government of India was about two and a half lakh crore rupees, which has increased to seven and a half lakh crore rupees in the year 2022-23”, the Prime Minister informed.

He further added, “Infrastructure Planning, Implementation and Monitoring will get a new direction from PM Gati Shakti. This will also bring down the time and cost overrun of the projects”.

Stating that the logistics cost in India is considered to be 13 to 14 per cent of the GDP. Which is more than other countries, he said Gati Shakti will also help in bringing down transportation cost.

The Prime Minister talked about the Unified Logistics Interface Platform- ULIP provided in this budget and which is being adopted by the various government departments as per their needs, leading to reduced logistics cost.

“24 Digital Systems of 6 Ministries are being integrated through ULIP. This will create a National Single Window Logistics Portal which will help in reducing the logistics cost”, he further said.

The Prime Minister informed about the steps like Logistics Division in every department and Empowered Group of Secretaries for logistics efficiency through better coordination. “Our exports will also be greatly helped by PM Gati-Shakti, our MSMEs will be able to be globally competitive”, he added.

Speaking on the occasion, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that PM Gati Shakti Master Plan initiative will give an immense boost to connectivity and lead to rapid infrastructure and economic growth. This plan will also help states like Assam to join the league of best states of the country.

Sarma said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to bring a paradigm shift to connectivity and infrastructure development through the Gati Shakti Master Plan which was launched by him in October 2021.

Union minister for petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri, Union minister of state for petroleum & natural gas Rameswar Teli, Assam industry and commerce minister Chandra Mohan Patowary were among the others who attended the event.

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