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How Modi's GatiShakti Transforms Governance With Technology
- •Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October 2021, the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan integrates data from across government over satellite imagery to eliminate departmental silos in infrastructure planning.
- •Built by BISAG-N in Gandhinagar, the digital platform features over 23,000 data layers covering 58 central ministries and all 36 states and Union Territories.
- •The Network Planning Group reviews major connectivity projects before clearance, ensuring multi-modal integration and significantly reducing preparation time for detailed project reports.
- •The platform has expanded to district-level planning across aspirational districts, helping local officials map schools, healthcare facilities, roads, and solar parks.
- •Economic surveys indicate that logistics costs dropped to 7.97 percent of GDP in 2023-24, aided by the streamlined planning and coordination brought by GatiShakti.
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Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 13, 2021, PM GatiShakti is a single digital map platform used across government departments to prevent siloed infrastructure planning. The platform was built in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, by the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Every logistics and connectivity infrastructure project valued at more than ₹500 crore must be evaluated and signed off by the Network Planning Group (NPG) before receiving clearance from the Public Investment Board or the Department of Expenditure. The NPG assesses projects based on their connectivity to other transport modes and economic hubs, as well as their timing alignment with surrounding projects.
According to the Economic Survey 2025-26, India's logistics costs fell to 7.97 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023-24, down from 8.84 per cent the previous year. This reduction is attributed partly to the GatiShakti platform, alongside dedicated freight corridors and major infrastructure programmes like Bharatmala and Sagarmala.
