PM
GatiShakti Regional Workshop for Western and Central
Zone Held in Goa
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Effective
implementation of PM GatiShakti will kick start
virtuous cycle of pulling in private investments, increasing production,
employment & growth: Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade
The first Prime Minister GatiShakti regional workshop for Western and Central Zone
was held on 20 February, 2023 in Goa. The workshop featured discussions on use
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 Commerce and Industry
and senior government officials from Central Ministries and State Governments
of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh were present on
the occasion.
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 launched to propel the
nation towards 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 Dawra observed that since
the launch of PM GatiShakti on Oct 13, 2021 by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, several milestones such as the launch 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 social sector planning, on
significance of City Logistics Plan in creating sustainable cities and on
issues & bottlenecks on major projects of the States enlisted in the PMG.