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PIB digest for Tuesday, 13 October

PM GatiShakti Completes Five Years of Infrastructure Transformation

Ministry of Commerce & Industry · Infrastructure · Posted 13 OCT 2026 4:59PM

What happened

The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completed five years, having integrated over 1,800 data layers across 58 Central Ministries and all 36 States/UTs, with the Network Planning Group evaluating over 400 projects worth ₹20.23 lakh crore.

Why it matters for UPSC

This marks a milestone in coordinated infrastructure planning and multimodal connectivity, directly relevant to the UPSC syllabus theme of infrastructure development and logistics policy.

Key objectives

  1. Indigenously developed by BISAG-N under Atmanirbhar Bharat, integrating over 1,800 data layers from 58 Central Ministries/Departments and 36 States/UTs.
  2. Network Planning Group evaluated over 400 infrastructure projects worth approximately ₹20.23 lakh crore.
  3. Expanded to district-level planning and social-sector integration with the launch of the PM GatiShakti Public platform and Unified Geospatial Interface (UGI).
  4. Cabinet approval for setting up the Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA) to improve logistics efficiency and multimodal connectivity.