PM Gati Shakti

Indian infrastructure was long slowed by a lack of coordination — one agency's road dug up by another's pipeline months later. PM Gati Shakti, launched in October 2021, is a National Master Plan that puts road, rail, ports, airports, telecom and power on a single GIS-based digital platform, so ministries plan together. It was followed in 2022 by a National Logistics Policy to cut India's stubbornly high logistics costs.

The Gati Shakti portal now integrates about 1,800 data layers from 58 ministries and departments and all 36 States/UTs (August 2026), letting planners see terrain, existing assets and clearances on one map before sanctioning a project. India's rank on the World Bank Logistics Performance Index rose from 54th in 2014 to 38th in 2023, and a dedicated Gati Shakti University was set up to build logistics and infrastructure talent.

PM Gati Shakti is a digital master plan — a single GIS map that layers every ministry's infrastructure (roads, rail, ports, power, telecom, gas) onto one platform. Before a project is planned, agencies can see what already exists and coordinate, so a new highway, railway line and power line are laid together rather than one digging up the other. It shifts India from siloed, department-by-department building to integrated planning.

The real test is turning the planning map into faster, cheaper movement of goods — getting every state and department to actually use the platform, and keeping India's logistics cost — estimated at 7.97% of GDP in 2023-24 in an NCAER study for DPIIT — falling. Paired with the National Logistics Policy, the goal is seamless multi-modal freight that lifts export competitiveness.

2021 launch; about 1,800 data layers; 58 ministries and departments; 396 projects worth about ₹18.66 lakh crore evaluated (August 2026). National Logistics Policy 2022. LPI rank 54th (2014) → 38th (2023). Logistics cost 7.97% of GDP (2023-24). Sources: Ministry of Commerce & Industry, DPIIT, PIB, World Bank.