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 over 1,600 data layers across 44+ ministries and all states, 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 bringing India's logistics cost (long stuck near 13-14% of GDP) down toward the global 8-10%. Paired with the National Logistics Policy, the goal is seamless multi-modal freight that lifts export competitiveness.

The real test is turning the planning map into faster, cheaper movement of goods — getting every state and department to use the platform and bringing India's logistics cost (long near 13-14% of GDP) down.

2021 launch; 1,600+ data layers; 44+ ministries. National Logistics Policy 2022. LPI rank 54th (2014) → 38th (2023). Sources: DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce, World Bank.