PM Gatishakti National Master Plan.
Context:
India showcased its PM Gatishakti National Master Plan in the 2023 Regional Cooperation and Integration (RCI) Conference hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Relevance:
GS-02, GS-03 (Growth and development)
Asian Development Bank (ADB):
- It is a regional development bank established in the year 1966 with an aim to promote social and economic development in Asia and the Pacific.
- It is headquartered in Manila, Philippines.
- ADB has 68 members, 49 from Asia and the Pacific, including India, which is a founding member.
- ADB works include providing loans, technical support, grants, and equity investments to bolster social and economic development.
PM GatiShakti National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity:
- The PM GatiShakti NMP is a technology backed infrastructure development platform with GIS based data layers of infrastructure, geographic features and demography, and various decision support systems.
- The platform is developed by BISAG-N. It enables integrated planning, synchronised implementation, and project monitoring.
- The platform aims at enhancing industrial productivity and helping the country achieve its green logistics and clean energy goals by enormously boosting the multi-modal connectivity across highways, railways, ports, airports, logistics infrastructure, mass urban transportation and inland waterways.
- To sensitize various civil servants on the uses of PM GatiShakti NMP, a course on PM GatiShakti has been launched on the IGoT Platform of Department of Personnel Training. The course has 4 modules of which the first has been uploaded on the IGoT Portal while the rest are in advanced stages of development.
