Five Years of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan

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Key takeaways

The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completed five years on October 13, 2026.
The platform integrates 58 Central Ministries and all 36 States and Union Territories through more than 23,493 geospatial data layers.
The Network Planning Group (NPG) has reviewed 396 mega projects worth ₹18.66 lakh crore.
The initiative aims to reduce national logistics costs from 13 to 14 percent down to 8 to 9 percent of GDP.

The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completed five years on October 13, 2026.
The Union Cabinet approved the Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA) to review infrastructure projects worth ₹500 crore or more.

PM GatiShakti is India’s digital planning framework combining geospatial information systems (GIS), satellite imagery, and cross-ministerial databases.
It replaces fragmented department planning with an integrated whole-of-government model.
It connects 58 Central Ministries and all 36 States and Union Territories to coordinate projects, cut logistics costs, and improve economic corridors.

The plan features Seven Core Infrastructure Engines covering roads, railways, ports, waterways, airports, mass transport, and logistics infrastructure.
It uses a Three-Tier Institutional Mechanism including the Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS), the Network Planning Group (NPG), and the Technical Support Unit (TSU).
The platform houses over 23,493 geospatial data layers on a shared GIS platform managed by BISAG-N.
It connects digital supply chains using the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) through 46 government systems and 142 APIs, alongside the Logistics Data Bank (LDB).
The Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA) runs a 10-year National Transport Master Plan backed by the National Transport Data Repository (NTDR).
Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV, Vadodara) provides training, having trained over 2.4 lakh government officials.

Pre-construction spatial analysis helps avoid sensitive ecological zones, such as the Pune-Bengaluru Expressway which reduced forest land overlap by 19% and saves 16 crore liters of fuel yearly.
The Network Planning Group (NPG) reviewed 396 mega projects worth ₹18.66 lakh crore, with 256 sanctioned and 198 under implementation.
Projects like the Jogighopa Multimodal Logistics Park and the Dhubri-Phulbari bridge cut regional transit time from 7 hours to 30 minutes.
The Ladakh-Haryana 13 GW Green Energy Corridor streamlined clearance across a 480 km High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) line.

Incomplete state cadastral maps create mismatches between digital GIS layers and ground realities, causing land acquisition delays.
Local municipal bodies lag behind central ministries in real-time data updates, leading to repeated utility excavations on newly paved roads.
Over 30% of critical road and railway delays remain tied up in litigation under the LARR Act despite digital clearances.
Private logistics park developers face compliance restrictions when trying to integrate their tracking data with ULIP APIs.
The master plan focuses heavily on major national corridors while often ignoring Gram Panchayat roads and mandi-linkage infrastructure.

GIS data layers should be upgraded into dynamic 3D Digital Twin models to simulate environmental challenges before construction begins.
Central infrastructure grants should be linked to the real-time updating of municipal and district revenue maps.
API access should be expanded for private builders to submit spatial alignment proposals directly to lower consultation costs.
Monitoring should focus on structural logistics costs, transit turnaround speeds, and container dwell times.
The planning grid should be extended to the block and village level to connect rural warehouses and rural roads into the national grid.