India reforming its economic structure even in Global Economic Crisis with “PMGS-National Master Plan”

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the same place, where Jawaharlal Nehru had addressed the nation. PM Modi also addressed the nation from the wall of the India Gate.

PM Modi announced the project of one lakh crore for the “overall infrastructure” for the upcoming 25 years. He made the historical announcement on the Independence Day of India i.e. on 15^th August 2021. The foundation stone of the project was laid on 13^th October; just two months after the announcement.

During the speech, PM Modi compared the nation with the developed ones. He also unveiled the Master Plan to construct huge infrastructures and establish India as a country with a developed economy in the upcoming 25 years, i.e. till 2047 A.D.

The ‘PM Gati Shakti’ (PMGS) project is speeding up. The project, with a budget of one lakh crore, aims to develop overall infrastructure in India. The national master plan has brought a revolution in the infrastructure development in India.

And it is also the PMGS, that is drawing India towards one of the most powerful economies of the globe. Even when the whole world has been facing the consequences of the economic crisis, India has been taking the scenario as an opportunity to spread its wings.

The upcoming 25 years have been announced as the “Amrit Kal” (Period full of nectars) based on the 100 years after the Independence. Out of 25 years of PMGS, 2 years have gone.

The Indian independence has entered its 77 years. India has been gaining success in building a foundation to reach its destiny within the upcoming 25 years. It is all because of the ‘PM Gati Shakti.’

The PMGS project began with the aim of breaking the restrictions of the Internal Ministry and unifying the infrastructure plan.

India established the PMGS program to establish an institutional structure to design, develop, and implement a coordinated and unified plan.

The PMGS project has given more than expected output in the past two years. It aims to improve the efficiency of the transportation infrastructures through the unified as well as multi-modal transportation system.

There has been no delay in the infrastructure projects under the plan. The project is accelerating toward establishing India as the most competitive market in the globe.

Department of Industry and Domestic Trade Promotion, under the Ministry of Commerce, Special Secretary Sumita Daura said, ‘The infrastructure construction has gained momentum in the primitive stage while working as per the project. Also, the investment cost has been reduced. The physical infrastructure projects will soon have a unified plan. There is also a guarantee of the implementation.’

PMGS: A Great Mission

Excessive stress has been given to the connectivity under the plan. The plan incorporates masterplans of roads, railways, Ropeway, and Air Connectivity. The expansion of the connectivity has been prioritized in the name of Bharat Mala and Parvat Mala.

The Ropeway has been visualized as a solution to expand the connectivity in the mountain regions. ‘We are placing the foundation for the upcoming 25 years. This development project of the 21^st century will provide acceleration to the National Master plan. This will help to complete the projects on time,’ said PM Modi.

How does the PMGS operate?

Bharat Mala, Dagar Mala, Flight, Railway network expansion, internal waterways, and Bharat Net are some of the prime projects included in the PMGS Master plan.

A central portal has been established to unite 16 central ministers to accelerate the Gati Shakti mission including railways, roads, highways, petroleum, gas, electricity, telecommunication, ship, and airways.

Even the departments have been connected under the ministries. This would speed up the project clearance procedure and smoothen the information flow between the ministries along with good coordination.

A few Ministries are in the phase of merging the data. 12 ministries-Housing, Literacy, Higher Education, Women and Child Development, Tribal Affairs, Panchayati Raj, Health, Sports, Youth Affairs, Rural Development, Culture, and Posts-NMP are in the phase of uniting the data of the platforms. The merging procedure of the data is in the progressive stage.

Main goals of the PMGS

The goal of the PMGS is to reduce investment and improve the supply of domestic goods. It is believed that the project would help India to improve its infrastructure condition and attract investment from around the globe.

Earlier, the Internal Ministry was delaying the infrastructure development in India. There was a delay in permission and a contradiction between different stakeholders. This has removed the problem of making late decisions, more consumption of time, and the requirement of more investment amount.

The PMGS has united all the infrastructure projects in the prime corridors. This has helped to make the plans of all the ministries at once.

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Goals of the PMGS

Some of the goals of the PMGS are as follows:

• Increase the roadway capacity along with the highway network to touch the 2 lakh km mark
• Surplus the transmission network to 454200 circuits in km to ease the electricity access
• Complete the gas pipelines of around 17000 km
• Expand 4G connectivity for the villages by FY22
• 202 harbors, landing centers, fishing clusters
• Increasing renewable capacity to 225 GW by FY25
• 2 new defense and 11 industrial corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
• Increase the railway transport cargo’s capacity to around 1600 tonne by FY25
• Boost the aviation along with around 200 new heliports, water aerodromes, and airports,
• Establishment of 20 new mega food parks

There are additional infrastructure projects under the PMGS. There is also an outer ring road in Thiruvananthapuram, that comes under the same project. Dahod-Bodeli-Vapi Corridor, the Broadgage railway line between Pushkar-Merta, and Merta City-Ross Railway in Rajasthan are also a few of them.

The project of building an Inter-State Transmission System for Renewable energy is also going on in Ladakh. Advanced railway in Anwarganj-Mandhana of Kanpur, Railway bridge to cross Ganga, Railway between Ajmer and Chittorgarh, and four lanes in Bijni to Mandi section road are also included in the project. 4 lanes in the Belgaum-Nagsund-Raichur road.

101 port projects under PMGS

The Government of India has decided to build 101 ports under the PMGS project. A total of 6 lakhs 8 hundred 72 crore rupees is the estimated budget for the Shipping and waterways infrastructure.

Out of which, 13 projects have been completed with an investment of 4 hundred 23 crores. The highway projects of 25 thousand kilometers are expected to be completed in this fiscal year.

The general election is scheduled for 2024 A.D. It has been claimed that the PMSG project will conclude faster than the estimated time if PM Modi succeeds in winning the upcoming election.

It is because his government will have a period till 2029 A.D. The government aims to establish India as third in the ranking in the list of nations with the largest economies. India is in the fifth position on the list.

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