Gati Shakti National Master Plan
launched- Oct 13,2021
objective
- to provide new momentum to the economic growth of the country.
- reducing the cost of logistics to GDP that has prevailed at about 14% even at the time the NDA government took office, to an aspirational 8%.
- reducing vehicular emissions from road freight growth in order to meet climate change commitments and containing input costs due to extraordinarily high taxes on diesel.
- A similar fillip to efficiency in port operations can increase cargo handling capacity and cut vessel turnaround time.
- to generate jobs.
how they will achieve goals?
- a technocentric administrative initiative that promises silo-breaking integration of 16 Ministries including railways, roads, and ports through information technology, satellite mapping, and data tools,
- the program seeks to appeal to the national imagination as an umbrella integrator of ₹111-lakh crore worth of projects under the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) for 2020-25. The importance is given in the plan to rail-road multimodal connectivity and a higher share of freight for the railways.
conclusion
States have a crucial role in all this, considering that key pieces of the plan such as port linkages and land availability for highways, railways, industrial clusters, and corridors depend on political consensus and active partnership.
policymakers would do well to reclaim lands already subjected to degradation and pollution, rather than alienate controversial new parcels. Convincing citizens that they stand to benefit from such grand plans through better social welfare, lower service costs, and higher efficiencies, and respecting federal boundaries while dealing with the States are other imperatives.
source the Hindu
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