{"id":181307,"date":"2022-04-26T20:23:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=181307"},"modified":"2022-04-26T20:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:53:52","slug":"on-gati-shakti-mission-plugging-the-infra-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-gati-shakti-mission-plugging-the-infra-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"On Gati Shakti Mission: Plugging the infra gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong>: <span class=\"p-content paywall\">Ever since it was announced by the prime minister in October 2021, the Gati Shakti mission has been billed as one of the most transformational projects in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\">Successfully planning and executing large scale infrastructure projects in India have always been a nightmare, leading to significant cost and time overruns. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\">Gati Shakti is a much-needed step in offering an integrated solution, say its advocates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\">However, not everyone believes the Gati Shakti mission is a radical solution<\/span>. The author of this article sheds light on this particular aspect.<\/p>\n<h5>What is Gati Shakti?<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\"> Gati Shakti uses<strong> geospatial technology<\/strong>, based on data sourced from different ministries and agencies, to map the entire terrain\u2014and provide a \u201cone view\u201d to the planning and execution agencies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\">It also offers an opportunity to bridge the coordination gap between ministries and plug bottlenecks. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For more<\/strong>: Read <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-gati-shakti-national-infrastructure-master-plan\/\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span class=\"p-content paywall\">What do the critics of the Gati Shakti Mission say?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\">As per them,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\"><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> the Big Data project might at best make a <strong>peripheral contribution<\/strong> to the challenges of infrastructure development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\"><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Bureaucracy will <strong>hold back data sharing<\/strong> \u2014and evade the attempt to build transparency and break silos. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\"><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Also, the portal has generated considerable interest among the private sector, particularly in the logistics and infrastructure space. <\/span><span class=\"p-content paywall\">But it remains to be seen whether the private sector will step up and be inspired to participate in infrastructure projects. <\/span><\/p>\n<h5>What are some potential benefits of the mission?<\/h5>\n<p>The benefits are pretty obvious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased efficiency: <\/strong>Instead of taking six months just to decide on the route for a high speed expressway, the Gati Shakti project will allow for a more integrated solution <strong>in a matter of weeks<\/strong>. That way, the transportation of goods can be speeded up, leading to <strong>more efficiency<\/strong> and <strong>productivity<\/strong> in the real economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example<\/strong>: The <strong>Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)<\/strong> on the western line, stretching from the JNPT port in Mumbai to Dadri in UP, is a prime example.<\/p>\n<p>Concor, the listed entity owned by the Railways, built assets along this corridor. But much of it is unutilised becau\u00adse there are no proper transportation linkages with the regional economic hubs like Kandla, denting Concor\u2019s return on equity.<\/p>\n<p>The Gati Shakti portal might now offer the dedicated freight corridor project some alternative routes to bypass wildlife corridors or mining hubs in the eastern stretch, instead of the shortest route picked earlier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fixing the lack of interconnections<\/strong>: There are multiple agencies and ministries involved in the planning process, each with their own processes and ways of working. So, for instance, a new port is often built without adequate focus on rail or road linkages.<\/p>\n<p>Gati Shakti attempts to f<strong>ix this lack of interconnections by bringing all the different ministries on a co\u00admmon platform<\/strong>, identifying these gaps and fixing accountability for each ministry for delivery and outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\">Also, the <strong>cabinet secretary himself chairs the meeting of the empowered group of secretaries<\/strong> from the key ministries to review the progress. The <strong>Prime Minister\u2019s office (PMO)<\/strong> also has visibility to the progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>What are the challenges that need to be addressed?<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"p-content paywall\">Gati Shakti poses an <strong>enormous challenge to the government\u2019s existing ways of working<\/strong> \u2014 and its <strong>ability to use data<\/strong> for decision-making.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it remains to be seen whether ministries can be persuaded to upload information on all these critical projects, especially the ones that are lagging behind, on the platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article \u201c<strong>Plugging the infra gaps<\/strong>\u201d published in the <strong>Business Standard<\/strong> on <strong>25th Apr 22<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: Ever since it was announced by the prime minister in October 2021, the Gati Shakti mission has been billed as one of the most transformational projects in the country. Successfully planning and executing large scale infrastructure projects in India have always been a nightmare, leading to significant cost and time overruns. Gati Shakti is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-gati-shakti-mission-plugging-the-infra-gaps\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On Gati Shakti Mission: Plugging the infra gaps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10503,216],"class_list":["post-181307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704834433},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}