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PM GatiShakti: 293 projects worth ₹13.59 lakh crore evaluated

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: PM GatiShakti: 293 projects worth ₹13.59 lakh crore evaluated (GS3 · Infrastructure, 5 August 2025)

What happened

  • The Network Planning Group has evaluated 293 infrastructure projects worth ₹13.59 lakh crore under PM GatiShakti NMP, launched in October 2021 [PIB].
  • 57 central ministries/departments and 36 States/UTs are onboarded, with about 1700 data layers [PIB].

Background

  • NPG checks projects for multimodality and last-mile links [PIB].

Why it matters

  • A shared map stops one department digging up another’s road.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2025-08-05): the Network Planning Group has evaluated 293 infrastructure projects worth ₹13.59 lakh crore under PM GatiShakti NMP, launched in October 2021.
  2. A shared map stops one department digging up another's road.
Quotable data point

57 central ministries/departments and 36 States/UTs are onboarded, with about 1700 data layers.

PIB: PM GatiShakti NMP update, 5 Aug 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: NPG, NMP.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

PM GatiShakti NMP was launched in

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerInfrastructure in India: Importance, Financing, PPP Models, National Infrastructure Pipeline and PM Gati Shakti (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: PM GatiShakti NMP update, 5 Aug 2025

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