Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) will release comprehensive guidelines on how private sector participants can use the data and mapping tools offered by the PM Gati Shakti portal to make effective decisions regarding infrastructure and other projects.
According to DPIIT Secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia, several alternatives about how information from the government-owned portal can be shared with the commercial sector are being considered. He added that the most secure method of data sharing would be to provide data based on questions posed by the private sector for a project. On Saturday, the government declared its intention to make some of the maps and data from the PM Gati Shakti portal available to the commercial sector. This move may aid in the development of infrastructure-based applications and the optimization of last-mile delivery services.
PM Gati Shakti national master plan initiative was launched in October 2021 for integrated and planned development of critical infrastructure projects to reduce logistics costs. “For furthering PPPs (public-private partnerships) and assisting the private sector in project planning, access to relevant data and maps from the PM Gati Shakti portal will be provided,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech. Talking about its advantages, he said for project planning, it will be very helpful for the private sector.
