PM GatiShakti: 293 infrastructure projects worth ₹13.59 lakh crore evaluated through Network Planning Group
The Commerce Ministry told the Lok Sabha on 5 August 2025 that 293 infrastructure projects worth ₹13.59 lakh crore have been evaluated through the Network Planning Group mechanism under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.
Summary
The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (PMGS NMP), launched in October 2021, has evaluated 293 infrastructure projects amounting to ₹13.59 lakh crore through the Network Planning Group (NPG) mechanism, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada said in a written Lok Sabha reply on 5 August 2025. As on date, 57 Central Ministries/Departments (8 Infrastructure, 22 Social and 27 Economic & other) and 36 States/UTs have been onboarded on the platform, and about 1,700 data layers (969 from States/UTs and 731 from Central Ministries) have been integrated. The NMP has no specific or separate fund allocation, though the Department of Expenditure provided ₹5,000 crore under Part-II of the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment for 2022-23 for PMGS-related infrastructure.
Key facts
- Launched
- October 2021
- Projects evaluated (NPG)
- 293, worth ₹13.59 lakh crore
- Ministries onboarded
- 57 (8 Infrastructure, 22 Social, 27 Economic & other)
- States/UTs onboarded
- 36
- Data layers
- About 1,700 (969 States/UTs, 731 Central)
- Funding
- No separate allocation; ₹5,000 crore via SASCI 2022-23 Part-II
- Reply by
- MoS Jitin Prasada, Lok Sabha, 5 Aug 2025
Practice MCQs 2 questions
As per the government's reply of August 2025, how many infrastructure projects have been evaluated through the Network Planning Group mechanism under PM GatiShakti?
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Correct answer: C — 293
So far, 293 infrastructure projects amounting to ₹13.59 lakh crore have been evaluated through the NPG mechanism.
Consider the following statements about the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, as stated in August 2025: 1. It has a specific and separate fund allocation in the Union Budget. 2. 36 States/UTs have been onboarded on the platform. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Statement 1 is incorrect: the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan has no specific or separate fund allocation. Statement 2 is correct: 36 States/UTs have been onboarded on PMGS NMP.