Q. With respect to the PM Gati Shakti scheme, consider the following:
- It is based on five pillars i.e. Comprehensiveness, Prioritization, Synchronization, Analytics and Dynamic.
- It is implemented by the Department for promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
- It aims to ensure the speed and power of infrastructure projects.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer:
Only 2 & 3
Notes:
- Five key social sector departments – health, women and child development, rural development and panchayat raj, education, and housing and urban affairs – have joined the PM Gati Shakti Scheme, aimed at cutting India’s logistical costs.
- It aims to ensure the speed (Gati) and Power (Shakti) of infrastructure projects in the next four years, with a focus on expediting works on the ground, saving costs and creating jobs, and bringing down the logistics cost.
- Implementing agency: DPIIT (Department for promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) of the commerce and industry ministry.
- PM Gati Shakti is based on six pillars: Comprehensiveness, Prioritization, Optimization, Synchronization, Analytics and Dynamic.