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Union Minister Piyush Goyal directs Ministries to find features of data layers to boost NMP Platform New Delhi, Jan 3 (KNN) Reviewing the PM GatiShakti with 8 infrastructure Ministries on Monday, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piysuh Goyal asked them to identify attributes for data layers which will further enhance the National Master Plan (NMP) Platform.

Ministries have developed necessary mechanisms for validation and standardisation of data on their respective portals, said the Ministry of Commerce.

“This is helping in optimum planning and sound decision making across all layers of governance,” it added.

Since its launch in October 2021, infrastructure projects approved by the Cabinet have either been completed or are already under implementation.

The Network Planning Group (NPG), under the PM GatiShakti institutional structure, has held 41 meetings in the last one year.

About 61 project proposals pertaining to road, railways, natural gas, ports and urban infrastructure have been evaluated in terms of optimising PM GatiShakti principles and recommended by NPG for implementation in the coming years.

Commerce Minister Goyal appreciated the progress made by Central Ministries and States, and emphasized that PM GatiShakti needs to play a proactive role for planning and in sound decision making.

It was informed that 12 Social Sector Ministries namely MoHUA, D/o of School Education & Literacy, D/o Higher Education, M/o Women & Child Development, M/o Tribal Affairs, M/o Panchayati Raj, M/o Health and Family Welfare, D/o Sports, D/o of Youth Affair and Sports, M/o Rural Development, M/o Culture and D/o of Posts are in advanced stages of data integration in the NMP Platform

With India now holding the G20 presidency 2023, creating a resilient and efficient logistics ecosystem and promoting seamless multimodal international transportation and transit is being put on international priority, said the Ministry.

As part of the Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG), “Logistics for Trade has been identified as one of the priority issues.

The Ministries that participated in the review were- M/o Railways, MoRTH, MoPSW, MoCA, Power, DoT, MoPNG, MNRE, Textile and Steel. (KNN Bureau)