Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a post-budget webinar on ‘Infrastructure and Investment: Improving logistic efficiency with PM Gatishakti National Master Plan’ last week. During the online conference, he stressed the significance of setting up forecast processes to correctly identify the need for construction materials and required skill sets in the infrastructure sector. He asked all ministries and departments to develop an integrated prediction mechanism to align economy and infrastructure planning.
The government is presently working on implementing the National Infrastructure Pipeline to develop infrastructure worth ₹110 lakh crores by 2025.
During the webinar, the Prime Minister mentioned, “We have identified the gaps impacting logistics efficiency. That is why, in this year’s budget, 100 critical projects have been prioritised, and ₹75,000 crores have been allocated. With quality and multimodal infrastructure, our logistic costs will reduce further in the coming days. This will positively impact the goods made in India, on the competence of our products.”
