Fast Forward

Context: Gati Shakti can cut logistics costs if it can convince all States to come on board.

Benefits of Gati Shakti Mission

• Renewed momentum to economic growth through major infrastructure upgrade.
• Reduce cost of logistics: From current level of 14% to competitive economies level of 8-9%.
  • Logistics upgradation also helps in containing input costs due to extraordinarily high taxes on diesel.
• Meeting climate change commitments through reduction in vehicular emissions due to improvement in rail-road multimodal connectivity with higher share of freight for railways.
• Increase efficiency in port operations can increase cargo handling capacity and cut vessel turnaround time.

Way forward: Active Centre-State partnerships for infrastructure building

• Evolve a citizen centric approach: Convince Citizens that they stand to benefit from such grand plans through better social welfare, lower service costs and higher efficiencies.
  • Avoid incompatible and hostile land acquisition decisions that alienate communities.
• Maintain environmental integrity: Through Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing to identify potential industrial areas,
  • Reclaim lands already subjected to degradation/pollution, rather than alienating new parcels.
• Respect federal boundaries: States as well as local bodies should have a voice in project implementation decision making processes.