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Agriculture sector to be supported by setting up of common facilities by cooperatives and start-ups using integrated framework of PM GatiShakti: Sh. Piyush Goyal.
Jun 16, 2023

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal said that PM GatiShakti must be effectively leveraged using the Area Development Approach to extend benefits to the nation beyond the infrastructure sector. Shri Goyal chaired a meeting to review the progress of PM GatiShakti with DPIIT and eight concerned ministries in New Delhi last evening. The Minister emphasized upon the participating Ministries/Departments to harness the full potential of the integrated platform to further accelerate India's infrastructure and economic growth.
 
Shri Goyal said that the Agriculture sector can be supported by setting up common facilities on agricultural lands by cooperatives and start-ups using the integrated framework of PM GatiShakti and data from the National Master Plan (NMP). The Minister highlighted that the Area Development Approach under PM GatiShakti can be used for engaging with aspirational districts of NITI Aayog.
 
Besides senior officials from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the meeting saw representation from M/o Road Transport and Highways, M/o Railways, M/o Ports, Shipping and Waterways, M/o Civil Aviation, M/o Power, M/o Petroleum and Natural Gas, Department of Telecommunication (DoT), M/o New and Renewable Energy, Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) and National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC).
 
    

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