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Underlining the benefits of PM GatiShakti, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal has said that PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) has the potential to save over Rs. 10 lakh crore annually by improving logistics efficiency. He said that PM GatiShakti is increasingly being used in the social sector for better infrastructure development, thereby, taking fruits of technology to every citizen of the country and improving ease of life for the common man.

The Minister expressed confidence that PM GatiShakti would help bring in balanced, inclusive, equitable development in the country by helping remote areas, especially those in the North East undertake integrated infrastructure planning and close development gaps. The Minister further said that PM GatiShakti would define India's future in the years to come and added that PM GatiShakti National Master Plan would lend both 'Gati' and 'Shakti' to India's efforts in Infrastructure development.

Goyal said ‘the National Master Plan will transform the way we work and the outcomes of our work and will drive economic development.’ Besides, Piyush Goyal observed that the entire nation has come together, transcending political differences to use PM GatiShakti to the best possible extent. The Minister also expressed confidence that PM GatiShakti NMP would find a place in history as a powerful intervention that spurred rapid growth and development in the country.