PM GatiShakti Master Plan Completes Five Years With 1,800 Data Layers

The correct answer is more than 1,800. As the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completed five years, the government stated that the platform integrates more than 1,800 data layers covering 58 Central Ministries and Departments and all 36 States and Union Territories, along with more than 65 software modules and tools and over 100 mobile and web applications. Options A, B and D give figures that do not match the record. The number 1,463 is worth noting as the layer count reached in 2023-24, when social sector integration was taken up and all 36 States and Union Territories came on board, so the growth to about 1,800 layers belongs to the later years. The platform was developed indigenously by BISAG-N under Atmanirbhar Bharat, and it exists to bring a whole of government approach to infrastructure planning by placing geospatial data from many departments on a single map.

The correct answer is the Network Planning Group. The NPG evaluates infrastructure projects against PM GatiShakti principles and has appraised over 400 projects worth about 20.23 lakh crore rupees, with the count standing at 421 projects in 2026. Its framework looks at integrated planning and development of multimodal infrastructure, last mile connectivity to economic and social nodes, intermodal connectivity, better logistics efficiency and the synchronised implementation of projects, and the group has institutionalised the whole of government approach. Options B, C and D name bodies that do not carry out this appraisal under the master plan. A useful set of figures to remember alongside this is the year wise progress of appraisals, with 71 projects evaluated in 2022-23 when eight key infrastructure ministries were onboarded, 121 in 2024-25 when the District Master Plan was launched, and 352 by February 2026.

The correct answer is the Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority, abbreviated as ITLA. The government has decided to set it up so that the full potential of PM GatiShakti can be used for integrated long term transport planning, and the Union Cabinet has approved it. The authority is to strengthen research, planning, appraisal, monitoring and impact assessment within transport and logistics, and it is expected to improve multimodal infrastructure connectivity, raise infrastructure efficiency, reduce logistics costs and lift India's competitiveness in global logistics. Options A, C and D are invented names and no such bodies were announced with the completion of five years of the master plan. Candidates should also note that the master plan is tied to the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, for which it provides the framework of coordinated planning, multimodal connectivity and better logistics efficiency.

The correct answer is the Unified Geospatial Interface, or UGI. The PM GatiShakti Public platform was launched through this interface in September 2025 and extends selected data analytics capabilities to private entities and to the general public, which marked the accessibility phase of the master plan. Alongside it, the Knowledge Management System, the Decentralized Data Uploading and Management System and the PMGS-NMP Dashboard have strengthened knowledge sharing, data governance, decentralised data management and the monitoring of infrastructure. Options A, C and D are plausible sounding but incorrect names. Remember also that the master plan reached beyond conventional infrastructure into social sector and area based planning, extending to districts for local socio economic development covering roads, schools, healthcare facilities, water pipelines and other essential services, which is why the District Master Plan of 2024-25 is an important milestone.