Government opens PM GatiShakti portal to private sector for data-driven infrastructure planning

The Government of India has opened access to the PM GatiShakti portal for the private sector, enabling industries, startups, and researchers to use geospatial data for optimising logistics, improving last-mile delivery, and developing infrastructure-based digital applications.

Announcing the initiative on October 13, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal launched the ‘PM GatiShakti Public’ platform through the Unified Geospatial Interface (UGI). Developed by the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) and powered by the National Geospatial Data Registry (NGDR), the platform provides regulated access to 230 verified datasets from the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP).

These datasets span physical and social infrastructure assets, allowing users to conduct site suitability analysis, connectivity mapping, alignment planning, and regulatory compliance checks. The platform also supports advanced analytical report generation, enabling private players to make data-driven investment and project decisions.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her 2025 Budget speech, had announced plans to extend selected datasets from the PM GatiShakti initiative to the private sector. The move aims to catalyse innovation in smart logistics, infrastructure development, and urban planning by providing access to critical data layers, including:

• Railway tracks, stations, freight corridors, and goods sheds
• National, state, and district highways
• Ports, airports, and multi-modal logistics parks
• Warehouses and industrial clusters
• Land records, water bodies, telecom towers, schools, and forests

The portal’s query-based interface ensures secure, self-service access through robust authentication and data protection protocols, maintaining compliance with national policy norms.

According to the government, these data layers will empower private enterprises to enhance delivery efficiency, design smart city applications, and improve planning across key sectors such as healthcare, disaster management, agriculture, and food distribution.

• At the launch event, Goyal also unveiled several complementary initiatives under the PM GatiShakti framework:
• The PM GatiShakti Compendium, featuring successful case studies and best practices.
• The NMP Dashboard, a real-time monitoring system offering multi-sectoral performance insights.
• The Knowledge Management System (KMS) to promote cross-learning among ministries, departments, and states.

• The PM GatiShakti–Offshore platform, dedicated to integrated offshore project planning and management.
• The Data Uploading and Management System (DUMS) for decentralised, real-time data management and accountability.
• The PMGS District Master Plan, covering 112 aspirational districts to foster local-level, data-led infrastructure growth.

Highlighting the transformative impact of the initiative, Goyal said, “PM GatiShakti has become a vital bridge between macro-level planning and micro-level execution. It is empowering the entire ecosystem to plan, prioritise, and deliver infrastructure with precision and coordination.”

Since its inception in October 2021, the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan has been instrumental in improving inter-ministerial coordination. The Network Planning Group has so far evaluated over 300 major infrastructure projects, incorporating principles of integrated planning, last-mile connectivity, intermodal linkages, and logistics efficiency to accelerate India’s infrastructure development journey.