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1.Abstract. (a)The first initiative was invention of the wheel which set in motion the necessity of travelable paths. Since then the role of infrastructure has expanded from canals to modern capital structures such as railways, roads etc. Depending on the necessities of the region in India since independence, infrastructure development has moved on a consistent growth curve building the assets required by the nation across sectors such as transportation, housing, commercial development, telecom and most recently, sanitation. (b)The multiplier effects of infrastructure in the economy cannot be realized if it operates in silos. Thus, in 2019, Government of India adopted a forward-looking programmatic approach towards infrastructure coordination. The National Infrastructure Pipeline was born with a projected investment of around Rs111 lakh Crore for FY 2020-25 for developing a comprehensive view of infrastructure development in the country, monitoring its progress at the highest levels in the government for timely completion, and enabling a pipeline view for investors for them to plan infrastructure investments. (c)This story of infrastructure has seen many successes. While roads, railways, and waterways have seen unprecedented expansion in the last eight years, ports and airports have been substantially upgraded. With the help of infrastructure the country move from unimodal to multimodal transportation, providing a window of opportunity to the private sector to invest and reinvest in these assets, which has already been facilitated by the policy of asset monetization. Extending infrastructural facilities is only part of the story; modernization is the other important principle that has been attempted with verve and achieved with commendable speed. My presentation will cover answers of following questions: (i)What is PM Gati Shakti Approach? (ii)The main objectives of PM Gati Shakti. (iii)What are the presumed outcomes of PM Gati Shakti (iv)How PM Gati Shakti will help in various issues faced by Indian infrastructure? (v)How PM Gati Shakti will be beneficial for the common man? (vi)How PM Gati Shakti is facilitating ease of doing business? (vii)How PM Gati Shakti is improving logistic efficiency? (viii)What digitization efforts are being undertaken under PM Gati Shakti?