NEW DELHI: The government’s in-principle go ahead to setting up of an apex federal agency for planning and monitoring of all modes of surface transport, railways, shipping, civil aviation and mass transit at national level, and logistics sector is set to bring a paradigm shift in the country’s infrastructure planning and accelerated development. The new entity — GatiShakti Transport Planning and Research Organisation (GTPRO) — to be housed in the Cabinet Secretariat will eliminate at least two layers of project approval process, which take around 60 days. TOI on October 9 had first reported the go ahead given for GTPRO at a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi, which was attended by five cabinet ministers and secretaries from related ministries, and other top officials. Sources said DPI

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