Centre plans to form empowered group of secretaries under Cabinet secretary to review implementation of PM GatiShakti

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has decided to set up an institutional framework to implement, support and monitor the entire programme of PM GatiShakti- the national master plan for ‘multi-modal connectivity’.
Under this, the government will constitute an empowered group of secretaries (EGOS), a network planning group and a technical support unit.
EGOS: This will have the cabinet secretary as the Chairperson, the head of the commerce ministry’s logistics division as convenor and secretaries of 18 ministries as members.
Term of Refenerence of EGOS : Review implementation of the programme and prescribe norms for undertaking any subsequent amendments to it.
Network Planning Group: This group will assist the EGOS and consist of heads of such wings of respective infrastructure ministries.
Technical support unit: It will have experts from various infrastructure sectors, including aviation, maritime, rail, roads and highways, ports, etc, to oversee the complexities involved in the overall integration of networks.