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As many as 16 social sector ministries, including Health and Panchayati Raj, have integrated their data on the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (PMGS-NMP) platform so far, the commerce and industry ministry said on Friday..
"As of date, sixteen social sector ministries/ departments have been fully onboarded onto PMGS-NMP, with individual portals developed and integrated with the NMP," the ministry said...
"As a way ahead, action points were emphasized for necessary action by social sector ministries for wider adoption of the NMP in social sector planning," it said...
The action points include integration of essential data layers with the NMP to be completed in mission mode; list of schemes/ programs to be identified that can be integrated with PMGS; and promote wider adoption of PMGS in social sector planning for last and first mile delivery and improved access to services, duly involving field level functionaries...
DPIIT Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh highlighted the immense utility of the platform in social sector planning and the need for efforts to be made at district level for the benefits to percolate at grassroot level...
