With reference to the 'PM Gati Shakti Scheme', which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
1. The PM Gati Shakti–National Master Plan was launched in 2022.
2. The scheme is built around seven e

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With reference to the 'PM Gati Shakti Scheme', which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
1. The PM Gati Shakti–National Master Plan was launched in 2022.
2. The scheme is built around seven engines (Roads, Railways, Airports, Ports, Mass Transport, Waterways, Logistics Infrastructure), and the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) is aligned with the PM Gati Shakti framework.
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Correct — B, Only 2. Statement 2 is accurate: PM Gati Shakti is organised around seven 'engines of growth' — Roads, Railways, Airports, Ports, Mass Transport, Waterways and Logistics Infrastructure — and the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) was explicitly aligned to the PM Gati Shakti framework (reiterated in the 2022-23 Budget). Statement 1 is wrong on the date: the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan was launched by PM Narendra Modi on 13 October 2021 (announced 15 August 2021), not in 2022. Since only statement 2 holds, the answer is (b).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Statement 2 is correct (seven engines plus NIP alignment), so rejecting both is wrong.  (c) Statement 1 mis-dates the launch as 2022; the National Master Plan was actually launched on 13 October 2021, so both cannot be correct.  (d) Reverses the truth — statement 1 (the 2022 launch date) is the false one, while statement 2 is the correct one.

Concept: PM Gati Shakti is a National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity, launched on 13 October 2021. It is a GIS-based digital platform that brings 16+ ministries onto one map for integrated, coordinated planning of infrastructure, breaking departmental silos. Its framework rests on seven 'engines': Roads, Railways, Airports, Ports, Mass Transport, Waterways and Logistics Infrastructure.

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