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Infrastructure: Transport and Energy - Short Trick

NIP and Gati Shakti, highways, Bharatmala, rail, pipelines, ports, aviation, power reform and energy sources — one sentence each

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  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Infrastructure and the Government Frameworks

The four types of infrastructure, six big problems, where the NIP spends most and the seven factors of PM Gati Shakti.

Trick 1

Four types of infrastructure

⇄ Any order

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  1. Economic infrastructuretransport, energy, communication
  2. Social infrastructureschools, hospitals, housing
  3. Digital infrastructureinternet, data storage
  4. Critical infrastructuredefence, nuclear power, financial services, the power system

Infrastructure is a country’s "support system" · multiplier effect — ₹1 spent should lift GDP by more than ₹1.

Trick 2

Six big problems of infrastructure

⇄ Any order

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  1. Financing shortage
  2. Land acquisition delays
  3. Regulatory hurdlesenvironment, forest, wildlife clearances
  4. Maintenance gaps
  5. Time and cost overruns
  6. Coordination problems

The real root of most delays — land acquisition and regulatory clearance, with money coming only after that.

Trick 3

National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) — biggest spending

➜ largest first

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  1. 1Energy24%
  2. 2Roads19%
  3. 3Urban16%
  4. 4Railways13%

NIP — December 2019, for 2020-25 · ₹111 lakh crore → about ₹169 lakh crore · Atanu Chakraborty Task Force · funding: states 40% + Centre 39% + private 21% · projects above ₹100 crore · NIP 2.0 from January 2026 (3 years).

Trick 4

PM Gati Shakti — seven factors

⇄ Any order

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  1. Roads
  2. Railways
  3. Airports
  4. Ports
  5. Waterways
  6. Freight movement
  7. Logistics infrastructure

National Master Plan for Multi-Modal Connectivity — 13 October 2021 · 22 ministries at first, now 58 on one digital platform · the NIP is the list of investment, Gati Shakti the tool that executes it · PRAGATI 2015 · NIIF 2015 (Government 49%).

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Roads

The highways of the Golden Quadrilateral and the corridors, each state’s share of the corridors, Bharatmala’s components, NHAI and BRO, PMGSY and road density.

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Railways and Pipelines

Freight corridors, Vande Bharat, strategic rail links, pipeline routes and the Urja Ganga states.

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Waterways, Ports and Airways

Five national waterways, the major ports, the ports’ "firsts", new airlines and aviation laws and schemes.

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Power Capacity, the NDC and Distribution Reform

The order of installed capacity, the three NDC targets and the power distribution schemes.

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Sources of Energy

Solar and KUSUM, the wind institute, geothermal and bio-energy, the green hydrogen hubs and the new nuclear laws.

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