- Significance:
- Addresses problems of lack of coordination, advance information, and working in silos.
- Leads to optimum utilization of resources.
- Helps reduce logistics costs, which are high (13% of GDP).
- Improves India’s competitiveness in exports.
- Enables ministries to coordinate and create integrated infrastructure (e.g., single tunnel for road/rail).
- Facilitates faster project clearances.
- Provides real-time dashboard using ISRO imagery.
- Supports “Infrastructure Creation through Monetization”.