NEW DELHI: For the first time, India will establish an apex federal agency for planning and monitoring the entire transport sector, similar to institutions in developed countries. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi and attended by five cabinet ministers and their secretaries dealing with this sector. Sources said the agency — Gati-Shakti Transport Planning and Research Organisation (GTPRO) — will be set up within the cabinet secretariat and will be headed by a secretary-level officer to ensure better coordination. This move comes as the government aims at breaking down silos in transport infrastructure planning, which has seen over Rs 50 lakh crore invested in the past 11 years. The apex body, after gathering detailed data and research inputs, will initia

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