Private investment push: 200 more Gati Shakti terminals on the cards

77 of the first 100 GCTs announced have already been commissioned at a cost of Rs 5400 crore, says official

The Ministry of Railways is planning to offer another 200 Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals (GCTs) to corporate houses and freight operators for their rail-based supply chains buoyed by the response received so far, a senior government official told Business Standard.  According to estimates, the 200 terminals may require around Rs 12,000-14,000 crore private investment.

In her Union Budget speech of 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the Centre’s plan to set up 100 GCTs in three years.
 

“The response to the first 100 GCTs has been impressive, and shows that there is appetite in the private sector – both freight