  The upgraded GMRT (uGMRT) with its unprecedented sensitivity and high figure
of merit, is expected to result in the discovery of a large population of
pulsars including pulsars of previously unknown type. In the phase-2 of the
GMRT High Resolution Southern Sky (GHRSS) survey with the uGMRT we will reach
1/4th of sensitivity of the SKA Phase-1. In this paper we highlight the salient
features of the survey of pulsars and fast transients with the uGMRT
highlighting its discovery potential. The extended GMRT (eGMRT) equipped with
wide field- of-view, increased collecting area will have unprecedented
sensitivity in time-domain astronomy, reaching close to SKA-Phase1. Many fold
increase in the number of elements, increase in the baseline length and
addition of phased array feed will make eGMRT an excellent instrument for the
survey of pulsars and transients with a promise of detecting large variety of
pulsars and fast radio bursts.
