PRAGATI

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Context: The Prime Minister of India chaired the 41st edition of the PRAGATI meeting.

Key Notes of the Meeting

• In the meeting, 9 key infrastructure projects were reviewed;
  • 3 projects of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
  • 2 projects of the Ministry of Railways.
  • 1 project each was from the Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
• These 9 projects have a combined cost of over Rs. 41,500 crores and they are related to the developmental work in 13 states.
• The Prime Minister urged the Ministries and State Governments to utilize the PM GatiShakti portal for the planning of infrastructure projects.
  • He insisted on the expeditious resolution of land acquisition, utility shifting and other issues for the timely completion of projects.
  • He emphasised promoting and ensuring proper coordination between central government ministries and state governments.
• The Prime Minister also reviewed ‘Mission Amrit Sarovar’. He advised all Ministries and State Governments to complete Amrit Sarovar's work in mission mode before the onset of the monsoon.
  • Prime Minister suggested block-level monitoring for the timely completion of the target of 50,000 Amrit Sarovars.

PRAGATI Platform

• PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) Platform was launched in March 2015.
• The main objective of the initiative is to introduce e-transparency and e-accountability with real-time presence and exchange among the key stakeholders to develop a culture of Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation of developmental projects.
• The platform aimed at addressing the common man’s grievances and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government of India and projects selected by State Governments.
• The PRAGATI platform works based on three technologies:
  • Digital data management.
  • Video-conferencing.
  • Geo-spatial technology.
• It also boosts the principle of cooperative federalism, as it brings on one stage the Secretaries of the Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the States.
• With the help of this platform, the Prime Minister discuss the issues with the concerned Central and State officials with full information and the latest visuals of the ground-level situation.

Working Structure of PRAGATI

• It is a 3-tier system (Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States)
• Prime Minister holds a monthly programme to interact with the Government of India Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries through Video-conferencing enabled by data and geo-informatics visuals.
  • The programme is generally held on the Fourth Wednesday (known as PRAGATI Day).
• Issues to be presented before the PM are selected from the available database regarding Public Grievances, ongoing Programmes and pending Projects.
  • The selected issues are uploaded 7 days before the PRAGATI day. These issues can be viewed by the Union Government Secretaries and Chief Secretaries.
  • Union Government Secretaries and Chief Secretaries have to put their comments and updates about the flagged issues within three days.

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1901515