PM Modi chairs 42nd PRAGATI meeting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed projects costing more than Rs 1.21 lakh crore in a meeting of the 42nd edition of PRAGATI, a digital platform aimed at bringing e-transparency.

What is PRAGATI?

• PRAGATI is the acronym for the ICT-based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.

• It is a three-tier system consisting of the PMO, Union government secretaries and chief secretaries of the states.

• The system has been designed by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with the help of National Informatics Center (NIC). 

• The platform is aimed at addressing the common man’s grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the central as well as state governments.

Its objectives are:

i) Grievance redressal

ii) Programme implementation

iii) Project monitoring.

The PRAGATI platform bundles three technologies: 

i) Digital data management

ii) Video-conferencing

iii) Geo-spatial technology. 

• It offers a unique combination in the direction of cooperative federalism since it brings on one stage the secretaries of government of India and the chief secretaries of the states.

• With this, the Prime Minister is able to discuss the issues with the concerned central and state officials with full information and latest visuals of the ground level situation.

• It is a robust system for bringing e-transparency and e-accountability with real-time presence and exchange among the key stakeholders. It is also an innovative project in e-governance and good governance. 

• The first meeting was held on March 25, 2015.

• During PRAGATI meetings, 340 projects having total cost Rs 17.05 lakh crore have been reviewed till now.

Highlights of 42nd PRAGATI meeting

• Among the 12 projects reviewed, seven were from the ministry of health & family welfare, two from the ministry of railways, and one project each from ministry of road transport and highways, ministry of steel, and ministry of petroleum & natural gas.

• These projects have a cumulative cost of over Rs 1,21,300 crore and relate to 10 states, including Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Haryana and two Union Territories.

• The projects included the construction of an AIIMS each in Rajkot, Jammu, Awantipora, Bibinagar, Madurai, Rewari and Darbhanga.

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