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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired the PRAGATI meeting. It marked Prime Minister’s thirty-third interaction through PRAGATI - the ICT based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Central and State governments.

Projects discussed

• The projects taken up were of the Ministry of Railways, MORTH, DPIIT and Power Ministry. 
• Grievances related to COVID-19 and to the PM Awas Yojana (Gramin) were taken up.
• PM SVANidhi, agriculture reforms and development of districts as export hubs were reviewed.

Previous Report

In the previous 32 such meetings, a total of 275 projects worth Rs 12.5 lakh crore have been reviewed, along with 47 programmes/schemes and grievances across 17 sectors have been taken up.

About PRAGATI

Aim

Starting a culture of Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. It is also a robust system for bringing e-transparency and e-accountability with real-time presence and exchange among the key stakeholders.

Details

• PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation)
• The platform was launched on March 25, 2015.
• It is a multi-purpose and multi-modal platform that is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments.
• It is a three-tier system (PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States)

Source: PIB