Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 50th meeting of PRAGATI – the ICT-enabled multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation in New Delhi yesterday. During the meeting, Mr Modi reviewed five critical infrastructure projects across sectors, including Road, Railways, Power, Water Resources, and Coal.
These projects span five states, with a cumulative cost of more than 40 thousand crore rupees. Prime Minister said that in last decade, PRAGATI led ecosystem has helped accelerate projects worth more than 85 lakh crore rupees. He encouraged States to institutionalise PRAGATI-like mechanisms especially for the social sector at the level of Chief Secretary. He further stated that Long-Pending Projects have been completed in national interest.
During a review of PM SHRI scheme, Prime Minister emphasized that the PM SHRI scheme must become a national benchmark for holistic and future-ready school education. He said that implementation should be outcome-oriented rather than infrastructure-centric. He asked all the Chief Secretaries to closely monitor the PM SHRI scheme.
He further emphasized that efforts must be made for making PM SHRI schools benchmark for other schools of state government. He also suggested that Senior officers of the government should undertake field visits to evaluate the performance of PM SHRI schools.
Akashvani correspondent reports that Since 2014, 377 projects have been reviewed under PRAGATI. Across these projects, 2,958 out of 3,162 identified issues have been resolved, which is around 94 percent.
This initiative has significantly reduced delays, cost overruns and coordination failures. During the meeting, Prime Minister said that as India moves at a faster pace, the relevance of PRAGATI has grown further.
He noted that PRAGATI is essential to sustain reform momentum and ensure delivery. Prime Minister said Viksit Bharat @ 2047 is both a national resolve and a time-bound target, and PRAGATI is a powerful accelerator to achieve it.
The Prime Minister emphasised that PRAGATI must be strengthened further in the years ahead to ensure faster execution, higher quality, and measurable outcomes for citizens. With Anand Kumar.
