Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired the 50th meeting of PRAGATI – the ICT-enabled multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation in New Delhi. This marked a significant milestone in a decade-long journey of cooperative, outcome-driven governance under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. 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.
The Prime Minister said that in the last decade, PRAGATI led ecosystem has helped accelerate projects worth more than 85 lakh crore rupees. He stressed that PRAGATI is essential to sustain reform momentum and ensure delivery. He encouraged States to institutionalise PRAGATI-like mechanisms, especially for the social sector at the level of the 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.
