Prime Minister’s flagship platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, PRAGATI, has marked a significant milestone with the successful conduct of its 50th meeting.
Since its launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, PRAGATI has transformed governance by enabling real-time monitoring and resolution of key infrastructure projects and public grievances through direct Prime Ministerial review. The platform exemplifies cooperative federalism, bringing together the Centre, States, and Union Ministries on a single digital interface.
Over a decade, PRAGATI has helped accelerate decision-making, resolution of issues causing delay in key infrastructure projects, and instilled a strong culture of accountability. In this special series, today, our correspondent takes a look at the projects related to the Ministry of Railways.
Indian Railways is one of the strongest pillars of country’s economic and social infrastructure, forming the backbone of passenger mobility and freight transportation across the country. As one of the world’s largest railway systems, it plays a vital role in national integration, logistics efficiency and regional connectivity. A total of 387 railway projects with a cumulative investment of over 12 lakh crore rupees are currently being monitored on the Project Monitoring Group portal. Out of these, 97 high-value projects have been reviewed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the PRAGATI mechanism.
These projects include high-speed rail corridors, Dedicated Freight Corridors, new line projects in difficult terrains, and large station redevelopment initiatives. Railways has executed some of the most complex and ambitious infrastructure projects like Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link, providing all-weather rail connectivity to the Kashmir Valley through Chenab Bridge and Anji Bridge, commissioning of the Bairabi-Sairang line in the Northeast, and inauguration of India’s first vertical-lift sea bridge at Pamban, in Tamil Nadu.
The PRAGATI mechanism has played a critical role in expediting railway projects by resolving inter-ministerial and Centre-State issues related to land acquisition and forest clearances. Indian Railways supports industrial growth, agricultural supply chains, tourism, defence logistics and the daily mobility of millions of citizens, making it indispensable to the country’s development trajectory.
