Source: TH
Subject: Government Scheme
Context: Land acquisition has emerged as the single largest bottleneck in infrastructure development, accounting for 35% of project delays, the Cabinet Secretary said after the 50th PRAGATI meeting.
About Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI):
What it is?
- PRAGATI is a centralised, ICT-enabled governance platform for grievance redressal, programme implementation, and project monitoring, enabling real-time review of projects of national importance.
Established in: Launched on 25 March 2015 by the Government of India, under the Prime Minister’s leadership.
Aim:
- Ensure timely implementation of infrastructure and development projects.
- Resolve inter-ministerial and Centre–State coordination issues.
- Promote e-transparency, accountability, and outcome-based governance.
Key features:
- Three-tier architecture: Links PMO, Union Secretaries, and State Chief Secretaries on one platform, enabling direct coordination, faster decisions, and clear accountability across governance levels.
- Monthly PM-chaired reviews: Provides high-level political oversight through regular video-conference meetings, ensuring time-bound resolution of critical project delays.
- Digital–GIS integration: Uses real-time data, geo-spatial mapping, and live visuals to objectively track project progress and identify ground-level bottlenecks.
- Unified data sourcing: Integrates CPGRAMS, PMG, and MoSPI databases to create a single monitoring dashboard, reducing silos and improving policy coordination.
- Escalation framework: Allows unresolved issues to move from ministries to higher institutional and PM-level review, ensuring decisive inter-ministerial action.
- Digital follow-up: Tracks all directions electronically until closure, ensuring sustained monitoring, accountability, and outcome delivery.
Significance:
- Reviewed 3,300+ projects worth ₹85 lakh crore with 7,156 issues resolved so far.
- Accelerated completion of legacy projects pending since the 1990s.
- Strengthens cooperative federalism by bringing Centre, States, and local governments onto one platform.
