PRO-ACTIVE GOVERNANCE AND TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION (PRAGATI)

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired his 30th interaction through PRAGATI. This was also the first PRAGATI meeting in the new term of the Union Government.

PURPOSE OF PRAGATI:

It is a multi-purpose and interactive ICT platform with the objective of initiating a culture of Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation by –

• 1. Addressing common man’s grievances, and
  2. Monitoring important programs of Union and State Governments.

• Agencies involved: it has been designed in-house by the PMO team with the help of National Informatics Center (NIC). 

FUNCTIONS OF PRAGATI:

• 1. It is a three-tier system (involving PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States);
  2. PM will hold a monthly interaction with the Government of India Secretaries and Chief Secretaries through Video-conferencing enabled by data and geo-informatics visuals;
  3. Issues to be raised before the PM are picked up from the available database regarding Public Grievances, on-going Programs and pending Projects.

PRAGATI:  MULTI MODEL, MULTI PURPOSE PLATFORM

• PRAGATI stands for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. 

• PRAGATI is Information and Communication Technology based multi-purpose and multi-modal platform for Pro-active Governance and Timely Implementation, launched in the year 2015.
• It is an integrated and interactive platform which aims to address the grievances of a common man while simultaneously monitoring the significant programmes and projects of the Government of India and the state governments.
• It was designed by the Prime Minister’s Office with the assistance of the National Informatics Centre.
• It was launched in 2015.
• The 29 PRAGATI meetings in the previous term, saw a cumulative review of 257 projects and 47 programmes/schemes. Resolution of Public Grievances was also reviewed across 17 sectors (21 subjects).

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Source: PIB