- Full form: Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation
- Nature: ICT-based, multi-modal, multi-purpose platform under the PMO
- Designed by: Prime Minister's Office (PMO) + National Informatics Centre (NIC)
- Purpose: Address common man's grievances + monitor & review central/state government projects
- Part of: Digital India initiative; also a Good Governance model
Technology :-
Three core technologies
- Digital data management
- Video conferencing
- Geo-spatial technology
Features of pragati
- PRAGATI Day: 4th Wednesday of every month — PM chairs meeting
- Issues flagged are uploaded every 3rd Wednesday (7 days before meeting)
- Issues drawn from: CPGRAMS (public grievances), ongoing programmes, pending projects
- CPGRAMS: Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System — 24×7 citizen portal, connected to all Ministries/States
Key objectives :-
- Monitor and review important central and state programmes and projects
- Resolve inter-departmental and Centre-State coordination gaps
- Bring e-transparency and e-accountability with real-time information exchange
- Promote cooperative federalism by bringing Centre and states on one platform
- Address citizens' grievances and bridge the last-mile gap in project delivery
- Reduce cost overruns and time delays in infrastructure projects
Benefit of pragati portal
- Good Governance: e-transparency, accountability, citizen-centric administration — ARC recommendations
- Cooperative Federalism: Centre + State on single platform; PM directly engages Chief Secretaries
- e-Governance frameworks: Link to Digital India, UMANG, CPGRAMS, PM Gati Shakti, PARIVESH
- Infrastructure governance: Land acquisition delays, inter-ministerial coordination, environmental clearances — all addressed
- Middle-income trap: Oxford study positions PRAGATI as tool to escape it via infrastructure-led growth