{"id":63166,"date":"2026-01-01T19:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=63166"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:11:34","slug":"50th-pragati-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/01-01-2026\/50th-pragati-meeting","title":{"rendered":"PM chairs 50th meeting of PRAGATI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Prime Minister chaired the <strong>50th meeting of PRAGATI.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>PRAGATI<\/strong> (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) is a <strong>technology-driven governance and monitoring platform<\/strong> launched by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) in <strong>2015.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To improve <strong>public administration and accelerate implementation<\/strong> of government programmes and projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PRAGATI functions as a tripartite platform integrating three hierarchical levels: <\/strong>the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office at the apex, Union Government Secretaries as the middle tier, and State Chief Secretaries as the operational base.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Salient Features of PRAGATI:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"78ae97\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png\" alt=\"pm chairs 50th meeting of pragati\" class=\"has-transparency wp-image-63167\" style=\"--dominant-color: #78ae97; aspect-ratio:1.1381096849474912;width:293px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png 577w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The primary purposes of PRAGATI are:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Project Monitoring:<\/strong> Track progress of high-value and critical infrastructure projects and resolve delays or bottlenecks.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Programme Implementation:<\/strong> Ensure timely and efficient execution of government schemes and missions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grievance Redressal:<\/strong> Address persistent public grievances by integrating with systems like Centralised Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) for citizen complaints.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Achievements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>377 projects have been reviewed under PRAGATI, and across these projects, 2,958 out of 3,162 identified issues &#8211; i.e. around <strong>94% have been resolved.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Several projects that had remained stalled for decades<\/strong> were completed or decisively unlocked after being taken up under the PRAGATI platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRAGATI represents an <strong>institutional innovation <\/strong>that addresses fundamental challenges in India&#8217;s developmental governance\u2014project execution delays, inter-governmental coordination failures, and accountability deficits.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The platform exemplifies how <strong>strategic technology deployment combined with high-level accountability<\/strong> can transform governance effectiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2210304&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Prime Minister chaired the 50th meeting of PRAGATI.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong> About <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) is a technology-driven governance and monitoring platform launched by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) in 2015. <\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Aim: To improve public administration and accelerate implementation of government programmes and projects. <\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">PRAGATI functions as a tripartite platform integrating three hierarchical levels: the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office at the apex, Union Government Secretaries as the middle tier, and State Chief Secretaries as the operational base. <\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/01-01-2026\/50th-pragati-meeting\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63219,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63166\/revisions\/63219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}