PRO-ACTIVE GOVERNANCE AND TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION (PRAGATI)

About: 

• Full name: PRAGATI stands for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. 
  
  
• What is it? It is a multi-purpose and interactive ICT platform with the objective of initiating a culture of Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation by - 
  • Addressing common man’s grievances, and 
    
    
  • 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). 
  
  
• Working:
  • It is a three-tier system (involving PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States); 
    
    
  • 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; 
    
    
  • Issues to be raised before the PM are picked up from the available database regarding Public Grievances, on-going Programs and pending Projects.
    
    
  
  
  
• Timeline:
  • 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).