Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation – PRAGATI 04/08/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau – Tags: ,

Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation – PRAGATI

(Prime Minister’s Office)

WHAT

The Prime Minister chaired his thirtieth interaction through PRAGATI – the multi modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.

 

AIM

  • The platform is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances.
  • It is also monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments.

 

ABOUT PRAGATI

  • PRAGATI is a unique integrating, interactive, multi-purpose and multi-modal platform.
  • PRAGATI platform is a step in making governance more efficient and responsive.
  • The PRAGATI platform bundles three latest technologies:
  1. Digital data management
  2. Video-conferencing
  3. Geo-spatial technology
  • It also offers a unique combination in the direction of cooperative federalism.
  • It brings Secretaries of Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the States on one common stage.
  • PRAGATI is also an innovative project in e-governance and good governance.

 

KEY FEATURES

  • It is a three-tier system (PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States).
  • Prime Minister will hold a monthly programme where he will interact with the Government of India Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries through Video-conferencing enabled by data and geo-informatics visuals.
  • Issues to be flagged before the PM are picked up from the available database regarding Public Grievances, on-going Programmes and pending Projects.
  • The system will ride on, strengthen and re-engineer the databases of the CPGRAMS for grievances, Project Monitoring Group (PMG) and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. PRAGATI provides an interface and platform for all these three aspects.
  • It will also take into consideration various correspondences to PM’s office by the common people or from high dignitaries of States and/or developers of public projects.
  • The issues flagged are uploaded seven days prior to the PRAGATI day.
  • These issues can be viewed by the Union Government Secretaries and Chief Secretaries after entering into the application.
  • Union Government Secretaries and Chief Secretaries will be able to see the issues pertaining to their Department /State.
  • One day is available to the PMO team to review the data entered by the Union Government Secretaries and Chief Secretaries.

 

BACKGROUND
  • The programme was launched on 25th March 2015 (Wednesday) at 3.30 PM;
  • Since then, it will be held once in every month on Fourth Wednesday at 3.30 PM-to be known as PRAGATI Day.

 

Source: PIB

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