Current Context : The government’s Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform has transformed the delivery of the country’s infrastructure projects, a report by Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and the Gates Foundation has said recently.
About PRAGATI platform:
- It is a multi-purposeand multi-modal platform that is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments.
- It is also a robust system for bringing e-transparency and e-accountability with real-time presence and exchange among the key stakeholders.
- The platform was launched on March 25, 2015.
- The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies: Digital data management, video conferencing, and geospatial technology.
- Key Features:
- It is a three-tier system(PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States).