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COVER STORY | Pragati Platform
Troubleshooting Mechanism
Ministry 06
Reviews projects/ Monitoring Review by
problems by the the Prime
concerned ministry and DPIIT 05 Group, PMO
updates action details Reviews serious problems Minister
on the PMG portal. Reviews public and other essential issues Reviews projects of
and private facing the project. national importance
03 projects and facing long-standing
problems 04 problems.
01
Cabinet Secretariat
02 Reviews delayed projects and
projects in progress
Project Monitoring Group
Understands and discusses problems with
the implementing agency, ministries, and
recipient states
Mumbai Airport file remained unmoved. In a Pragati various departments of the Government of India
meeting, Prime Minister Modi brought together all and state governments, and many pending projects
officials and departments to remove all obstacles, have been completed. Prime Minister Modi himself
and now the dream of the Navi Mumbai Airport monitors development projects on this platform.
has been realized. Similarly, in 2017, the dream of Approximately 96% of the issues identified through
the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi was this platform were resolved, significantly reducing
realized. The decision to build it was made in 1992, delays, cost overruns, and coordination gaps. This
but nothing happened for 23 years. Its foundation platform not only facilitates discussions with every
stone was laid, and the inauguration took place in department but also provides immediate, on-the-
2014, during PM Modi’s tenure. spot solutions. This platform is founded on Prime
This is just the story of one project; 382 such Minister Modi’s Gujarat experience. While Chief
projects have either been realized or are about to Minister of Gujarat, PM Modi, launched the Swagat
be realized. This is a living example of the change platform, a technological tool that directly reached
in work culture. The list of such projects is endless. the Chief Minister and ensured timely resolution.
Since becoming Prime Minister, thanks to Narendra Swagat laid the foundation for transparency and
Modi’s unique initiative, stalled projects worth accountability. The Prime Minister expanded this
thousand crores of rupees in various states across experience nationally and, as a result, created an
the country are being completed rapidly. This integrated, multi-agency platform, which became
revolutionary change has been made possible by a shining example of federalism. Subsequently,
the PRAGATI platform. It has not only eliminated all major projects were brought under one roof to
corruption but also reduced costs and time. The address grievances and prevent delays. Here, minis-
benefits of this all-round development are reaching tries and departments go beyond working in silos to
directly to farmers, tribals, the poor, and women in find solutions to problems.
remote areas. Under Prime Minister Modi’s guid- Prime Minister Modi himself says that since 2014,
ance, coordination has been established between the government has worked to institutionalize
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