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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK...

PRAGATI : A Transformative Platform

for Accelerating Development

Greetings, projects costing over ₹85 lakh crore. The
Jan Shakti is a very powerful medium. However, Pragati Forum has become synonymous with
if welfare projects initiated for the benefit of timely completion. Oxford, in its study, has also
citizens are not implemented on time, it directly described this initiative as transformative. The
impacts the nation’s progress. There was a relevance of Pragati has further given impetus
time when projects were initiated but often to achieving the goal of a developed India. This
remained incomplete. Due to a lack of coordina- has become the cover story of this issue.
tion between relevant departments and other In the personality section, read about Param
stakeholders, problems were neither resolved Vir Chakra awardee Rifleman Sanjay Kumar. The
nor properly monitored. This resulted in stag- India-US Interim Trade Agreement, an edited
nant development and spiraling project costs. excerpt of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
In March 2015, the current central government reply to the motion of thanks on the President’s
initiated a technology-based, multi-faceted address in Rajya Sabha, his visit to Malaysia,
platform, PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Pariksha Pe Charcha, and his fortnightly pro-
Timely Implementation), which has become a grammes are other highlights.
game-changer over the past decade. All projects The raising day of the Central Industrial Secu-
submitted to the PRAGATI platform are reviewed rity Force on March 10, on the inside page, and
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, with special content on World Consumer Rights Day
the participation of relevant departments, min- on March 15, on the back cover, are also part of
istries, state officials, and all stakeholders. On this issue.
this platform projects are given momentum by Keep sending us your suggestions.
addressing the problems appropriately.
Over the past ten years, this forum has ac-
celerated the country’s development through
continuous review, timely implementation, and
clear direction. The 50th meeting of Pragati
recently concluded. So far, the forum has given
new speed and scale to 382 national-level (Dhirendra Ojha)

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