To boost governance, PM Modi reviews progress of 10 infrastructure projects

NewsBharati    01-Mar-2018
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New Delhi, March 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired his twenty-fourth interaction through PRAGATI. During this meeting, Prime Minister Modi reviewed the progress of ten vital infrastructural projects in the railway, road, power, petroleum and coal sectors.

The Prime Minister reviewed the progress in implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. 

These projects spread over several states including Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. These projects are cumulatively worth over 40,000 crore rupees.

The Prime Minister reviewed the progress towards handling and resolution of grievances related to the Delhi Police. He stressed on the importance of improving the quality of disposal of grievances.

The first twenty-three meetings of PRAGATI have seen a cumulative review of 208 projects with a total investment of Rs 9.46 lakh crore. Resolution of Public Grievances has also been reviewed in 17 sectors.

PRAGATI is a unique integrating and interactive platform which 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 State Governments. PRAGATI has been designed in-house by the PMO team with the help of National Informatics Center (NIC). It is aimed at starting a culture of Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. It is a robust system for bringing e-transparency.