PM to Chair PRAGATI Meeting

• 22 Jan 2020

Why in News

Prime Minister will chair the 32^nd interaction through PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) on 22^nd January 2020.

• It is held once every month on Fourth Wednesday at 3.30 PM and known as PRAGATI Day.

PRAGATI

• It is a platform which enables the Prime Minister to discuss the issues with the concerned Central and State officials with full information and latest visuals of the ground-level situation.
• It was launched in 2015 and has been designed by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) team with the help of National Informatics Center (NIC).
• It is a three-tier system (PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States).
• The three objectives of PRAGATI are:
  
  • Grievance Redressal
  • Programme Implementation
  • Project Monitoring
• The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies: Digital data management, video-conferencing and geo-spatial technology.
• It promotes cooperative federalism as it brings on one platform the Secretaries of Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the States.
• However, the direct interaction of the PM with the state secretaries without involving the political executives of the states is undermining the State political executive. It is also said that this is leading to a concentration of power in the extra-constitutional office of PMO.
• It is a robust system for bringing e-transparency and e-accountability with real-time presence and exchange among the key stakeholders.
• It is an innovative project in e-governance and good governance.

Source: TH