Info-paedia : PRAGATI Platform

Info-paedia : PRAGATI Platform

Why in News?

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, chaired the meeting of 41st edition of PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation), the ICT based multi-modal platform , involving Centre and State governments.

Who designed it?

  • The system has been designed in-house by the PMO team with the help of National Informatics Center (NIC).

Key Highlights:

  • It was launched in 2015 by the Prime Minister’s office (PMO).
  • The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies:
    1. Digital data management,
    2. Video-conferencing and
    3. Geo-spatial technology.
  • It is a three-tier system (PMO, Union Government Secretaries and Chief Secretaries of the States).
  • The Prime Minister will hold a monthly programme where he will interact with the Government of India Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries through video-conferencing enabled by data and geo- informatics visuals.

Benefits:

  • It 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 a robust system for bringing e- transparency and e-accountability with real- time presence and exchange among the key stakeholders.
  • It promotes cooperative federalism as it brings on one platform the Secretaries of Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the States.