Rs 85L-cr projects expedited in a decade via PRAGATI says PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired the 50th meeting of PRAGATI -- the ICT-enabled multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation -- marking a milestone in a decade-long journey of cooperative, outcome-driven governance.During the meeting, Prime Minister reviewed five critical infrastructure projects across road, railways, power, water resources and coal sectors. These projects span five states, with a cumulative cost of more than Rs 40,000 crore. At the meeting, the PM said that over the years PRAGATI-led ecosystem has helped accelerate projects worth more than Rs 85 lakh crore and supported the on-ground implementation of major welfare programmes at scale. Since 2014, 377 projects have been reviewed under PRAGATI, and 2,958 out of the 3,162 identified issues have been resolved. This translates as 94 percent projects which have been resolved, reducing delays, cost overruns and coordination failures. The Prime Minister said that as India moves at a faster pace, the relevance of PRAGATI has grown further and it was essential to sustain reform momentum and ensure delivery.

“The government has worked since 2014 to institutionalise delivery and accountability creating a system where work is pursued with consistent follow-up and completed within timelines and budgets. Projects that were started earlier but left incomplete or forgotten have been revived and completed in national interest,” the PM said.

Among stalled projects revived under PRAGATI are Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge in Assam, first conceived in 1997; the Jammu-Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link, where work began in 1995; the Navi Mumbai International Airport, conceptualised in 1997; the modernisation and expansion of the Bhilai Steel Plant, approved in 2007; and the Gadarwara and LARA Super Thermal Power Projects, sanctioned in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

Modi today also reviewed PM SHRI scheme asking for it to become a national benchmark for holistic and future ready school education and said the scheme's implementation should be outcome oriented rather than infrastructure centric.

He asked all Chief Secretaries to closely monitor the PM SHRI scheme and emphasized that efforts must be made for making PM SHRI schools benchmark for other schools of state government.

PM suggested that senior officers of the government should undertake field visits to evaluate the performance of PM SHRI schools.

Modi added, "The 50th meeting of PRAGATI is a symbol of the deep transformation India has witnessed in the culture of governance over the last decade. When decisions are timely, coordination is effective, and accountability is fixed, the speed of government functioning naturally increases and its impact becomes visible directly in citizens’ lives," Modi said at the meeting where Cabinet secretary TV Somanathan made a presentation on what PRAGATI has achieved so far.

Prime Minister noted that projects do not fail due to lack of intent alone, many fail due to lack of coordination and silo-based functioning.

" PRAGATI has helped address this by bringing all stakeholders onto one platform, aligned to one shared outcome," he noted.

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Courtesy: The Tribune -01-Jan-2026