Srinagar, Jan. 29 -- Two path-breaking interventions by the Government have had a great impact on planning, execution and monitoring of large projects - PM Gati Shakti and PRAGATI. We look at the latter in this piece.

The 50th high-level review under the PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) framework marks a fundamental shift in how the Indian State approaches governance, moving from intent to delivery, procedural compliance to outcomes, and fragmented authority to coordinated, timely execution. PRAGATI is thus not merely an administrative innovation; It represents a deliberate re-engineering of governance architecture. How did this model of governance deliver results when others have failed?

The Need for PRAGATI

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