Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform

04.12.2024

Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform

Why in the news?   

The government’s Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform has transformed the delivery of the country’s infrastructure projects, a report by Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and the Gates Foundation has said recently.

About PRAGATI platform:

• It is a multi-purpose and multi-modal platform that 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 also a robust system for bringing e-transparency and e-accountability with real-time presence and exchange among the key stakeholders.
• The platform was launched on March 25, 2015.
• It is a three-tier system (PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States).
• The Prime Minister holds a monthly programme interacting with the Government of India Secretaries and Chief Secretaries through video-conferencing enabled by data and geo-informatics visuals.
• The system has been designed in-house by the PMO team with the help of the National Informatics Center (NIC).

The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies: Digital data management, video conferencing, and geospatial technology.

                                                                Source: Business Standard

Which technologies are uniquely bundled in the Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform?

A.Artificial intelligence, blockchain and video conferencing.

B.Digital data management, video conferencing and geospatial technology.

C.Quantum computing, data analytics and geospatial technology.

D.Cloud computing, machine learning and video conferencing.

Answer B