Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Federalism; Governance
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Recently, the Prime Minister (PM) has chaired the 33rd PRAGATI meeting.
Important value addition
PRAGATI
PRAGATI is the multimodal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation involving central and state governments
Launched in: 2015
Designed by: Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) team with the help of the National Informatics Center (NIC).
It enables the PM to discuss the issues with the concerned central and state officials with full information and latest visuals of the ground-level situation.
It is a three-tier system: PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States.
The PRAGATI platform uses latest technologies such as Digital data management, video-conferencing and geo-spatial technology.
Significance: (1) It promotes cooperative federalism; (2) It is a robust system for bringing e-transparency and e-accountability with real-time presence and exchange among the key stakeholders; (3) It is an innovative project in e-governance and good governance.