Projects worth Rs 85 lakh crore, spanning roads, railways, power, airports, and urban infrastructure, were accelerated under the Centre’s flagship PRAGATI platform, underscoring how technology-driven coordination has reshaped India’s project implementation landscape.
As PRAGATI completed 50 review meetings, the mechanism has emerged as a key institutional tool to tackle chronic delays and cost overruns in large public projects, Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan said.
“The platform is also preventive. We have prevented time and cost overruns in many projects by raising issues promptly before they arise, especially on critical projects,” Somanathan said.
Designed to address coordination failures across government
Conceived in 2015 as Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, PRAGATI was designed to address three persistent coordination failures: between central ministries, between the Centre and states, and within the state governments.
At its apex, the Prime Minister directly reviews stalled projects and underperforming schemes with chief secretaries and senior central officials, cutting through layers of administrative silos.
According to the PRAGATI and Project Monitoring Group (PMG) portal, over 3,300 projects with an aggregate value exceeding Rs 85 lakh crore are currently under various stages of review. In addition, 61 major government schemes — including One Nation One Ration Card, PM Jan Arogya Yojana, PM Awas Yojana and Swachh Bharat Mission — are tracked, along with citizen grievances across 36 sectors ranging from banking and insurance to RERA and social welfare.
Over 90% of flagged issued resolved
The impact is visible in numbers. Of the 7,735 issues flagged across projects and schemes, 7,156 have been resolved so far, translating into a resolution rate of over 90%. For projects directly reviewed by the Prime Minister, 2,958 out of 3,187 issues have been settled, with land acquisition, environmental clearances and right-of-way disputes accounting for the bulk of bottlenecks.
Several long-pending marquee projects have moved to completion under PRAGATI’s oversight. The Jammu–Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla rail link, approved in 1994, was commissioned in 2025 after progress accelerated post-PRAGATI reviews. Similarly, the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), stuck for years, became operational in December 2025 following sustained monitoring.
An external study by Oxford University’s Said Business School has described PRAGATI as a global benchmark in digital governance, calling it a “single source of truth” for real-time project monitoring and cooperative federalism.
As India scales up capital expenditure, PRAGATI’s portfolio highlights how institutional reforms, not just funding, are shaping the country’s infrastructure push.
