CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired the PRAGATI meeting today. It marked Prime Minister’s thirty-third interaction through PRAGATI - the ICT based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Central and State governments.

Detailed explanation-2: -PRAGATI is an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platform existing in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), that reviews and monitors various Government Projects across the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation), as the name suggests, is aimed at starting a culture of Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. It is also a robust system for bringing e-transparency and e-accountability with real-time presence and exchange among the key stakeholders.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hon’ble Prime Minister of India launched this ambitious multi-purpose and multi-modal platform - “Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation” (PRAGATI) on 25th March, 2015, as a part of Digital India program.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Pragati (Providing Assistance for Girls’ Advancement in Technical Education) is a Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) scheme. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) implements this scheme.