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30th interaction through PRAGATI platform chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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The 30th Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. On his 30th interaction, many issues were reviewed. This was the first meeting of PRAGATI chaired by the Prime Minister in his second term in office.PRAGATI platform chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Reviews
Pratan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban)
Grievances under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) was reviewed and the Prime Minister directed all the officers to achieve the target of ‘housing for all by 2022’

Review on AyushmanBharat
Dialogue with state governments was called by the Prime Minister to evolve best practices and provide further improvement in the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

  • Under the scheme, 35 lakh beneficiaries have availed Hospital admission and over 16000 hospitals have joined the Ayushman Bharat scheme
  • Prime Minister called on the states to discuss the best practices and for the improvement in the Ayushman Bharat scheme and also suggested that a deep study has to be conducted for the positive impact in the scheme especially in “aspirational districts” (official term of underdeveloped districts).

Divyangjan
Narendra Modi suggested a mechanism to collect feedback forms from Divyangjan (persons with disability) regarding the accessibility issues faced by them in public premises under the government scheme Saugamya Bharat Abhiyan.

Infrastructure projects

  • Important Railway and infrastructure projects and road sectors of states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat where reviewed
  • Grievances in the Department Of Financial Services were reviewed.

Jal shakthi movement
i. The state governments were called upon to put maximum efforts in conserving water, especially under the current monsoon Season by the Prime Minister.
ii. The significance of Jal shakthi were highlighted.

Previous PRAGATI meets
Total investment of Rs12 lakh crore and cumulative review of 257 projects were seen in the last 29 PRAGATI meetings.

PRAGATI
It is ICT (Information and Communication Technology) based multi-modal platform for pro-active governance and timely implementation.