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Modi Reviews Over ₹30,000 Crore Projects at PRAGATI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting called PRAGATI to check important government projects.
Officials reviewed six projects involving railways, roads and power.
The projects are spread across nine states and cost more than ₹30,000 crore.
Modi said delays can stop people and businesses from receiving useful benefits on time.
He asked officials to monitor each project from its beginning to its completion and work together when problems arise.
He also said projects must be built quickly without reducing their quality.
The meeting discussed using AgriStack and artificial intelligence to help make better farming decisions.
It also discussed teaching people and cybercrime staff how to recognize and prevent online scams such as digital arrest fraud.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed six railway, road and power projects across nine states.
The projects involve a cumulative investment of more than ₹30,000 crore.
At the 53rd PRAGATI meeting, Modi called for end-to-end monitoring, coordination and faster resolution of delays.
He urged ministries and implementing agencies to combine faster execution with quality assurance, supervision and modern technology.
The meeting also covered AgriStack, artificial intelligence in agriculture and prevention of cyber fraud, including digital-arrest scams.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministries, state governments and implementing agencies.
- What
- The 53rd PRAGATI meeting reviewed six infrastructure projects and discussed agricultural data use and cyber-fraud prevention.
- Where
- Seva Teerth.
- When
- August 25, 2026; two reports describe the day as Tuesday, while one describes it as Wednesday.
- Why
- To improve project coordination and timely completion, strengthen connectivity and public services, support agriculture, and prevent cyber fraud.
Key facts
- Meeting
- 53rd meeting of PRAGATI, the ICT-enabled, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.
- Projects reviewed
- Six major infrastructure projects.
- Sectors
- Railway, road and power.
- Geographic coverage
- Nine states.
- Cumulative investment
- More than ₹30,000 crore.
- Agriculture focus
- Strengthening AgriStack and using digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, across the agricultural value chain.
- Cyber-safety focus
- Training, public awareness, cyber-safety education and coordinated action against fraud, including digital-arrest scams.
Quotes
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
“Infrastructure projects should be viewed and monitored as an integrated whole, rather than as isolated sections, stretches or packages.”
thestatesman.com
Sources
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