Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 50th PRAGATI review on December 31, assessing five infrastructure projects across five states valued at over ₹40,000 crore.
- Since 2015, the platform has tracked more than 3,300 projects worth about ₹85 lakh crore, with 7,735 issues flagged and 7,156 resolved, averaging nearly one resolution per working day.
- About 382 projects—roughly 10% of escalated cases—were taken up at the Prime Minister’s level, with the rest settled through ministerial coordination and state engagement.
- Land acquisition accounts for roughly 35% of resolved hurdles, followed by forest and environmental clearances at 20% and right-of-way issues at 18%, with no plan to change the land acquisition law.
- Officials cited faster delivery of long-stalled assets such as the Jammu–Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla rail link and Navi Mumbai airport, alongside a 3.6x rise in public capital expenditure and ongoing oversight of major schemes across 36 sectors.