Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed eight projects, worth around ₹50,000 crore, pertaining to seven states as he chaired the 38th Pragati meeting on Wednesday. Pragati is an ICT-based multi-modal platform for pro-active governance and a timely implementation of projects, involving the Centre and the state governments.
At the meeting, eight projects four from the Ministry of Railways, two from the Ministry of Power and one each from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Ministry of Civil Aviation were reviewed, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement.
With a cumulative cost of around ₹50,000 crore, the projects pertain to seven states Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana.
At the 37 previous Pragati meetings, 297 projects with a total cost of ₹14.39 lakh crore were reviewed, the PMO said.
