PM Modi chairs 53rd PRAGATI meeting; reviews six projects worth over ₹30,000 crore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 53rd PRAGATI meeting on 25 August 2026, reviewing six rail, road and power projects across nine states, plus AgriStack and cyber fraud.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 53rd meeting of PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation), the ICT-based multi-modal platform, at Seva Teerth on 25 August 2026. The meeting reviewed six key Railway, Road and Power projects spread over nine states with a combined cost of more than ₹30,000 crore. The Prime Minister asked Ministries and States to treat projects as an integrated whole rather than separate packages, to explore common utility corridors, and to pair speed with quality. Reviewing AgriStack under the Digital Agriculture Mission, he called for using AI to get more value from farm data, and on cyber fraud and 'digital arrest' scams he stressed training, public awareness and coordinated action.
Key facts
- Meeting
- 53rd PRAGATI, 25 Aug 2026, Seva Teerth
- PRAGATI
- Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation
- Projects
- 6 (Railway, Road, Power) across 9 states
- Cost
- More than ₹30,000 crore
- Also reviewed
- AgriStack (Digital Agriculture Mission); cyber fraud and 'digital arrest'
Practice MCQs 3 questions
What does the acronym PRAGATI, the platform whose 53rd meeting the PM chaired on 25 August 2026, stand for?
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Correct answer: A — Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation
PRAGATI is the ICT-enabled, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.
The six projects reviewed at the 53rd PRAGATI meeting had a cumulative cost of more than:
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Correct answer: C — ₹30,000 crore
The six Railway, Road and Power projects, spread over nine states, cost more than ₹30,000 crore in total.
Consider the following statements about the 53rd PRAGATI meeting: 1. The six projects reviewed were from the Railway, Road and Ports sectors. 2. AgriStack was reviewed as part of the National e-Governance Plan. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — Neither 1 nor 2
Both are wrong. The projects were from the Railway, Road and Power sectors, and AgriStack falls under the Digital Agriculture Mission.