India’s Institutional Architecture for Infrastructure
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Arihant Kumar
Contd from previous issue
It is felt in the bridge that finally opens, the train that runs on time, the airport that no longer exists only in announcements. Each completion quietly restores faiththat the State can keep time, that public money can become public value.
As India looks ahead, capital will matter, ambition will matterbut delivery will matter the most. And delivery cannot depend on heroic individuals or episodic interventions. It must be embedded, routine, and resilient.That is the quiet achievement of the PRAGATI ecosystem. It has given governance something it long lacked: a way to manage time. By aligning authority with accountability, data with decisions, and monitoring with closure, it has transformed delay from a tolerated habit into an unacceptable outcome.
In doing so, it reminds us that progress is not always loud. Sometimes, it arrives as a system that simply refuses to let things slip.
PIB
Contd from previous issue
It is felt in the bridge that finally opens, the train that runs on time, the airport that no longer exists only in announcements. Each completion quietly restores faiththat the State can keep time, that public money can become public value.
As India looks ahead, capital will matter, ambition will matterbut delivery will matter the most. And delivery cannot depend on heroic individuals or episodic interventions. It must be embedded, routine, and resilient.That is the quiet achievement of the PRAGATI ecosystem. It has given governance something it long lacked: a way to manage time. By aligning authority with accountability, data with decisions, and monitoring with closure, it has transformed delay from a tolerated habit into an unacceptable outcome.
In doing so, it reminds us that progress is not always loud. Sometimes, it arrives as a system that simply refuses to let things slip.
PIB