The HimPragati portal of the Government of Himachal Pradesh has been launched by Shri Jai Ram Thakur, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh in Shimla on 17th October 2018. Shri B.K. Aggarwal, Chief Secretary, Dr. Shrikant Baldi, Additional Chief Secretary to CM, Shri Ram Subhag Singh, ACS, Tourism, Environment, Shri Sanjay Kundu, Additional Principal Secretary to CM, Shri D.C. Rana, Special Secretary to CM, Heads of Departments, Shri Lalit Kapoor, ASIO and Shri Sandeep Sood, Technical Director (NIC), were also present on the occasion. The portal has been developed by NIC Himachal Pradesh.
In a motivational address, Shri Jai Ram Thakur underscored that the portal will help in identifying important projects and fast track them by resolving any issues faced in their execution. The private entrepreneurs can raise concerns on HimPragati portal, which will be monitored closely by the PMU set up in CM Office for the purpose.
The portal has been developed on lines of PRAGATI portal of the Government of India, with the objective of ensuring timely completion of major projects in Tourism, Power and Industry sectors. One of the main features is that the project executing agencies from private sector can also add their projects in the HimPragati portal to address the challenges faced for project execution. These are scrutinised and submitted for approval by the Chief Minister Office so that the entrepreneurs can raise department-wise concerns.
Shri Sandeep Sood gave a presentation, highlighting various features of the software.