January 6, 2026 4:46 PM
PRAGATI @ 50: How technology, accountability and coordination are reshaping India’s project governance
For decades, large public projects in India have been synonymous with delays, cost overruns and administrative bottlenecks. From rail lines and highways to power plants and airports, timelines often stretched by years—sometimes decades—largely due to coordination failures across ministries, between the Centre and states, and within state governments themselves. A Chronic Problem, a Structural Solution Large time and cost overruns in public projects were not the result of a single failure b...