Project Appraisal Management Division of NITI Aayog is responsible for appraising schemes & projects of the central government costing over Rs 500 crore. The objective of this online repository is to collate data and documents of all schemes and projects and present them to users within NITI Aayog with easy-to-use search facility and reports, as a tool for policy analysis.

The repository has been given the title ‘Sutram’. It is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘thread’. It’s use here symbolizes the series of deliberations culminating in public policy outputs in the form of well-structured government schemes and projects. The image symbolises teamwork inherent in pubic policy analysis.