A team of 30 senior officers from eight States have started holding deliberations on the developmental works taken up under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
The officials have arrived from Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana, Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand.
The Inter-State observations and study will be carried out in various districts for three days in the State, officials informed.
Joint Secretary, Union Rural Development Ministry Aparajita Shadangi said that one can learn something or the other from almost all the states.
The developmental works are being implemented after making a detailed study in Chhattisgarh. After touring the districts here they will implement the successful programmes in other states.
Chhattisgarh Panchayat and Rural Development Department Secretary and MGNREGA Director P.C. Misra gave a detailed presentation of several developmental projects being implemented in 10,971 Gram Panchayats of 27 districts of the State.
Misra informed that 4.12 lakh works had been sanctioned in the fiscal 2015-16.
He said the developmental works are completed in close co-ordination with other works in the rural regions- Anganwadi bhawans, Gram Panchayat bhawans, ponds construction, mini stadium, the Chief Minister Rural Roads Projects and PDS go-downs-are being constructed with close co-ordination.
The Inter-State Exchange Programme (ISEP) is being held for three days from October 18 to 20.
Ten senior officers are participating in the programme. They will observe the works at Dhamtari, Bemetara, Kabirdham and Gariabandh districts. Raipur District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Neelesh Sheersagar and other district officials were also present.