A World Bank team called on Chief Secretary R Parasuram here on Wednesday. At the meeting, discussions were held on priority sectors in the context of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s visit to World Bank headquarters in October 2012.
Additional Chief Secretary Finance Ajay Nath, Commissioner Institutional Finance Ashish Upadhyay and concerning officers were also present on the occasion. The World Bank team included World Bank’s Country Head in India Onno Ruhl, Country Programme Coordinator, Washington Jill Armstrong, Shobha Shetty and Senior Rural Development In-charge and Madhya Pradesh Coordinator Kevin Crockford.
New sectors include higher education, public health engineering, urban development, renewable energy, women and child development, public service management and irrigation. Discussions were also held on proposals of concerning departments and their implementation.
At the meeting, the World Bank team was informed about activities being run in irrigation, rural development, higher education, rural water supply schemes, renewable energy, urban administration, public service administration, women and child development. The World Bank officers expressed satisfaction over ongoing works in Madhya Pradesh. The World Bank team was informed that deadline of Water Sector Restructuring Project in the state has been extended upto June 2015. Dam Rehabilitation Scheme is also being implemented. The team was also informed about progress of District Poverty Initiative Project.