NABARD Jharkhand organised a sensitisation workshop on Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) on October 25. The workshop was participated by Amarendra Pratap Singh, Principal Secy, Education, Deepthi Jayaraj, Special Secy (Finance), SA K Bajpayee, Joint Secy, Finance, Abinash Singh Joint Secy Finance, V S Gaur, IFS, PCCF, Forest Dept, Dileswar Mahto Dy Secy Health, Manoj Jaiswal Joint Secy School &Mass Education and Senior Officials of all ImplementingDepts. viz. Water Resources, Rural Construction, Rural Dev, Animal Husbandry & Agriculture, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Health, Watershed Mission, Forest Depts, etc On behalf of NABARD AK Padhi CGM and Annie Alexandra, GM, Senior Officials and Dept Officers were present in the workshop.
A K Padhi, CGM, welcomed the participants and highlighted the scope for rural infrastructure financing under Agriculture and Social Sector in the State. He gave a brief insight on RIDF financing in the State. Principal Secretary Education appreciated the role of RIDF in development of the State and advised all depts. to effectively leverage the low cost financing.
A detailed presentation was made by NABARD on RIDF, Direct Lending products&introduction of web portal on RIDF. Issues such as creating a shelf of proposals, diversification of activities, preferring timely claims and strengthening monitoring system, availing financial assistance under WIF (Warehouse Infrastructure Fund), DIDF ( Dairy Infrastructure and Development Fund) and NIDA (NABARD Infrastructure Development Assistance), etc. were discussed at length.