Union Rural Development and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a meeting last evening on the action plan for the next 100 days of various schemes of the ministry. The Rural Development Minister emphasized on implementing the action plan for the next 100 days in a strong and effective manner. He said that we all have to work together with full strength on every scheme of rural development, only then Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's dream of a developed India will be fulfilled.

While discussing the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), he also mentioned that we have to structure the project for an ideal life for the elderly, widows and the disabled, for which we have to take every problem seriously, and for this, if there is a need to change the rules and regulations of the scheme, then amendments should also be made.

Emphasizing on the importance of District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committees (DISHA), he said that there is a need to strengthen the Disha Committees further. The minister added that he will write a letter to all the newly elected MPs to request them to ensure that the meetings of Disha Committees are held on time so that every small problem and progress can be continuously paid attention.

Minister of States for Rural Development Dr. Chandra Shekhar Pemmasani, Shri Kamlesh Paswan, Rural development Secretary, Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh and senior officials of the Ministry were also present in the meeting.

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