Chief Minister Conrad Sangma presented the State’s vision to be a $10 Billion economy to the World Bank panel at Meghalaya House, New Delhi yesterday.
World Bank is currently funding projects worth over Rs. 2400 crores in Meghalaya.
A press release from the Chief Minister’s Office said the state government has taken up a multi-thronged approach to realize its dream vision and implemented many citizen centric initiatives augmenting all facets of socio-economic development and governance by initiating several reforms in the sectors of roads, water and governance.
The statement said through the collaborated efforts of the state’s machinery and external expertise from funding agencies it also won the UN-WSIS Award for MeghEA through its e-Proposal System.
Currently there are 12 externally aided projects being implemented in the state and additional 11 projects are there in the pipeline, the CMO said. “This accumulates to over Rs.10, 000 crores of external funding for the development of the state. Out of these, over Rs. 2400 crores have been secured from World Bank. Major Projects that has been taken up with the support of World Bank are Meghalaya Integrated Transport Project (MITP), Meghalaya Community Led Landscape Management Project (CLLMP), Meghalaya Health Systems Strengthening Project (MHSSP) and Meghalaya Programme for Adolescent Wellbeing, Employment and Resilience (MPOWER),” it added.
The World Bank has assured continued support and coordination for delivery of upcoming projects. These projects are essential for Meghalaya to realize Meghalaya dream of becoming a $10 billion economy, the Chief Minister said.
He said that Meghalaya has been working towards enhancement of citizen service delivery. One such key project is Enhancing Governance & Service Delivery Capabilities which is of $60 million”, he added.
The project is aimed towards improving government services, making citizen’s life easier by enhancing public service delivery, capability and strategic planning and public finance management.
The presentation meeting was attended by World Bank representatives, Augustus Tano Kouame, Country Director, Junko Onishi, Lead Social Coordinator, Meghalaya, Benedicte, Senior Economist and Mohan Gopalakrishnan, Senior Economist.
Meghalaya Chief Secretary Donald P. Wahlang, Sampath Kumar, Development Commissioner and Vijay Kumar D, Commissioner and Secretary accompanied the Chief Minister.
