Agartala, Nov 3: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Ram Nath Thakur arrived at Agartala Airport on Tuesday to review the implementation of various central government schemes and assess the progress of development initiatives in Tripura.
Interacting with the media at the airport, Thakur said the visit was part of the Centre’s initiative to assess how its schemes were being implemented across different states and districts. He said the review would focus on the progress achieved under various schemes, utilisation of allocated funds and the overall development work carried out with central assistance.
“We have come to see how the schemes of the central government are being implemented in different states and districts, how much money has been spent and what progress has been made,” he said.
Thakur added that the visit would help assess the development and advancement achieved through funds provided by the Centre for different schemes. He said the purpose was to examine the expenditure records and understand the ground-level progress of the projects.
The minister also referred to the ‘Save the Fields’ campaign associated with his department during his interaction with the media.
