tate Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Dilip Ghosh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his first visit to Delhi after taking charge. Dilip Ghosh’s wife Rinku was also present during the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s residence. Dilip and Rinku brought mangoes and sandesh as gifts for the Prime Minister. In the meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence, the Prime Minister gave several important suggestions to make the work of the Panchayat and Rural Development Department of West Bengal more dynamic and effective.
According to sources, in the meeting, Dilip Ghosh told the Prime Minister that there are currently about 11,000 vacancies in the state’s Panchayat and Rural Development Department. The two leaders had a detailed discussion on how to fill these large number of vacancies quickly and how to make administrative work more efficient. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing his administrative experience in Gujarat, suggested Dilip Ghosh to form an expert team. According to him, the Panchayat and Rural Development Department is working very successfully in several states of the country. If expert teams are sent to those states to observe their work and provide training, it will be possible to use that experience in West Bengal as well. The Prime Minister advised not only the expert team, but also Dilip Ghosh to personally visit various states and see the work of development projects on the ground.
Along with the meeting with the Prime Minister, Dilip Ghosh also paid a courtesy call on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In the meeting, the Finance Minister said that the Center has already allocated Rs 51,000 crore to West Bengal in the Panchayat and Rural Development sector. He also mentioned that West Bengal is second only to Uttar Pradesh in the country in terms of allocation in this sector. The report claims that the Finance Minister assured in the meeting that the Center will cooperate so that development work is not hampered in any way due to lack of funds. Along with this, the implementation of various projects of the department, utilization of funds and future work plans were also discussed. On this day, Dilip Ghosh also paid a courtesy call on Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav. Although the details of that meeting have not been made public yet. Informed circles consider Dilip Ghosh’s first visit to Delhi after becoming a minister to be significant from a political and administrative point of view. In particular, issues such as speeding up the work of the Panchayat and Rural Development Departments, filling vacancies, and center-state coordination are believed to have received special importance during this visit.