State government of Manipur has invited executives of Asian Development Bank and World Bank to visit the state to have an interaction with the chief functionaries of state government to seek financial assistance for taking up developmental works. Official source said that the initiative is being taken up as several other states are being benefited by external aided projects that support development effort of their respective states. For the matter these bigger states have already taken advantage of funding from financial institution like the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and JICA etc. For the purpose all the IAS officers of the state and head of departments has been given strict direction to formulate schemes ad programmes for their respective department before the scheduled visit of the world bank authority.
For strike compliances of the said programme all IAS officers of the state and other head of department has been advice to reflect their performance in the Annual Performance Appraisal Report (PAR).
The decision was taken during a meeting held at the Secretariat Conference Hall regarding the access to external funding for projects or programmes in the state on November 3, said an official source. The source added that the decision was taken in accordance with the guidelines on PAR, wherein targets of the IAS officers shall be set by Reporting Officer at the beginning of the years i.e. the period of reporting.