Longleng, April 5 (MExN): State Mission Management Unit (SMMU) of Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission conducted Monitoring and Team Building Exercise Visit to Longleng District on April 3 and 4. The three-member team was led by Athel O Lotha, Addl. Secretary, RD & Mission Director.
DPO, DRDA & DPM, NSRLM, Kikatemsu conveyed that he is impressed with the progress the mission has made in the State and by the work culture of the Mission staff and ensured his full cooperation to the team.
CI Meren, PD, DRDA & DMM, NSRLM observed that the systems have been streamlined and strengthened in the State Mission ever since the Additional Secretary joined as Mission Director.
Athel O Lotha, Additional Secretary, RD & Mission Director, reiterated on building and maintaining good rapport with the DRDA Officers and staff, Agri & Allied departments, banks and financial institutions, and other NGOs for forging synergy towards the common objectives of uplifting the rural poor populace.
M. Rollan Lotha, Chief Operating Officer (Programs), NSRLM while praising the Longleng team for the significant progress made in the District, he reiterated the importance of documentation- as evidence of work done well. He also shared about the Mission’s mandate on universal social inclusion and intervention in the lives of the rural poor household through universal financial inclusion to the SHGs/Federations. Furthermore, based on the viability of developing home grown models in the District, he urged the team to come up with innovative ideas supporting the objectives of the Mission towards creating a sustainable income generating enterprise and become a ‘Model District’
It was stated in a press release that Bendangmongba Phom highlighted the programme progress and achievements in the District and shared the action plan for FY 2017-18.
