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Giving strict instructions to the mission officers, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that in future, review of all the works conducted under the mission should be ensured not only on the basis of paper records, but on the basis of geo-tagged photos, actual data available on the portal and ground evidence. Transparency, quality and accountability should be the top priority in the implementation of schemes. Expressing dissatisfaction over the progress of Self Help Group (SHG) formation, he directed the officers to speed up the pace of group formation in the state and wherever the progress is not at the expected level, run special campaigns to ensure fulfillment of the set targets. All inactive and dysfunctional self-help groups of the state should be activated soon and the concerned officers should establish personal contact with the friends of the groups and provide all possible support in making them operational again. Go. He said in clear words that officers should hold weekly review meetings at the district and block level and should be informed about the decisions taken in the meetings and the action taken on them. Accountability should be fixed at every level and strict departmental action will be ensured against those officers who are found negligent or indifference in their working style. The progress and effective implementation of formation of self-help groups, financial inclusion, bank loan distribution, agriculture-based livelihood activities, women entrepreneurship, skill development and training programs and various schemes run under the mission were reviewed in detail. Giving instructions to speed up the implementation of Mahila Udyami Credit Card Scheme, Shri Maurya said that more and more eligible women should be linked to this scheme and financial assistance should be provided to them for self-employment and enterprise establishment. He also gave instructions to ensure the deployment of Bima Sakhi in every Gram Panchayat, so that the benefits of insurance schemes can effectively reach the rural families. Describing agriculture and allied activities as an important means of increasing the income of rural women, along with encouraging agriculture-based livelihood activities on a large scale, he laid special emphasis on wide publicity of Prerna Agricultural Equipment Bank and connecting more and more self-help groups with it. Directed that all the eligible beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural) should be compulsorily linked to self-help groups, so that they can get additional opportunities for self-employment, banking services, financial inclusion and livelihood and there can be permanent improvement in their standard of living.