India, Feb. 5 -- A little more than seven months after taking charge, the Mohan Majhi government has asked all department secretaries to visit at least one Gram Panchayat and assess the level of saturation in the coverage of various development and welfare programmes of the government for basic facilities in that particular Gram Panchayat.

"The officers need to have at least one meal a day (on payment basis) in either an ST/SC Hostel or mid-day meals in schools or in an Aahar Kendra or in an orphanage to check the quality of food and the ambience and spend a night at the sub-divisional level to closely monitor the implementation of various schemes. They may use the opportunity to interact with the students/inmates and get feedback on imp...