India, May 15 -- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi today asked the government officials to consider themselves as the servants of people and take the benefits of various welfare schemes to the grassroots.

"Our motto is to provide basic facilities to the common people. The district-level and block-level officials play a crucial role for proper implementation of the government schemes in the state," said the Chief Minister while speaking at a state-level conference of Chief Development Officers (CDOs) and Block Development Officers (BDOs) at Lok Seva Bhawan here.

According to the Chief Minister, efficient implementation of welfare schemes at the block-level is very much necessary for overall success of such initiatives.

"The role...