Question: What benefits does Chief Ministers Special Rural Development Fund (CMSRDF) provide?

Answer: Benefits under Chief Ministers Special Rural Development Fund (CMSRDF):

for Local Area DevelopmentThe Chief Minister's Special Rural Development Fund will be applicable for the rural/semi-rural
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To avail these benefits, you need to meet the following eligibility criteria: MeghalayaChief Ministers Special Rural Development Fund (CMSRDF)DetailsBenefitsEligibilityApplication
ProcessDocuments RequiredFrequently Asked QuestionsThe Government of Meghalaya has been implementing the "Chief Minister's
Special Rural Development Fund" since 2000 - 2001 as a component of the special Rural works program. The primary objective of the
program is to generate wage employment and creation of socially and economically useful public assets by involving peopleâ€™s
participation at the grassroots level. The schemes undertaken in the program are varied in nature and are selected by the Members of the
Legislative Assembly (MLA) and NGOs and are implemented through local durbars and beneficiaries organization under the supervision
of respective Deputy Commissioners of the District. The works to be taken up under the chief Minister's special Rural Development
Fund shall include construction of rural roads, footpaths, footbridges' drainage' culverts with Hume pipes, improvements of water
sources, community halls, multi-purpose buildings' provision/improvement of rural electrification, school buildings, playground'
schemes such as procurement of equipment, new vehicles like mortuary vans, ambulance, school buses and oxygenated vans for
transporting live fish, etc. Eco-friendly innovative projects also will be considered under the scheme. The schemes/projects should not be
highly technical in nature and the project cost should be minimized either through convergence or by ensuring peopleâ€™s contribution.