Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday interacted with the delegation of government officials from Assam, who were on two-day tour to the state to understand the Swayampurna Goa concept.

Sharing their experience, the delegation said that the concept of Swayampurna Goa and its implementation in Goa is amazing and it is a very unique concept to reach out to the last person of the state whereby it ensures people can avail all the government facilities, schemes etc. Hard work and coordination between the people and government officials is visible clearly, they said.

Bikram Kairi, IAS Commissioner requested the chief minister to send a Goa team to Assam.

The delegation of government officials from Assam led by Bikram Kairi, IAS Commissioner and P&RD, Assam Bipanchi Dutta, ACS, assistant commissioner, Bipul KR Das, ACS, assistant commissioner, Dr. Jayanta KR Goswami, ACS, additional commissioner, and Anamika Dey, state programme manager saw for themselves the different initiatives taken by the Swayampurna Mitras in their designated panchayat area under the Swayampurna Goa concept across the state.

On the second day of their study tour to Goa on Tuesday, they attended the awareness camp on fisheries schemes and policies organised by the directorate of fisheries department under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurn Goa concept at Kamurle.

They also visited the GOVAN Multiproduct Food Processing Centre at Pale where the women make products like nutmeg ring candy, amla candy and amla mouth freshner, banana chips, jackfruit pulp, raw jackfruit pickle, coconut oil and other products which are innovated on their own.

Later, they visited the cloth-cutting machine, sewing machine / screen at Sankhali and then visited the mattress manufacturing and Kunbi saree production unit at Surla.