India today signed loan agreement of 35 Million dollars with the world bank for Madhya Pradesh citizen access to responsive services project. The objective of the project is to improve access and quality of public services in the state. Ministry of Finance in a release said, the project is expected to deliver key results in terms of improving access to services and citizen outreach, simplification of government services, performance management and strengthening the capacity of implementing agencies. The agreement was signed in New Delhi by Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs Raj Kumar and and Mr Onno Ruhl, Country Director, World Bank. The project size is 50 million dollar, of which 35 million dollar will be financed by the Bank, and the remaining amount will be funded out of State Budget. The duration of the project is five years.