Since the basic idea behind the programmes was similar, the two were integrated under one agency at the Central as well as State level. The programmes were complementary, interwoven and implemented parallel. NES was viewed as the permanent set up for extension in the country and was intended to cover the entire with an organization for agriculture and rural development within a period of 10 years.
Conversion
In 1954 some NES block which produced good results and where participation of people was in abundance were selected and converted to Community Development blocks. Funds as well as staff were increased in these blocks.
BDO as the head and EO Agriculture, EO Animal Husbandry, Eo Cooperatives, EO Industries. EO Rural engineering, sanitary inspector, social Education Organizer (SEO) male & female and 10 VLWs were the staff of the project.
Participants