The government yesterday held a series of meetings to review its welfare schemes and programmes for rural areas. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reviewed rural employment, rural works, drinking water and other welfare programmes, finance ministry officials were closeted in meetings with Reserve Bank Governor YV Reddy, Nabard Chairperson Ranjana Kumar and Indian Banks' Association Chairman V Leeladhar, to work out a package of measures to raise the rural credit flow by 30 per cent during the financial year.