March 2021

ODISHA   MoU signed for Paradip Plastic Park An MoU was signed between IndianOil and Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO)  to develop a Paradip Plastic Park. The MoU was signed in the presence of  Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister for Petroleum Dharmendra Pradhan, Pradhan said Odisha would become the nerve centre of industrialisation … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha govt rolls out unified emergency Dial 112 service   Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched Dial-112, an Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) with integration of the existing emergency numbers like police (100), fire (101) and ambulance (108 and 102) with the single emergency number.   The state government allocated Rs … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches Mo College campaign   Chief minister Naveen Patnaik launched Mo College Campaign to make higher education eco-system more organic and innovative. It will connect Odia alumni across the globe to their alma maters in Odisha.   He launched Mo College web portal on virtual platform and appealed the … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha forms nine-member task force to tackle forest fires   The government on Monday decided to press Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) to tackle the raging forest fire while constituting a nine-member task force led by former principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) Sandip Tripathy to bring innovations to check future fires. … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha’s per capita loan burden more than doubled in 10 years: Finance minister Niranjan Pujari   The state’s per capital loan burden has more than doubled in the past 10 years, finance minister Niranjan Pujari said. It has increased from Rs 9,180 in 2009-10 to Rs 23,524 by January-end of the current 2020-21 … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha govt eyes 1 lakh jabs daily for elderly   The state government is planning to step up vaccination and inoculate at least one lakh senior citizens per day within the next few days.   Additional chief secretary (health) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra said the decision to intensify the daily coverage for the elderly … Read more