February 2019

ODISHA   ·         Govt to soon begin survey on sewage disposal in Cuttack ð  The Odisha Water Supply & Sewerage Board (OWSSB) has started a survey of the home sewage disposal situation in Cuttack city. ð  The OWSSB is implementing the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded integrated sanitation project for a comprehensive sewerage system to ensure the collection and disposal of … Read more 05.02.19 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik throws open irrigation project in Koraput district   Exactly 15 years after its foundation stone was laid, chief minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the much-awaited Telangiri Irrigation Project (TIP).   The project will provide irrigation facilities to at least 9,952 hectares of agricultural land in 52 villages under Jeypore and Borigumma blocks. … Read more 03-04.02.19 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Union Budget 2019: ECoR gets Rs 7010 crore for railway projects, infrastructure boost   The 82-km Paradip-Haridaspur new railway line, one of the oldest and significant projects in the state received Rs 400 crore in the budget tabled in the Parliament.   The project sanctioned in 1996-97 got the highest allocation among six major new … Read more 02.02.19 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Education department opens doors for colleges to get university status   The higher education department has sought proposals from eligible state-run as well as private colleges to award autonomous and university status to institutions under Rashtriya Uchhatar Siksha Abhiyan(RUSA) 2.0.   In a direction to the registrars and principals of respective institutions, the department … Read more 01.02.19 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs