June 2019

ODISHA   Odisha’s initiative to improve school education   The school and mass education department has launched a one of its kind “Scorecard Sprint” to instil a sense of competition among the district-level education departments in an attempt to ensure that the officials take steps to improve the quality of school education at ground level. According to … Read more

ODISHA   IIT Bhubaneswar ranked 151-200   The Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings list the world’s best universities that are more than 50 years or under.   The IIT Bhubaneswar has been ranked 151-200 in Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings 2019. From the Indian scenario, the institute has been ranked 5th … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha CM releases Flood Hazard Atlas for effective management of flood   Odisha Government released a Flood Hazard Atlas for efficient management of flood in the state. The report was released by the Odisha Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik. It is jointly prepared by the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of ISRO(Indian Space Research … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha government to launch portal with data on state-run schools   To make the education system more informative, the school and mass education department will launch a dedicated website under its ambitious Mo School Abhiyan to provide information on state-run schools.   The school and mass education department has already started collecting data on schools and … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha government allots land to seven tourism projects worth Rs 355 crore   The Odisha government  allotted land to seven projects worth Rs 354.34 crore that aims to boost the tourism potential of the state.   Though the projects require around 79.5 acres out of which around 42.5 acres will be government land, the … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha’s rice yield lower than other States   Food grain production declined from 117.82 lakh metric tonnes (MT) in 2016-17 to 84.82 lakh MT in 2017-18 due to deficient rainfall and severe pest attack of 2017-18. Production of rice, which had almost half the share of gross cropped area (GCA) and is a … Read more

ODISHA   State Budget Rs 1.36L crore   The size of the State’s Annual Budget for 2019-20 is likely to cross the Rs 1,36,000-crore mark. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat approved the amount of the Budget.   Sectors like agriculture, … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha government to launch portal with data on state-run schools   To make the education system more informative, the school and mass education department will launch a dedicated website under its ambitious Mo School Abhiyan to provide information on state-run schools.   This will be a one-of-its-kind portal where information on all state-run schools will be … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha sought Rs.7000 crore under PMAY Scheme for the flood disaster relief   TheOdisha State government demanded special allotment of 7,000 crore under the Prime Minister Awas Yojna with 90:10 funding ratio. Provision of five lakh disaster-resilient affordable houses which would require Rs.7,000 crore was sought by the State. Centre will provide further assistance to cyclone-hit Odisha after the assessment … Read more

ODISHA   Centre committed to make Odisha a global hub for steel ancillary industry: Pradhan   The Centre is committed to develop Odisha as an international hub for steel sector’s ancillary industries, Union Minister for Steel Dharmendra Pradhan said   The development assumes significance in the wake of presence of major steel producers in the … Read more