Oct 2019

ODISHA     Odisha government follows Centre with an eye on better fiscal planning   The state finance department has decided to come up with an annual fiscal strategy paper that will spell out revenue generation from possible sources as well as the government’s priorities in terms of expenditure in the coming years.   The Centre generally … Read more

ODISHA   133 POs to be set up in State’s Naxal areas   In a bid to strengthen postal services in Odisha, more numbers of post offices would be opened especially in the Maoist-hit areas of the State.   As many as 133 post offices would be set up in Maoist-affected regions, out of which … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha police get sign language interpreters for deaf, mute victims   In a first, the state government has empanelled a group of sign language interpreters in Odisha police. They will interpret the sign communication of the speech and hearing impaired persons in police stations and courts. The development came in the wake of the state government’s … Read more

ODISHA   Mo Bus registers 1 lakh riders in a day   Achieving a major milestone, the Mo Bus crossed a daily ridership of 1 lakh. The feat was achieved in less than a year of the operation of Mo Bus run by the Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) in the city.   On Monday, … Read more

ODISHA Odisha to partner with JPAL for transformative action             Odisha Government is to partner with Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT)-based Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), co-founded by Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. The partnership aims for the targeted intervention in a set of social sectors, including the poorest of … Read more

ODISHA   ●      Odisha has potential to lead in fighting malnutrition While Odisha is hailed as a State which is taking positive steps on the issue of under-nutrition, challenges still exist among poorer communities like Scheduled Tribes and the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGS). There is 34.1per cent of the children under 5 years of … Read more

ODISHA   Naveen Patnaik launches Odisha Mo Parivar programme   Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a social service initiative aimed at encouraging environment protection, blood donation, and the welfare of Odias in distress.   The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) under the ‘Odisha Mo Parivar’ (Odisha, my family) program, party leaders will dedicate themselves … Read more

ODISHA ●      CM Patnaik inaugurated the 39th World Congress of Poets Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the 39th World Congress of Poets (WCP) at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The session is held for five days. During the function, he urged poets to use poetry that has the power to change, to transform and to bring in the better social … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha to train 1.5 lakh youths in three years under DDUJKY   The state government on Tuesday finalized a three-year action plan (2019-22) to train around 1.5 lakh rural youths under the Centre’s Dindayal Upadhaya Grameen Kaushala Yojana (DDUJKY).   The skill training will be conducted through the Odisha Rural Development and Marketing … Read more

ODISHA   CM Naveen Patnaik launches Mu Safaiwala drive in state   Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched the “Mu Safaiwala” awareness drive and urged people to take the pledge of cleanliness. More than 300 students, who are the primary audience to carry the message forward, participated in it. Students took the pledge by … Read more