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ODISHA Odisha gets Rs 4,373 crore in rail budget The Centre has reduced Odisha’s rail budget allocation by nearly Rs 1620 crore. Against last year’s budget of Rs 5,993 crore, the state has been allocated Rs 4,373 crore this time, revealed the data shared by East Coast Railway (ECoR) here on Wednesday. The Naveen Patnaik government … Read more
ODISHA Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘Mo Bidyut’ portal Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik has launched the electricity consumer service portal ”Mo Bidyut”. The bilingual online electricity integrated consumer service portal has been developed by the Energy Department and dedicated to the public under 5T (Teamwork, Transparency, Technology, Time leading to Transformation) initiative … Read more
ODISHA Suresh Mohapatra appointed new chief secretary of Odisha The state government appointed 1986 batch IAS officer Suresh Chandra Mohapatra as the new chief secretary. He will succeed Asit Kumar Tripathy, who will retire on December 31. The government appointed Tripathy as chairman of Western Odisha Development Council (WODC), a post with rank and status equivalent … Read more
ODISHA Paradip port expansion to boost pcpir The expansion plans of the Paradip Port would improve the stake of the proposed Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Regions (PCPIR) at Paradip, which has an investment potential of over Rs 45,000 crore. Paradip would have the most advanced greenfield PCPIR with a total area … Read more
ODISHA Modi to launch a slew of projects in Odisha, Chhattisgarh Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch several projects during his visit to Odisha and Chhattisgarh. In Odisha, Modi is scheduled to unveil a plaque for revival of work on the Talcher fertiliser plant in Odisha, which is the first plant in … Read more
ODISHA Infra of 10 colleges may get a boost in Odisha The higher education department will submit proposals to the Centre, seeking funds for improvement of infrastructure of 10 degree colleges located in different minority-concentrated areas of the state. The move came after the Union ministry of minority affairs invited proposals from the state for … Read more
ODISHA Establish fire stations on distance criteria Inclusion of all police stations under the 5T initiative to provide citizen-centric service under the Mo Sarkar scheme is quite effective. There is a need of provision of adequate amount of funds under the “Other Contingency” unit for 587 PSs. A Standing Committee report on scrutiny of demand … Read more
ODISHA OSACS flouts Govt’s 5T initiatives The Odisha State AIDS Control Society (OSACS) was set up by the State Government with the objective to prevent HIV transmission and control its spread and to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with HIV infection. Besides, it was also supposed to reduce the adverse socio-economic impact resulting from HIV … Read more
ODISHA Odisha: Soon vehicle thefts can be registered online In a first, the state government has decided to set up a virtual police station, or e-police station, in Bhubaneswar. The virtual police station will initially accept online complaints related to vehicle theft only and immediately register cases online. The e-police station will have all-Odisha … Read more
ODISHA Madhu Babu Pension Yojana The government of Odisha announced a hike of Rs 200 per month in the social security pension under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY). The Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY) is a pension scheme under the Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for the … Read more