Tag: State Government

An amount of Rs 2,01,108 crore has been transferred to state governments as devolution of share of taxes by the Centre up to July, 2022, which is Rs 36,044 crore higher than the previous year.

Bhubaneswar: The ruling-BJD in Odisha is leaving no stone unturned to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaigning by conducting government programmes and public meetings in places chosen by the BJP. As Modi had visited Bolangir on January 15 and Sundergarh on September 22, 2018, the BJD supremo is all set to visit both the places […]

Bhubaneswar: Raising major concerns for the State government, a yearly survey report on the standard of primary education across all the States has revealed decline in quality of education. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) (Rural) 2018 revealed that only around 58% children studying in class V have knowledge of Class II texts. The […]

Khurda: BJP has targeted the Odisha government over non-allocation of land for the proposed Paika Rebellion Memorial at Barunei on the foothills in Khurda district. Despite a grant of Rs 100 crore from the Centre and Rs 90 crore from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), the State government is yet to allocate land for the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ensure punctuality among teaching staff, the State government is planning to install biometric machines across colleges and universities to keep a record of in and out time. According to sources, the Department of Higher Education may install the biometric machines as allegations of absenteeism in teaching staff at educational institutions […]

Bhubaneswar: City bus drivers and conductors staged a demonstration at Master Canteen bus stand today against State government’s decision to allow city buses to ply on 6 routes instead of existing 14 routes. The decision was taken keeping in view the recently launched ‘Mo Bus’ services. In the first phase of Mo Bus initiative, as […]

Khurda: BJD Rajya Sabha member Soumya Ranjan Patnaik today courted a controversy by saying that Odisha Chief Secretary is unaware of many schemes of the State government. His comments came while addressing a meeting during Abani Baral’s statue uneveiling ceremony in Khurda. “Nobody would be able to tell how many types of schemes are there […]

Jharsuguda: Amidst outrage across the country over rising fuel prices, Union Petroleum Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan today urged Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik to reduce VAT on petrol & diesel like other state governments. “The central government had already deducted excise duty on petrol and diesel a few months ago. Many states have started reducing the […]

Bhubaneswar: Expressing concerns over the unchanged syllabus for students under the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) since 2009, educationists have said that it may reduce the quality of education. Educationists opine that due to the unchanged syllabus, students are unaware of the new developments in various fields. Similarly, the move has also forced the examiners […]

Bhubaneswar: The interim budget for the year 2019-20 will be presented in the Odisha Assembly on February 7, regarding which an official notification was issued by the Parliamentary Affairs department today. As per the notification, the Odisha Legislative Assembly will meet from February 4 till February 12, 2019. The session will begin on February 4 […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the NITI Aayog released Baseline Report of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index, the Opposition political parties on Saturday criticised the State government over Odisha’s poor performance in comparison to most other states of the country. Odisha secured the 25th rank in SDG Indian Index among all the states with a […]

Basic amenities such as electricity, drinking water facility and road connection continues to be a distant dream for at least 100 tribal families

Bhubaneswar: In accordance to CM’s 3Ts – Teamwork, Technology, Transparency- framework, the Revenue department today launched the online facility for mutation of land in 38 tehsils. Revenue minister Maheswar Mohanty inaugurated the service today in presence of senior officials of the department. “Online mutation facility was started in 38 tehsils today. Moreover, a system which […]

Bhubaneswar: As per the recent decision of the State government to supervise high priority schemes, three secretaries have submitted a review report on the progress of various ongoing developmental works in Malkangiri, Nuapada and Bhadrak districts. At a meeting held at the Secretariat here on Friday, assigned secretaries Vishal Gagan, Deoranjan Kumar Singh and Chitra […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the State government has left no stone unturned to make the State level Children’s Day celebration a success, parents in several areas of the State rued government’s move to set two political topics for debate among students which they termed ‘politicisation’ of Children’s Day. The School and Mass Education department’s topics for […]