Tag: Women And Child Development Department

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Has Girl education lost its way in Odisha?

Bhubaneswar: It seems that the nationwide campaign ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ has failed to generate desired results in Odisha as over 55,000 adolescent girls are out of school in the State. Such startling facts emerged from a baseline survey conducted by Odisha Women and Child Development department and Mission Shakti. However, School and Mass Education […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Electricity for all within 2019 says Odisha Energy minister

Bhubaneswar: Out of 47,677 villages in Odisha, 47,000 villages have been electrified, said Energy minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick while reviewing the achievements of his department today. Odisha has become a power surplus state with 100 new sub-stations set up. The loss in commercial electricity has been reduced to 35 percent from 57 percent and more […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Operation Smile: 626 children rescued in 11 days

Cuttack: Scouting different places within the state for last 11 days, joint teams of the Odisha Women and Child Development department and police have rescued at least 626 children, the police said today. These children were away from their families either working as child labourers or begging at railway stations or bus stands. This was […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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