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The Odisha government approved 15 key proposals during the State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday. In the meeting, the Cabinet gave its nod to an additional outlay of over Rs 1,000 crore for the ABADHA Yojana.
In 2019, the Odisha government allocated Rs 3208 crore under the Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA) scheme in three years to transform Puri into a world heritage city. During the cabinet meeting today, the State government decided to raise the amount to Rs 4224.22 crore.
Similarly, the Odisha cabinet also approved the implementation of the MMSY-Connecting Unconnected Villages in Difficult areas for a period of 2 years i.e. from 2023-24 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs. 976 crore. The Cabinet has approved the execution of projects with a length of 361.34 km approximately targeted to be taken up in 2023-24 & 2024-25.
The Cabinet also approved "MMSY-Transferred Road Improvement Programme” for a period of 2 years i.e. from 2023-24 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs 1893 crore. Cabinet has approved the execution of projects with a length of 1814.92 Km approximately targeted to be taken up in 2023-24 & 2024-25.
Implementation of "MMSY- Improvement to Existing R.D Roads" was also approved by the cabinet for a period of 2 years i.e. from 2023-24 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs. 918 crore. Moreover, "MMSY- Connecting Missing Road Links (CMRL)" was approved for a period of 2 years i.e. from 2023-24 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs. 1160 crore.
The Odisha State Cabinet has also approved a projected outlay of Rs 3354.40 crore for the "Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana (MSPY)". The yojana is aimed at transforming nutrition outcomes of adolescent girls (15-19 years), pregnant women & lactating mothers, SAM, MAM, and severely underweight children of under 6 years of age across the state over a period of five years commencing from FY 2023-24.
Moreover, the cabinet also gave its nod to recommended inclusion of Saora language in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India.
