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It is however a fact that people of Odisha are temperamentally peaceful. We need, however to examine if the state has actually been attracting investment satisfactory enough to feel cheerful about. 

Why Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of Indian National Congress Party and a Member of Indian Parliament should not have said what he did, has been indirectly explained by his cousin, Varun Gandhi, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Indian Parliament from Pilibhit.

Many seeds and seedlings are burnt to ashes and never sprout or regenerate. The smoke clouds the sky and is a major climate-changing factor since it is carbon emission. Even the new plantations done by the department are engulfed.

Foxconn plans an electronics manufacturing facility in Telangana that will employ one lakh people. Almost simultaneously media also reported that its proposed iPhone plant in Bangalore on a 300-acre property close to the Airport would, by 2027, engage up to a lakh people and its investment would get scaled up to $1 Billion.

The IT department was specifically looking into the “manipulation of prices for unauthorised benefits, including tax advantages”, it said.

This model of disruptive approach to development could be under the charge of the District Collector who in Backward Districts like Kandhamal, Deogarh, Boudh and all Districts in the KBK Region should have a long uninterrupted tenure of five years to ensure grounding of the various projects. 

Rahul Gandhi and top leaders must steer clear of sensational rallying cries like CHOWKIDAR CHOR HE and concentrate on important issues like inflation, unemployment, rising inequality to gain traction.

The beauty of Parliamentary Democracy is the privilege of those voters who did not vote for the government and yet retained their right to equal treatment by the government.

By sponsoring the hockey team, the Odisha government has paved the way for the people of the state to look at hockey as their own sport.

What needs to be pointed out is the necessity of introducing inter-city express trains, not necessarily Shatabdi ones, but equally speedy and comfortable ones, having both AC and non-AC Chairs only, with food, at convenient time of the day and night.

Government's decision to appoint a Principal Secretary to Government on contract is a clear endorsement of Spoils System that could have far reaching consequences and compromise political neutrality of state’s bureaucracy.

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it," says a statement attributed to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. Someone in the ruling dispensation in Odisha appears to have taken the advice too seriously.

Government's decision which will cost huge amount to taxpayers would surely boost air connectivity of Bhubaneswar but cannot improve the viability of flight operations. The huge expenditure could provide temporary thrill. Neither will it impact the tourist arrivals nor raise inflow of investment.

One serious issue relates to the needs of the farmers in Odisha. Whether Ragi would ensure adequate return to make a farmer voluntarily give up option to take up cotton or maize or niger farming needs to be examined carefully.

There cannot be a better time for revival of Odia cinema. The language barrier is broken. People no longer go to movies due to the popularity of ‘stars’ or the accessibility of language. They actively look for movies which are characterized by good stories, writing, music and acting.