Tag: Backward Districts

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Prabhari officers: Odisha to reconsider Niti Aayog’s proposal

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Tuesday said that it will reconsider the Centre’s proposal to appoint ‘Prabhari (In-Charge) Officers’ in backward districts to review implementation of various welfare schemes, but with some riders. As per reports, the State has urged the Aayog to exclude Dhenkanal from the list of nine districts identified for the programme and […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Pradhan seeks inclusion of 8 Odisha districts in 'aspirational districts' list

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in a letter urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to reconsider Odisha’s decision to not include eight backward districts in the Centre’s ‘aspirational districts’ list. Pradhan wrote that unwarranted controversy should not be created over the inclusion of the eight districts – Rayagada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Dhenkanal, Bolangir, Koraput and Malkangiri […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Rajya Sabha: Odisha Elders give thumbs down to Tribal/backward districts!

Bhubaneswar: In Odisha, when the Rajya Sabha polls have increasingly becoming a rehab exercise for the Men Fridays of the ruling party, the State’s tribal and backward districts emerge as the biggest loser in this type of politics. The equitable representation of districts was not the only casualty. But districts starved of development failed to […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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