Tag: Cabinet Meeting

Bhubaneswar: An important meeting of the State cabinet will be held at the Secretariat at 5.30 pm today. According to sources, Subroto Bagchi, chief of Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA) will make a presentation during the meeting, which will be chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Besides, 11 proposals of Food and Civil Supplies, Health […]

Odisha Cabinet is meeting on Thursday at noon under chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

New Delhi: As the country struggles to bring back the main accused of multi-crore fraud committed in Punjab National Bank — diamond trader Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi owner of Gitanjali Gems — the Cabinet on Thursday approved Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2018, which would facilitate action against such offenders. Finance Minister Arun […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government today permitted transfer of lease hold rights over 107.41 acres in Ganjam district held by Jayshree Chemicals Limited (JCL) in favour of Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Limited. This was decided at the Cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. However, the government allowed land transfer of JCL subject to realisation […]

The PMGKAY was reintroduced for two months till June this year in order to minimise the economic hardships being faced by the poor PDS (public distribution system) beneficiaries during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Delhi: National security strategy, military and equipment modernisation, defence reform besides garnering more funds for the ministry are the areas of challenge for the new Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, according to analysts here. Defence experts are also of the view that the helicopter fleet of all three services require extensive replacement. Singh, on Saturday, […]

Bhubaneswar: Noting that no formal census including the caste details of the population has been undertaken since 1931, Odisha Cabinet on Saturday resolved to impress upon the Central Government to go for a Socio-Economic Caste Enumeration along with the 2021 general census. As per the resolution passed by the Odisha Cabinet today, the State government […]

Bhubaneswar/ Bargarh: The design of the much awaited Gangadhar Meher Lift Irrigation Project has been changed. The State Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved the new blueprint of the project on Wednesday. As per the revised outline, the project will draw water from zero point of Hirakud Dam. The water will be […]

Bhubaneswar: A meeting of the State Cabinet is scheduled to be held Monday evening. The meeting, which will be held via video conferencing at around 5 PM, will be chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The CM would be attending the virtual meeting from his residence, Naveen Niwas, while ministers of all departments are likely […]