Tag: Chief Secretary A P Padhi

Bhubaneswar: With above 5.5 lakh tribal girls housed in different state run hostels and stray cases of exploitation coming to the fore, Odisha government today issued fresh direction to ensure strict implementation of guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The direction was issued by Chief Secretary A P Padhi while reviewing the activities of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today announced that its community management of malnutrition programme would be extended to all 30 districts of the state. The decision was taken at the Empowered Committee Meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary A P Padhi. Padhi later said the programme would be implemented together with the department of health […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today decided to include seven major crops – paddy, groundnut, cotton, turmeric, ginger, red-gram (arhar) and maize – under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the kharif season, 2017. This was decided at the State Level Coordination (SLC) Committee meeting on Crop Insurance held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to expedite the work for the National Waterway-5, the Odisha government today directed the district collectors to undertake survey of river banks to identify the ferry ghat points. The direction was issued by chief secretary A P Padhi while presiding over a meeting attended by Chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government registered a growth of 8.19 per cent in state plan expenditure during 2016-17 fiscal compared to the previous year. Chief Secretary A P Padhi today said the total state plan expenditure in 2016-17 was around Rs 43,896 crore against the expenditure of Rs 40,572 crore during the 2015-16 fiscal. The utilization in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved a proposal to set up startup hubs in major cities of the state, aiming to boost the ecosystem for emerging businesses, officials said. Chief Secretary A P Padhi, while reviewing the progress of the startup policy implementation on Thursday, directed officials to prepare a detailed business plan of the […]