Tag: Kalia

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: In a major development today, the Supreme Court has served notice to the Centre, Chief Election Commissioner, Odisha, Andhra and Telangana governments based on a petition filed by one P Pulla Rao of Telangana. The notice was reportedly issued acting on the petition questioning the constitutional validity of announcement and implementation of direct […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 50 lakh farmers have received financial assistance under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme till date, and verification is on to include the left-out farmers, informed Odisha Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo today. Speaking on the sidelines of a function at Krishi Bhawan here, Sahoo further added that […]

Bhubaneswar: Making a volte face on its earlier stand, the ruling-BJD has requested the Centre to prepare a cohesive plan for Odisha by merging the State’s Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme with the PM KISAN programme. BJD MPs Bhartruhari Mahatab and Prasanna Acharya during a debate on the Budget, suggested the […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems two trigger-factors have made the ruling BJD press the ‘Central share’ button for its much touted KALIA scheme yesterday in Parliament. First, the ruling BJD has promised KALIA for only five agricultural seasons starting from 2018-19, which means the scheme’s expiry date is fixed at Rabi season 2021. The State government’s Eco-Survey […]

Bhubaneswar: Over 51 lakh farmers have received financial assistance under the Kushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme of the Odisha government, a Minister said on Wednesday. Replying to an unstarred question of BJP legislator Mohan Charan Majhi, Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo told the Assembly that 36.34 lakh small and marginal farmers and […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to strike out the ineligible farmers availing the benefits of the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme, the State government has issued a new set of rules for identification of new beneficiaries. Also, the government has released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to exclude ineligible farmers. But the […]

Bhubaneswar: A decision on shifting of the separated conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia from AIIMS New Delhi to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack will be taken within seven days, said Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das today. The Health minister said the State government is ready to provide treatment to the separated conjoined […]

Cuttack: After the discharge of separated conjoined twins, Jaga and Kalia, from AIIMS Delhi, they will undergo treatment at the Neurosurgery ward of the SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack, informed Bhubanananda Moharana, Emergency Officer of the hospital. Arrangements have been made for the treatment of the separated conjoined twins at a cabin […]

Bhubaneswar: While Odisha government has expedited the process of verification and scrutiny of beneficiaries under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme, State agriculture minister Arun Sahoo today said that as many as 2.66 lakh ineligible beneficiaries have been identified so far. While around 51 lakh farmers received financial assistance under the […]

Bhubaneswar: Finally, it’s ‘KALIA’ who gave a reality check on State’s lack of capacity to implement its much avowed policy  of 5Ts (Technology,  Transparency, Team Work, Time and Transformation). The Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) is in-fact a live test case demonstration of State’s 5T policy. Because, the scheme saw extensive use […]

Cuttack: Odisha Panchayati Raj Minister Pratap Jena today informed that one of the separated conjoined twins of Kandhamal,Jaga will undergo skull transplant surgery before he can go to school. Visiting the special ward at the SCB Hospital in Cuttack to take stock of the health condition of Jaga and his twin brother Kalia, Jena said […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Fake beneficiaries have pocketed more than Rs.170 crore disbursed under the KALIA ( Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation ) scheme, an initiative being widely hailed as the panacea for the problems afflicting the state’s farming community. This revelation has thickened the controversy surrounding this financial assistance programme that covers […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha government claimed that only 32000 of the total beneficiaries who received monetary assistance under the KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme are ineligible, the State BJP and Congress units today came down heavily on the Naveen-led government for allegedly misutilising the State exchequer funds. While BJP […]

Bhubaneswar:  With the explosive revelation of over 3 lakh ineligible beneficiaries availing the KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation scheme) assistance, the plot over KALIA scheme implementation thickens in Odisha. Since Odisha was not the first State to launch such a massive farm investment support scheme, a comparative analysis of schemes of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the State Government goes gaga over KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood  & Income Augmentation) scheme, the reality is hard to digest – farmers in Odisha can’t avail farm credit to meet their input requirements like seed, fertiliser, pesticides, insecticides, irrigation charges and electricity. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) report of the […]