Tag: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Here is another shocker for Odisha. In the indices of per capita income, the State languishes in the bottom-ten states in the country. With an average per capita income of Rs 1.01 lakh, Odisha has been ranked at 10th from the bottom in the country. The State is ranked at 19th among the 28 […]

Bhubaneswar: Boasting high of accountability, transparency and advance technology in public administration, the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD formed the government in Odisha for the fifth consecutive term in 2019. However, it seems the governing bodies in the State have shift-deleted these firm words from their dictionary. A case in point is the e-despatch (electronic transfer of […]

Bhubaneswar: Following an announcement by the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh government regarding conduct of elections in three villages under Kotia Gram Panchayat on Odisha – Andhra border (OAB), senior Congress leaders criticised CM Naveen Patnaik for his alleged failure in providing security and amenities to the people of the region. Odisha Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the State cabinet has finalised the contours of Odisha’s post-pandemic budget with a total expenditure plan of Rs 1.7 lakh crore, the state of finances as on January end indicates a deceleration of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the current financial year ending on March 31, 2021. Highly placed sources […]

Berhampur: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated 14 projects worth Rs 28 crore in his own assembly constituency of Hinjili in Ganjam district through video conferencing. The projects included New Bus-stand (Rs 3.21-crore), Netaji Park (Rs 1.63-crore) modern hygienic fish, chicken and mutton market (1.13 crore), recreation centre for senior citizens (Rs 40 […]

Bhawanipatna: After six elephants died in just 14 days at Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday asked the authorities to take immediate measures to stop the fatalities. One more female elephant was found dead near a waterbody in the Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, a forest official said. Earlier, four […]

Rourkela: Hundreds of BJP workers have been taken into preventive custody following a scuffle with police while the saffron party members protested CM Naveen Patnaik‘s visit to Rourkela on Tuesday. The party workers faced off with the police near Jubilee park in Sector-8 area while they took out a rally to oppose the CM’s tour. […]

Rourkela: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the country’s biggest hockey stadium and named it after the legendary freedom fighter ‘Birsa Munda’. The stadium will be the venue for the Hockey World Cup, 2023. Addressing a function in the sidelines of the foundation lying ceremony, Patnaik said, “Sundergarh, which has […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a world-class hockey stadium in Rourkela and announced several other projects worth Rs 5,000 crore eyeing a total transformation of Sundergarh district. Though the State government claimed that such welfare projects will benefit people and improve infrastructure and facilities in the district, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday urged NITI Aayog for re-evaluating UPSC, NEET, JEE Exam pattern in the country. While attending the 6th meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing, Patnaik said Lakhs of our young people appear for national level exams […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Agriculture Budget tabled today in State Assembly delivered a big shocker when the farmer unrest is making headlines in the country. Despite the State Agriculture sector in the State having been contracted by a massive 6.54 per cent in the current financial year of 2020-21, the allocation for the year 2021-22 saw […]

Bhubaneswar: Unlike the mantra of higher spending in the Union Budget 2021-22, and when developed countries like the US and others in European Union have not hesitated in opening up their coffers after the pandemic shock, the Odisha Budget 2021-22 surprisingly decided to remain inside the ‘Laxman Rekha’ of FRBM Act. Though Finance Minister Niranjan […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched five online services which aimed at empowering women and providing better childcare facilities. The online services include ‘Mo Chhatua’ app for streamlining supply chain management of ‘Take Home Ration’ (Chhatua) and ‘e-Kalika’, an application for monitoring crches for children under three years of age. ‘Mo Sishu […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged banks to expedite the process of credit disbursement to farmers, self-help groups and MSMEs to help them overcome financial constraint arising out of the COVID-19 crisis. During a virtual meeting with bankers, district collectors and top officers of the state government on the credit linkage issues, […]

Bhubaneswar: A resolution on the Puri Shree Jagannath Heritage Corridor project was passed unanimously in the Odisha Assembly on Saturday. Three resolutions were moved by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who addressed the house through video conferencing. It was followed by a voice vote to clear the resolutions. Legislators from the opposition BJP and Congress […]