Tag: Odisha Assembly

At the Balikuda-Erasama constituency in Jagatsinhgpur, youth leader Sanjib Biswal, a ticket aspirant, organised a power show on the plea of a get-together against MLA Ragunandan Das. He even spoke openly against the MLA and asserted that he would win the poll by a huge margin if he is given a ticket.

The highest resource allocation has been proposed for the School & Mass Education department with a 9.71% share in total budget size for the financial year 2024-25.

During the Zero Hour, the senior Congress leader further demanded that the Odisha government should implement a pension scheme for the journalists like the provision made by other states.

However, the Minister further informed the House that the state government would take appropriate steps at the right time after reviewing the criteria and norms.

The BJP MLAs rushed to the well of the House and created ruckus over the issue on the third day of the Budget session of the Odisha Assembly. The members staged a demonstration by holding posters.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD)-led Odisha government spent Rs 19.40 crore on advertisements. Information and Public Relations Minister Pradeep Amat informed this in the Odisha Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. 

On Monday, Odisha Governor in his address on the first day of the Odisha Assembly’s Budget session said that the state government is taking steps to supply safe drinking water to all rural households through functional household tap connections by 2025.

Mishra further alleged that usually Governor highlights the works to be taken up by the state government. There was no mention of such things.

In his address, Odisha Governor Raghubar Das said that the state’s economy has witnessed an annual average growth rate of 6.47 % at 2011-12 prices during the period from 2012-13 to 2-22-23 (AE), which is higher than National/ Annual Average Growth rate of 5.59 %.

Odisha Governor Raghubar Das on Monday addressed the first day of the Odisha Assembly’s Budget Session. In his address, Das highlighted that the state government is implementing the JAGA mission to provide land rights and transform the slums into 'Adarsh' colonies.

According to the Odisha Governor, the ongoing works for the development of Lingaraj temple under the Ekramra project is going on at war footing.

As per reports, a three-tier security has been put in place around the Assembly. As many as 28 platoons of police force, SOG, striking force, bomb diffusing squad, quick action teams, dog squads and fire service personnel will be deployed. 

The first day of the upcoming Assembly will start with the Governor’s address on February 5.

While the Opposition wanted the government to answer why the bill was only postponed and not withdrawn completely, the government did not seem to have listened to their demands, leading the Opposition to raise slogans and disrupt the session.

The Odisha Assembly was adjourned for the second time following a protest by the Opposition over the issue pertaining to the scheduled tribes (ST) and the transfer of their lands to non-tribals in Odisha.