Tag: Odisha Assembly

The deceased members included Padampur MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha and Dhamnagar MLA, Bishnu Charan Sethi. Other members who were paid tributes to are Golak Nayak, Kapil Tiwary, Gopanarayan Das and Adikanda Sethi.

The Odisha Assembly Legislative Advisory Committee is considering the growing demands of salary hikes of the legislators.

The winter session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will begin on November 24. The parliamentary affairs department has issued an official notification in this regard. As per the provisional calendar of sittings, the winter session of the State Assembly will continue till December 31. The session will have 33 working days.

The statement was given by the state tourism minister Ashwini Patra in the Monsoon Session of the Odisha Assembly on Monday.

The amount of Rs 38,732 crore towards capital outlay is 5.4 per cent of the GSDP. This allocation is more by 56 per cent in comparison to the previous fiscal, Pujari said, adding that many reformative measures are taken in this budget which aimed to ensure the proper implementation of 'Mo sarkar' (my government) and 5-T initiatives of the state government.

An alarming 14 deaths occur in Odisha every day due to road accidents, revealed State Commerce and Transport Minister, Tukuni Sahu in the Odisha Assembly on Thursday.

Meanwhile, National Vice President BJP, Baijayant Jay Panda also took to Twitter and wrote, "Ever since Droupadi Murmu ji has been nominated for the President by the NDA, she has been targeted and called names by Congress party. This exposes their anti-tribal and anti-backward classes mindset. Now calling her 'Rashtrapatni' is crossing all limits and is highly condemnable. 

The Opposition members said that a due of Rs 20 crore was not paid to the L&T on time. Now, the amount has gone up to Rs 120 crore including interest.

At present, the journalists are seated in a conference room outside the main assembly hall and cover the proceedings through video conferencing.

Raising the matter in the House, BJD MLA Sanjeeb Mallick said,  “Rs 3 crore is allotted for MLA-LAD fund. Of the Rs 3 crore, Rs 2 crore is for miscellaneous expenses while Rs 50 lakh each is meant for education and construction of roads.”

Some Opposition leaders also alleged that most of the paddy seeds provided by the State government to the farmers are not even getting germinated.

It is worthwhile to mention here that OTV has aired a detailed report on how hundreds of kilos of rice worth lakhs of rupees were found to be embezzled at various schools under Jeypore block in Koraput district Tuesday.

Raising the issue during zero hour, Congress legislature party leader Narasingha Mishra sought a statement from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Over the irregularities in the distribution of fertilizer, the Pipili MLA said the supply is not as per the demand.

Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati demanded a magistrate-level probe into the incident. He also demanded immediate suspension of the accused SDPO.