Tag: Odisha Assembly

Arpan Rath- parboiled rice row
Arpan Rath- parboiled rice row heat in Odisha Assembly; proceedings disrupted

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.

  • Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Odisha government spent Rs 19.40 crore on advertisements in nine months: I & PR Minister 
Odisha government spent Rs 19.40 crore on advertisements in nine months: I & PR Minister 

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. 

  • Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Odisha Assembly
Target to supply piped water to all villages by 2024-end: Minister in Odisha Assembly

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.

  • Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Odisha Assembly Budget Session
Odisha Assembly Budget Session: Congress stages walkout, alleges Govt taking Governor’s help to pat its own back

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

  • Monday, 05 February 2024
Odisha Assembly Budget Session
Budget Session: Per Capita Income increased, unemployment growth rate declined in Odisha, says Governor

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 %.

  • Monday, 05 February 2024
Budget Session: Odisha ULBs will achieve slum-free status by Dec 2024, says Governor Raghubar Das
Budget Session: Odisha ULBs will achieve slum-free status by Dec 2024, says Governor Raghubar Das

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.

  • Monday, 05 February 2024
Odisha Assembly
Odisha Assembly Budget session begins with Governor’s address

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

  • Monday, 05 February 2024
Elaborate security put in place for Odisha Assembly’s Budget session
Elaborate security put in place for Odisha Assembly’s Budget session

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. 

  • Sunday, 04 February 2024
Odisha Assembly  
Odisha Assembly session from Feb 5; interim budget to be presented by Finance Minister

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

  • Friday, 19 January 2024
BJP Members With Placards
Odisha Assembly adjourned till 4 pm as stalemate over ST land transfer bill continues for 3rd day

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.

  • Thursday, 23 November 2023
Odisha Assembly Winter Session: House adjourned for second time after ruckus over tribal land transfer issue
Odisha Assembly Winter Session: House adjourned for second time after ruckus over tribal land transfer issue

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.

  • Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Saluga Pradhan elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker of Odisha Assembly
Saluga Pradhan elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker of Odisha Assembly

BJD MLA from G Udayagiri constituency, Saluga Pradhan on Tuesday elected unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. 

  • Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Odisha Assembly
Odisha Assembly Deputy Speaker election on November 21

It is pertinent to mention here that the post of Deputy Speaker of Odisha Assembly has been lying vacant since the resignation of Rajani Kant Singh from the post earlier this month.

  • Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Rajanikant Singh resigns as Deputy Speaker
Odisha Assembly Deputy Speaker Rajanikant Singh quits

When asked whether BJD supremo and CM Naveen Patnaik will entrust him with some crucial responsibility in the organisation, Singh said that everything depends on the party chief.

  • Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Jayanarayan Mishra
Odisha CM Naveen will be responsible if anything happens to me or my family: Jayanarayan Mishra

Mishra further said, “Today I am unsafe both inside Assembly and outside. I am not taking the Odisha government’s help and have returned security. If anything happens to me or my family, then Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik will be responsible.”

  • Saturday, 30 September 2023
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