Tag: Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Only six new Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have been allotted to Odisha cadre this year, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Monday. The chief minister said this in a written reply to a question in the Assembly. Patnaik said to run the administration the state government has promoted many senior Odisha Administrative Service […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Monday passed the first supplementary budget of Rs 8,126.32 crore for the 2019-20 financial year after a debate. The supplementary budget was passed in the voice vote allowing the state government to spend Rs 8,126.32 crore from the consolidated fund. With the passage of the supplementary statement of expenditure in […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Opposition BJP and Congress legislators created a ruckus in the House demanding a statement from CM Naveen Patnaik on the alleged rape and suicide of a girl in Tentoi village under Naugaon police limits of Jagatsinghpur district, MoS Home Dibyashankar Mishra today in his statement said that the girl ended her […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting Odisha government on the Mahanadi issue, Congress leader Narasingha Mishra today alleged that the state government has changed its stance towards the BJP-led central government. Lambasting the government, Narasingha Mishra said, “Odisha government has accepted the dominion of the Centre. The pre-election intensity and seriousness over the Mahanadi issue election are nowhere to […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 45,965 ineligible beneficiaries have been identified to have received financial assistance under the KALIA scheme, Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo informed the Odisha Assembly on Wednesday. “Of the total beneficiaries in the State, 45,965 have been identified as ineligible who have received the first instalment under KALIA scheme. Maximum cases have been […]

Bhubaneswar: Opposition parties including the BJP and the Congress on Thursday created ruckus in Odisha Assembly and targeted the State Tourism and Culture Minister, Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi for allegedly taking his personal guests to attend the ‘Odisha Tourism Road Show at Hyderabad’ on government expenses. The road show was held on October 4, 2019 and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly on Thursday was adjourned sine dine ahead of its schedule. Speaker SN Patro adjourned the winter session of the Assembly which was scheduled to conclude on December 19. Prior to the adjournment, CV Raman Global University Bill was passed in the House today. The current session of the Assembly witnessed ruckus as […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 45 jewellery shops were raided by the officials of legal metrology under the State food supplies and consumer welfare department in four days between November 22 and 25. The raids were conducted in six cities including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela, Sambalpur and Balasore. As per a statement issued by the Information […]

Bhubaneswar: During the winter session of the Assembly, Odisha government claimed that 68 per cent of agricultural land in the State is irrigated. However, the facts given by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics on the proportion of the total land irrigated in the State has stirred up a controversy. As per the 2015-16 Agriculture […]

Bhubaneswar: Natural disasters have made the subsidy bill of Odisha government soar to a new high in 2017-18. Subsidy expenses on natural disasters had risen by a massive Rs 391 crore. As per CAG report ‘State of Finance’ laid in State Assembly recently, when the FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management) Act has mandated to […]

Bhubaneswar: The demolition process of MLA quarters in front of the State Assembly will begin from tomorrow. As per reports, there are 42 quarters including F-type and R-type which will be demolished along with police station, post office, railway office and Ayurvedic hospital. The structures will be demolished to pave way for construction of a […]

Bhubaneswar: The budget session of Odisha Assembly will commence from February 14 with ceremonial address by the Governor, as per an official notification issued on Tuesday. The first phase of the Assembly session will be held from February 14 to February 26, while the second phase will commence from April 1 and continue till April […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Odisha House Committee on Railways headed by Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro on Tuesday met Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi and submitted a memorandum demanding more funds for the State. In the memorandum to Goyal, the panel reportedly demanded more budgetary allocation for new railway lines for Puri-Konark, Jajpur-Dhamra, Bargarh-Nuapada […]

Bhubaneswar: The Budget session of the Odisha Assembly scheduled to commence on February 14 is likely to be stormy with the opposition BJP and Congress planning to corner the ruling-BJD over a range of issues, including crime against women, lapses in paddy procurement and attacks on RTI activists. Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Pradipta Kumar […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Budget session of Odisha Assembly, Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) on Thursday demanded 50 per cent share in the 2020-21 state budget for the overall development of farmers in the State. NNKS has been spearheading the farmer agitation in the State demanding price, prestige and pension. Addressing a presser, NNKS convenor, […]