Tag: Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Storm in Odisha Legislative Assembly is yet to subside. The House first adjourned till 11:30. Following the din, post resuming of proceedings, Speaker had to adjourn the House for as many as 6 times. In order to break the deadlock, Speaker has convened an all-party meeting in the evening today. A day already washed […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP members on Monday created ruckus in Odisha Assembly alleging that questions for discussion are being selected arbitrarily and not by lottery, leading the speaker to adjourn the House thrice. Speaker S N Patro denied the allegation and said henceforth MLAs would be informed about the timing of lottery via SMS. Important questions submitted […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Monday amended the State Commission For Backward Classes Act, 1993 to enable the Commission to undertake survey of the social and educational conditions of the people belonging to the backward classes. “In a historic move, this August House has resolved to amend the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 246 elephants died in Odisha due to various reasons in the last three years, the Odisha government informed the Assembly on Tuesday. In a written reply, Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh said that 246 elephants had died between 2016-17 and 2018-19 due to accidental electrocution, disease, accidents involving trains […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP leader Bishnu Charan Sethi took everyone by surprise in the Assembly on Tuesday, as he broke into a song during the Zero Hour to highlight the plight of lawmakers who were yet to be allotted government quarters in the state capital. Sethi, the BJP deputy leader in the Assembly, said “many MLAs have […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government on Tuesday recommended the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) to hike the compensation amount for cases of electrocution deaths and injuries to people. Addressing the Assembly on Tuesday, State Energy Minister Dibyashankar Mishra said that the government has recommended a compensation of Rs 4 Lakh as ex-gratia to the kin of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has as many as 10,210 sex workers in 22 of the 30 districts of the state, Health and Family Welfare minister Naba Kishore Das told the Assembly on Wednesday. Das said this while replying to a question in the Assembly. The minister said the state government identified the sex workers during a survey […]

Bhubaneswar: The Budget Session of the Odisha Assembly on Thursday witnessed a total pandemonium over rising unemployment in the State as the Opposition targeted the defiant treasury bench in the House. During Question Hour today, BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition (LoP), Pradipta Naik targeted the Odisha government over unemployment issue and said that the […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government on Monday told the Assembly that 10,054 posts in the state police were lying vacant as of December 2019. Replying to a question raised by Congress MLA Narasingh Mishra, Minister of State for Home Dibya Shankar Mishra said that these vacancies were out of the 72,119 sanctioned posts in the police, […]

Bhubaneswar: Opposition parties on Monday created ruckus in Odisha Assembly alleging irregularities in paddy procurement and non-lifting of paddy from several mandis across the State. Though both the BJP and the Congress members tried to corner the State government over such irregularities and moved an adjournment motion seeking a discussion, it was turned down by […]

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP), Pradipta Naik on Monday wrote to Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro seeking adequate representation of opposition parties in the Odisha Assembly Business Advisory Committee. The committee, which is headed by Speaker Patro, have seven members- five from ruling-BJD and one each from BJP and Congress. “In a democracy, the cooperation of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has finalised to transfer Rs 545 crore funds of Puri Lord Jagannath currently parked in a private bank to a nationalised bank on March 19 and 30, State Law Minister Pratap Jena said in the Assembly on Tuesday. Jena said Lord Jagannath has a property of Rs 626.44 crore including Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly witnessed ruckus for the second consecutive day with the opposition BJP and Congress members alleging non-procurement of paddy in several ‘mandis’ (markets) because of a nexus between the BJD government and rice mill owners. The House was adjourned twice due to the bedlam but normalcy returned after an all-party meeting. The House […]

Bhubaneswar: Cutting across party lines, members of the Odisha Assembly on Wednesday sought a review of a 20-year-old agreement between the state government and the AES Corporation, alleging discrimination by the US-based company towards a section of employees of the OPGC. The issue was raised during zero hour by ruling BJD member Soumya Ranjan Patnaik who […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking cognizance of the problems being faced by some people in getting subsidized ration under the Food Security Act, Odisha government on Wednesday said that steps are being taken to facilitate beneficiaries. “We are moving away from the thumb impression model to iris scans so that it could be more authentic,” said Odisha Civil […]