Tag: Odisha Government

Bhubaneswar: Adding more sparkle to Diwali celebrations, the Odisha government has decided to implement the 7th pay commission’s recommendation for its employees. The government has set up a fitment committee to finalize the modalities of implementation. “I am happy to announce that the State government will implement the 7th pay commission recommendations. A fitment committee […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the Odisha Government is all set to move to the Supreme Court over the Mahanadi issue, the ruling BJD has intensified its movement at political level to protest against the projects on the Mahanadi river. Mounting scathing attacks on the Centre over the issue, the BJD said the Centre has […]

Bhubaneswar: Two days after a hike in the price of diesel, the Odisha government on Monday increased fares for all categories of passenger buses as per the automatic fare adjustment mechanism. As per a notification issued by the Commerce and Transport department, the fares for Ordinary and Express buses have been hiked by 1 paisa […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will prepare the draft Vision Document for 2036 within three months, an official said on Friday. In order to ensure holistic development, the state government is preparing a vision document ‘Odisha at 100’ with an eye on the completion of 100 years of the state’s formation. Odisha was the first state […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting the State government on its incompetence in tackling various issues, Odisha BJP has planned to gherao the State Assembly on November 25. At its State executive meet, the Saffron party also informed that it will launch a wall writing campaign to educate the public on various failures of the State government. Moreover, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today effected minor reshuffle in the senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) cadre. According to a General Administration notification, Debendra Prasad Das and Ranjan Kumar Das have been posted as collector of Kendrapada  and Jajpur respectively. Apart from this, Hemant Kumar Padhi is the new director, Panchayati Raj while Debaraj Senapati will […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting the State government over various irregularities and scams and its callousness in tackling various issues, BJP has planned to gherao the State Assembly with 1 lakh supporters in November, informed BJP’s Odisha in-charge Arun Singh. “The Odisha Assembly building will be gheraoed by BJP workers in November in protest against inefficiency, inertia, callousness, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday reduced fares for all categories of passenger buses as per the automatic fare adjustment mechanism after oil companies cut diesel prices by Rs 2.01 yesterday. As per a notification issued by the Commerce and Transport department, the fares for ordinary and express buses have been reduced by 1 paisa […]

Bhubaneswar: Mamata Yojana, the flagship programme launched by the Odisha government in 2011 in an effort to alleviate the problems of maternal and infant under-nutrition, has failed to meet the objective for which it was conceived with a large number of registered beneficiaries yet to get the benefits of the scheme. According to a letter […]

Bhubaneswar: The Single Window Clearance Committee (SLCC) of the Odisha government today cleared two projects worth Rs 1002 crore investment in the state. Briefing media persons after the SLCC meeting, Industries secretary Sanjib Chopra said the committee cleared the proposal of BMW company to set up a steel processing unit at Kalinganagar in Jajpur district […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today effected a massive reshuffle in the IAS and OAS cadre.

Bhubaneswar: Rejecting the plea of the Odisha government not to pay compensation to the next of the kin of a man who died of electrocution in Bhadrak district in October 2013, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the chief secretary to submit compliance of payment of compensation of Rs one lakh within six weeks.

Bhubaneswar: A high-level meeting between the Odisha government and representatives of the traders’ body held here today failed to arrive at a decision on the contentious issue of exemption of value added tax (VAT) on essential commodities.

Dhenkanal/Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday handed over a cheque of Rs 4 lakh to the families of four deceased, who were drowned after a boat they were traveling in capsized in Brahmani river of Dhenkanal district on Monday.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has requested the Union HRD ministry to forward its project proposal on ‘Achieving Excellence in higher education in the state of Odisha’ to the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) to enable the state government to get World Bank assistance to the tune of Rs 1019.70 crore for the project. In a […]