Tag: Odisha Government

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Odisha government’s new agriculture policy, aptly named Samridhi (prosperity) as it focuses on enhancing farmers’ income and development of small and marginal cultivators to achieve sustainable and stable agricultural growth, is certain to face a number of challenges at the implementation stage. The most formidable of these challenges will be inspiring […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Saturday elevated four IPS officers to the rank of Additional Director General (ADG). As per the notification issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance Department on Saturday, 1995 batch officers Radha Kishan Sharma, Saumendra Priyadarshi and Santosh Bala have been promoted as Additional DG. Similarly, 1995 batch IPS officer Ritu […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday approved five investment proposals worth Rs 922 crore envisaging an employment potential for 2,650 people. The proposals were approved in the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting chaired by Chief Secretary A K Tripathy. The proposals approved in the meeting were from sectors like tourism, steel, food […]

Bhubaneswar: The recent arrest of suspended IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyay over graft charges has stirred a war of words with opposition parties training guns and terming it as a mere stunt by the Odisha government to shore up its image. Odisha BJP General Secretary, Prithviraj Harichandan said, “At a time when atrocities against women […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Arun Bothra has been given additional charge of Chief Managing Director (CMD) of Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) in a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Odisha government today. Bothra, a 1996 batch IPS officer, got the additional charge as the OSRTC CMD in addition to his duty as the […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court, based on a report of the Amicus Curiae, has directed Odisha Police DG to file an affidavit in connection with the alleged inaction of police during recent motorcycle rally by Biju Janata Dal (BJD), when hundreds of party workers were seen driving bikes without wearing helmet. The directive came when […]

Bhubaneswar: Several activists of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) on Wednesday tried to gherao the residence of Odisha Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Minister Arun Sahoo while protesting the alleged reduction of financial assistance given to the farmers under the State-sponsored KALIA scheme. However, police intervened and took several agitators including women activists into custody to […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of efforts to reform and streamline the administration, the Odisha Government has decided to set up Promotion Adalats to ensure that its employees get promotions in time. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed additional chief secretaries of various departments to hold promotion adalats in last week of January to resolve cases that […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday asked government officials to treat the citizens with dignity. He said every public servant must understand that the citizen is the master. “The public servant is here to serve the citizens. There should be a conviction on this vision. So I would like to ask every public […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to tighten traffic regulations across the State, the Odisha government introduced ‘e-check gate’ system during the concluding ceremony of 31st Road Safety Week today. The intelligent traffic system was introduced as a pilot project between Rameswar in Khurda to Chandikhol in Jajpur to control highway traffic issues. With the strict on-road […]

Bhubaneswar: In a move which will drastically simplify & streamline land & property related transactions, people in Odisha can now get land documents including sale deeds within one hour of registration at the sub-registrar offices across the State. Informing about the new process, Revenue Secretary, Pradipta Mohapatra on Friday informed that district collectors, sub-collectors and […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Finally state government’s developmental efforts in Malkangiri’s Swabhiman Anchal are paying dividends. Officials admit that with roads, bridges and culverts coming up in the area, which was once known as the “cut-off” belt because of its near-complete insulation from the district’s mainland, Maoist, who had turned it into their fortress, are […]

Bhubaneswar: National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) chairperson, Bhagwan Lal Sahni on Tuesday came down heavily on Odisha government for not reserving 27 percent quota for the people of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the State. The NCBC chief’s comments came after he met several OBC representatives from the State. “It is unfortunate that […]

Bhubaneswar: The School & Mass Education Department of Odisha government on Friday directed all district collectors to submit report on constitution of squads to check weight of bags of students in schools across the State. PK Mishra, Joint Secretary, School & Mass Education Department, in his letter to all the district collectors said that the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal has said that the state government has saved around 700 big trees by partially switching over to paperless budgeting in 2019-20 fiscal, officials said on Saturday. Digital methods had substantially reduced the printing of documents during the 2019-20 annual budget, the governor was quoted as saying. “It (the partial switchover) […]