Tag: Odisha Govt

Berhampur: Odisha Government is all set to unveil a new tourism policy soon with a focus on developing infrastructure and promoting hotel industry by providing incentives. “The draft is almost completed and the new policy will be declared after it is approved by the cabinet,” the state Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Panda said here. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Centre today condoned Odisha government’s delay by four-and-a-half-months in submission of crop yield data based on the Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) for paddy crop during the Kharif-2015 season. This was conveyed by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh through a letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. “Response of the […]

New Delhi: Stepping up its attack on the BJD government in Odisha, a three-member BJP team, which inquired into the killing of five tribals in Kandhamal in a police operation, has accused it of having a “nexus” with Maoists and termed the encounter as “staged”. The committee, which visited there and submitted its report to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today decided to introduce an online examination for the students residing outside the state and the country to get Odia Certification Course. “…Govenrment of Odisha has decided to facilitate Odia Certification Course on online basis for the benefit of Non-Resident Odias (NROs) globally and for students residing outside Odisha from 2017,” […]

Bhubaneswar: In an effort to create more fiscal space to finance higher capital outlay and takeover the debt burden of PSUs, the state government today decided to suitably amend the Odisha Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act, 2005. A proposal in this regard was approved at the cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister […]

The agreement was signed between Bishow Parajuli, the WFP country director in India, and Mission Shakti Department Commissioner-cum-Secretary Sujata Karthikeyan, on Wednesday at a virtual ceremony, the United Nations agency said in a release.

Rayagada: The Crime Branch on Tuesday began investigation into the attack on Utkal Bharat party chief and former MP Kharabela Swain during a public meeting at Kashipur in Rayagada district on November 24. According to sources, a three-member team of the investigation agency led by Inspector Saroj Kumar Mohanty reached Kashipur today. The officials are […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the BJD and BJP are vying for credit for inauguration of new medical colleges in Odisha, various numbers on State-Centre funding are adding to the clamour. There is a lack of coherence in the statements and figures given by Chief Minister’s Office, Odisha Health Minister and the Centre over allocation […]

The Odisha government today announced a special assistance of Rs 100 per quintal of paddy for the farmers hit by cyclone Phailin and subsequent floods

Bhubaneswar: Amid ongoing agitation of teachers, clerks, lawyers and Fire Services personnel, streets of Odisha are teeming with protests allowing the Opposition parties train their guns alleging that the BJD-led government has slipped into coma. Agitation by thousands of teachers, who have been braving rain and sun seeking fulfilment of their long-standing demands, has affected […]

Puri: Continuing the crusade against corruption, senior leader Damodar Rout once again launched scathing attacks on the State government and the Nimapara BJD MLA during an anti-corruption programme organised in the constituency on Sunday. Rout raised allegations of corruption against the local MLA and claimed that the legislator has been involved in a large number […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major initiative, the Food Supplies and Consumers Welfare Department of the Odisha government has finally relaxed the norms for registration of all sharecroppers for paddy procurement this year and clarified that they should be allowed to register at the Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society (PACS) even if they do not have the consent […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has found that as many as 28 child care institutions in Odisha lack basic facilities such as toilets and safe drinking water and children are even kept in unhygienic conditions. The NCPCR today submitted its report to the Centre and Odisha government after conducting inspections […]

Bhubaneswar: Even after summons from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with Seashore chit fund scam, BJD MLAs Arun Sahoo and Atanu Nayak didn’t appear before the agency. Odisha Police had also issued notices to BJP leaders Golak Mohapatra and Bhrugu Buxipatra soon after CBI summons to the BJD leader. While CBI’s move […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP secretary Lekhashree Samantsinghar today accused the Odisha government of being insensitive stating that at a time when the entire country was paying tributes to the jawans martyred in Pulwama attack, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was busy attending party programmes. Terming CM Naveen as ‘anti-national,’ Lekhashree said that the BJD president was enjoying […]