Odisha

Bhawanipatna: A dreaded Maoist cadre, who was carrying a reward of Rs 4 lakh on his head, has surrendered before the Kalahandi Police on Tuesday, according to reports. Kesab Veladi (27), the surrendered Maoist cadre, was a member of the Raul Area Committee (Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh and Nayagarh Division) and was involved in the torching of machineries [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Agriculture Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo today asserted that there is no proposal to merge the popular KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme with the Central Government’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) Yojana. The Odisha Government will provide a sum of Rs 10,000 to eligible farmers including Rs 6000 from [...]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has requested Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to send a proposal to the Centre for setting up a medical college in Bhadrak district. Odisha should ask the Centre to set up the medical college under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK) scheme in Bhadrak district as the area lacks [...]

Bhubaneswar: Despite tight security and confidential measures taken by the Board of Secondary Education Odisha, the First Language question paper went viral in Whatsapp today. The question paper of Odia langauage (Matru Bahsa) is believed to be originated in Kalahandi and went viral within 15 minutes of the beginning of the exams. While the DEO [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today conveyed his best wishes to the students are appearing in the Class-10 HSC exam, which begins from today. “Best wishes to all children appearing in Class-10 HSC exam. May you all be successful and come through with flying colours”, the CM tweeted. ଦଶମ ଶ୍ରେଣୀ ବୋର୍ଡ ପରୀକ୍ଷା ଦେଉଥିବା ଛାତ୍ରଛାତ୍ରୀଙ୍କୁ ମୋର [...]

Bhubaneswar: Giving utmost priority on imparting quality education and employability skills in youth, the Odisha Government has allocated a whopping Rs 22,631 crore for the education sector in the State Budget for 2020-21. The Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya (OAV) scheme, which is the brain-child of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for promoting quality English medium schools in [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to the ongoing transformation drive at the Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital (SCB Medical College) to make it a world class institution, the Odisha Government on Tuesday allocated Rs 1000 crore for this Cuttack-based premier hospital of the State. While presenting the Odisha Budget 2020-21, Finance Minister Niranjan [...]

Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to build New Odisha, Empowered Odisha with focus to make agriculture more vibrant and lucrative, Rs 19,408 crore has been allocated for 2020-21 fiscal for the agriculture sector. While, the agriculture budget was Rs.7000 crore in 2013-14, it is Rs.19408 crore in 2020-21, an increase of about 3 times and 180%. [...]

Bhubaneswar: When Naveen Patnaik took oath as Chief Minister for first time in 2000, the Budget was Rs 11,800 crore. Today the Budget for 2020-21 is Rs 1,50,000 Crore. It has increased by almost 13 times and 1200% increase. This is the New Odisha. Capital Outlay in 2000 was Rs. 799 Crore, which has increased [...]

Bhubaneswar: A day after 5T Secretary VK Pandian visited Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) the State Government today announced to make it a “centre of excellence” institution. The finance minister also allocated Rs 150 crore for the research oriented work and infrastructure development in the budget. Notably, Pandian visited OUAT on Monday and [...]