Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari today presented the Budget in the Odisha Assembly for the year 2019-20. He presented a budget of One Lakh 39 Thousand Crore in the House. The development oriented budget aims to boost the farm sector and infrastructure. While the KALIA scheme has been the focal point in the Budget, creation [...]

New Delhi: The Central Government has granted final approval to National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) in Kalinganagar, Jajpur district, Odisha. On the receipt of proposals from State Government, the concerned central inistries/Departments have undertaken steps for creation/upgradation of external infrastructure linkages. This information was given by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, PiyushGoyal, in [...]

Bhubaneswar: It was a usual day on Thursday at the Block Education Office Bhubaneswar and everybody was careless of maintaining the decorum of the office until School and Mass Education Minister’s surprise visit. All of a sudden everything changed and the officials present had not much to explain about the irregularities. Minister Samir Ranjan Das [...]

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari will present the annual budget for 2019-20 financial year today. This will be first full Budget of the Naveen Patnaik Government after it voted to power for fifth term. Last week, the state Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved an annual budget of more than Rs [...]

Puri: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today took stock of the preparedness for the world famous annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra to be celebrated on July 4. Chairing the last coordination meeting at Niladri Bhakta Niwas here today, the Chief Minister directed the officials to complete the FANI restoration [...]

Odisha CM Congratulates SFC, DRDO for Successfully Test Firing of Prithvi-II Missile Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful night-firing test of indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile, which has a strike range of 350 [...]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has highly appreciated the Odisha Government’s cyclone Fani preparedness during his interaction with the members of the Indian community in Japan on Thursday after he arrived in Osaka for the G20 Summit. The rarest of rare summer cyclone Fani that hit the Odisha coast on May 3 was successfully [...]

Key Highlights Odisha registers higher rate of growth than many of its peers and the national average KALIA scheme game changer to improve agriculture prosperity in Odisha Debt to GSDP ratio maintained below the threshold limit of 25% Odisha’s capital outlay stands at 4.9% of GSDP, which is one of the highest amongst the major [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government had demanded a total of Rs 38,094.51 crore from the Centre for relief and restoration works during different natural disasters in the past 19 years, but the State has received a meager Rs 4,572.97 crore. The figures have been revealed by Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi in the Odisha [...]

Key Highlights Determined to deliver a clean, transparent and citizen-centric governance KALIA scheme will be continued as promised Govt to pursue aggressively women reservation in every forum Ensuring quality education among the top priorities Government to take expeditious steps to convert all left out Kutcha houses into Pucca houses Creation of employment opportunities for youth [...]