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State government plans to provide RuPay Card to 11.46 lakh farmers

in State News February 22, 2017 Comments Off on State government plans to provide RuPay Card to 11.46 lakh farmers 969 Views

Bhubaneswar: (ONT Bureau)22/2/17:The State government plans to provide RuPay Card to 11.46 lakh farmers before the beginning of new financial year following the Centre’s call of replacing Kisan credit card.
According to the scheme, the beneficiary subsidy amount will be directly credited to the accounts of respective account holders. Despite the scheme, state government will continue to provide irrigation facility across 10 lakh hectares of land area.
While addressing the budget session of the Assembly, Governor Dr.S.C.Jamir, acknowledged the government for contributing 13,182 crores towards upbringing farming. In the year 2017-18, it is prescribed to construct 54 mega lift irrigation projects, 17 thousand deep bore wells and 3 thousand shallow bore wells.
There are several other aspects the government has keen focus to plan, implement and execute this year. Medical colleges in Koraput and Baripada will be ready to start the first academic session.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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