Bhubaneswar:15/4/17: While celebrating Dr. BR Ambedkar Jayanti in the city on Friday, Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik has made an essential announcement which states that permanent caste certificates to SC, ST and socially and educationally backward classes (SEBCs) students will be given from the school in Class V. He also launched the Virtual Academy and announced `three crore for Odia chair in JNU.
Addressing at the venue, he said that by providing permanent certificates, around 20 lakh SC/ST/OBC students will be befitted. Similarly, he said that the virtual academy will help to spread Odia art, literature and culture in the world.