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Odisha Chief Minister urged underlined development of tribal areas as top priority for Government

in State News June 28, 2018 Comments Off on Odisha Chief Minister urged underlined development of tribal areas as top priority for Government 945 Views

Bhubaneswar:28/6/18;At Tribes Advisory Council Meeting, Chief Minister  Naveen Patnaik underlined development of tribal areas, welfare of tribals, preserving & promoting their culture as top priority for Government. He highlighted various programmes for accelerated development of tribals:

• Odisha is blessed to have 62 Scheduled Tribes including 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups constituting for 22.85% of total population of the state
• 100% assistance and scholarships from 2014-15 for all ST students of Odisha in National-level institutions to take care of the entire cost of education
• Special Development Councils in nine tribal districts to preserve and promote tribal culture, sports & development needs
• Distribution of 4.15 lakh individual rights covering 6.14 lakh acres and 6336 community rights covering 3.28 lakh acres under Forest Rights Act. Odisha continues to be No.1 performer in the entire country in FRA implementation.

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• Successful implementation of Odisha Tribal Empowerment & Livelihood Programme (OTELP); upgraded to OTELP Plus covering additional 2695 villages & benefitting 1.42 lakh households
• Odisha PVTGs Empowerment & Livelihood Programme (OPELIP) from 2016-17 benefitting 62,000 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group households

Chief Minister Shri Patnaik reiterated commitment towards economic empowerment, enhanced livelihood opportunities, education and skill development for tribal people in the state.

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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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