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Odisha Government’s flagship programme ‘Ama Gaon Ama Bikash’ covered all the Gram Panchayats

in State News January 22, 2019 Comments Off on Odisha Government’s flagship programme ‘Ama Gaon Ama Bikash’ covered all the Gram Panchayats 632 Views

Bhubaneswar:22/1/19 :The State Government’s flagship programme ‘Ama Gaon Ama Bikash’ on Tuesday finally covered all the Gram Panchayats (GPs) and Blocks of the State making it a historic achievement in the development of rural Odisha.

The scheme, which was launched on March 5, 2018, took 314 days to cover all the villages in the State and bring about a transformation in the rural development sector. A total of  Rs 1554.41 crores have been sanctioned by the Odisha CM for 62,857 projects in 6,798 GPs of 314 blocks in Odisha.

Speaking on the grand success of the scheme, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said, “I’m extremely happy for the participation of the people of Odisha in the ‘Ama Gaon Ama Bikash’ yojana. The scheme is an example of successful implementation of developmental works through transparency, interaction with people and use of technology.”

“I feel very happy to interact with the people through this programme and also elated to work for the people of rural Odisha,” Patnaik further said.

It is pertinent to mention here that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sanctioned Rs 39.53 crore for 1715 projects in eight blocks of six districts under the ‘Ama Gaon Ama Bikash’ programme.

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The blocks for which funds were sanctioned are Dasapalla of Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur Sadar & Nuagaon of Jagatsinghpur, Lakhanpur of Jharsuguda, Khaparakhol & Belpara of Bolangir, Balipatna of Khurda and Gunupur of Rayagada.

Of the total amount, Rs 4.75 crore has been sanctioned for execution of 308 projects in 20 GPs of Dasapalla block, Rs 7.25 for 302 projects in 29 GPs of Jagatsinghpur Sadar block, Rs 4 crore for 154 projects in 16 GPs of Nuagaon block, Rs 8 crore for 262 projects in 32 GPs of Lakhanpur block, Rs 3.47 crores for 197 projects in 21 GPs of Khaparakhol block, Rs 3.86 crores for 162 projects in 25 GPs of Belpara block, Rs 4 crore for 156 project in 16 GPs of Balipatna block, and Rs 4.20 crore for 174 projects in 19 GPs of Gunupur block.

With today’s allocation, a total of Rs 1554.41 crore has been approved by the Chief Minister for 62,857 rural projects in 6,798 GPs under 314 Blocks.

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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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