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Odisha government increased the pay and other allowances of personnel working in the Fire Services department.

Bhubaneswar:7/3/19: The Odisha government on Thursday increased the one month’s extra pay and other allowances of personnel working in the Fire Services department.

According to a notification issued by the Home Department, the incentives and allowances in favour of Fire Service personnel in the rank of Fireman, Fireman Driver, Leading Fireman, Driver havildar and havildar mechanic have been revised.

One month’s extra pay of the fire service personnel has been renamed as Extra Duty Incentive and revised the same as One month’s basic pay including grade pay.

Similarly, bicycle allowance has been renamed as mobility allowance and the same has been enhanced from existing Rs 75 to Rs 150 per month. Besides, the special diet allowance has been enhanced from Rs 700 to Rs 900 per month.

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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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