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Odisha Chief Minister has reviewed the progress of 20 departments

in State News November 17, 2021 Comments Off on Odisha Chief Minister has reviewed the progress of 20 departments 320 Views

Bhubaneswar17/11/21: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday reviewed the progress of 20 departments in provisioning Government business to Mission Shakti SHGs.

Secretaries of departments such as F&ARD, Energy, H&UD, Finance, FS&CW, A&FE, W&CD, PR &DW presented the progress made so far and action plan for the next three years. Bank correspondents in every unbanked GP, running of Aahaar centers by SHGs, paddy procurement, THR production, pisciculture in GP tanks, Formation of Agriculture Producer Groups were some of the important SHG partnerships discussed.

The Chief Minister appreciated the F&ARD, Energy, H&UD, Finance, & FS&CW Departments for the initiatives are taken so far to involve more SHGs and urged other departments to take immediate steps for further engagement and making the activities more remunerative.

While reviewing, Chief Minister stated that “Government sees the engagement of Mission Shakti groups as a part of its commitment towards economic empowerment of women of Odisha. Let all our Interventions be designed keeping this in mind. Let every service provided by Government be seen from this angle and remuneration paid to the groups be reworked from this perspective”.

Mission Shakti has been a movement transforming the lives of 70 lakh women organized into 6 lakh Self Help Groups across Odisha. The formation of the Department of Mission Shakti in March 2021 has been a historic step towards strengthening the SHG initiatives already undertaken by different departments and agencies and bringing it all under one platform providing greater focus and synergy.

The Cabinet in its 1st meeting on 29.05.2019 approved the proposal on provisioning of Government Services & Procurements worth 5000 cr in 5 years through Mission Shakti SHGs. Mission Shakti has achieved impressive progress in providing business worth of Rs.1198 cr to 104712 SHGs generating income of Rs.296 cr during 2020-21 in convergence with different government departments.

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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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