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Kendu leaf pluckers and workers met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

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Bhubaneswar:12/12/22: Kendu leaf pluckers and workers today expressed their gratitude to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the recently announced package by the State Government for the welfare of the kendu leaf pluckers and other persons engaged in the trade.

The kendu leaf pluckers met the Chief Minister at Naveen Niwas to express their gratitude to the CM.

Recently, the Chief Minister announced a special package for the welfare of 8 lakh Kendu leaf pluckers and other workers persons engaged in kendu leaf trade.

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As per the announcement, Rs 1,000 has been provided to each kendu plucker and Rs 1,500 to each seasonal staff and binders in the first phase.

All Kendu leaf pluckers and employees will be issued identity cards and included in Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana. Stipend will be given to the children of Kendu leaf pluckers and other employees. Besides, meritorious students will be awarded at the district level.

Gratuity payment for circle and binding checkers will be increased from seven days to 15 days, the CM announced.

Odisha is the first state in the country to give bonus to kendu leaf pluckers.

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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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