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Odisha Budget Review Meeting held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Anu Garg

Bhubaneswar:5/3/26:Odisha Chief Secretary Anu Garg chaired a secretary-level review meeting today at Kharavela Bhavan in Bhubaneswar.

Focus of the Meeting

The meeting assessed the state’s financial position and reviewed the expenditure progress of the 2025–26 budget up to the end of February 2026. Departments were instructed to utilise budget allocations within the current fiscal year and prepare for the effective implementation of new schemes and programs proposed for 2026–27.

Key Directives

The Chief Secretary emphasised timely spending in line with approved allocations and urged departments to focus on readiness for upcoming projects. She highlighted the importance of efficiency and accountability in financial management to ensure the smooth execution of development initiatives.

Attendees

Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Deo Ranjan Kumar Singh, along with other Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Commissioners, and Secretaries from various departments, attended the meeting.

About Editor in chief

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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