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Odisha is set to host a two-day National Conference of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Parliamentary Committee

in State News August 29, 2025 Comments Off on Odisha is set to host a two-day National Conference of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Parliamentary Committee 543 Views

Bhubaneswar: 28/8/25:Odisha is set to host a two-day National Conference of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Parliamentary Committee on August 29 and 30. The conference, which Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate, aims to deliberate on the welfare, development, and empowerment of SCs and STs.

The theme of the conference is “Role of Parliamentary and Legislative Committees in Welfare, Development, and Empowerment of SCs and STs”. The conference will focus on strengthening constitutional safeguards, enhancing socio-economic development, and sharing best practices to empower SCs and STs.

The event will be attended by prominent dignitaries, including Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh, Union Ministers Jual Oram and Dharmendra Pradhan, and over 120 delegates from across the country.

This will be the first meeting of a Parliamentary Committee in Odisha since 1994. The conference will feature an exhibition on Odisha’s handicrafts, artisanship, culture, and art, followed by cultural programs. After the conference, delegates will visit the Konark Sun Temple and have a darshan of Lord Jagannath in Puri.

The valedictory ceremony will be addressed by Governor Hari Babu Khambampati, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and state ministers. The conference aims to ensure accountability in the implementation of welfare policies and realize an inclusive Viksit Bharat by 2047

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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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