Bhubaneswar:17/2/23: PM Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman (PM-VIKAS) Yojana announced in the Budget 2023 will benefit the artisans of Odisha, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here today. Addressing a presser here today, Sitharaman, who is on two-day visit to Odisha, said, “All the artisans from Odisha will be greatly benefitted from the PM Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman (PM-VIKAS) Yojana. The artisans in paintings, pattachitra, ...
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No State including Odisha will be given special category State status :Nirmala Sitharaman
Bhubaneswar:17/2/23: No State including Odisha will be given special category State status as per the recommendations of the Finance Commission, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. While addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, the Finance Minister said only Telangana has been given special status on the basis of the terms and conditions that existed during bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. On ...
Read More »NMDC Wins Five Awards at the Governance Now 9th PSU Awards
Newdelhi:17/2/23:India’s largest producer of iron ore NMDC, swept five awards at the Governance Now 9th PSU Awards held in New Delhi on 16 February 2023. The ceremony witnessed the presence of Justice Shri Dipak Mishra, Former Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court as the Chief Guest to felicitate the winners. The Governance Now Awards recognize and celebrate the commitment of PSUs ...
Read More »South Africa Translocates 12 Cheetah to India in a Cooperation Agreement
Newdelhi:17/2/23:Twelve cheetahs will later today (Friday) depart from South Africa for India as part of an initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population and to reintroduce cheetahs to a former range state following their local extinction due to over hunting and loss of habitat in the last century. This media statement was issued by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the ...
Read More »Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived on a two-day visit to Odisha
Bhubaneswar: 17/2/23:Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today arrived in the city here on a two-day visit to Odisha. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP Odisha unit president Samir Mohanty and former ministers KV Singh Deo, Manmohan Samal and Surama Padhy greeted Sitharaman upon her arrival at Biju Patnaik International Airport here. The Union Finance Minister will participate in a post ...
Read More »First Agri-cargo exported from Adani Dhamra Port
Dhamra,:16/2/23:Adani Dhamra Port handled it’s first Rice vessel MV ATLANTIS DISCOVERY on 14th Feb 2023 at Dhamra Port and loaded 22275 MT (445500 bags) in 149.30 hrs for export to Bangladesh.
Read More »Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated BMC – ICOMC Tower
Bhubaneswar:16/2/23: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated BMC – ICOMC Tower (Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and The Intelligent City Operations Management Centre) at Satya Nagar in Odisha Capital. The Centre will provide a digital platform for integration of different city services. A video on the ICOMC Tower was also screened on the occasion. The CM then launched ‘SAFA App’, which was followed by ...
Read More »Manoj Kumar Mishra, Principal Secretary of E&IT unveiled the HDFC Bank’s E-Rupee (Central Bank Digital Currency)
Bhubaneswar: 16/2/23:Manoj Kumar Mishra, Principal Secretary of Electronics & Information Technology (E&IT) Department, Government of Odisha, on Thursday unveiled the HDFC Bank’s E-Rupee (Central Bank Digital Currency) in Bhubaneswar. This is for the time that the digital currency has been launched in Bhubaneswar to empower the small merchants in the city to digitize their payments through CBDC and reduce the ...
Read More »Odisha Chief Minister met the UNICEF’s and UN World Food Programme Representative to India
Bhubaneswar16/2/23: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday met the UNICEF’s Representative to India, Cynthia McCaffrey. During the meeting, the Chief Minister CM discussed the ongoing partnership between Odisha and UNICEF to create a conducive climate for children to realise their true potential.At the meeting held in Naveen Nivas, the CM presented McCaffrey with a t-shirt of the Indian National ...
Read More »Odisha Chief Minister laid emphasis on farm mechanisation and crop diversification
Bhubaneswar:16/2/23: Inaugurating the 3-day Krushi Odisha-2023 at the Bermuda ground here, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid emphasis on farm mechanisation and crop diversification and asked farmers to adopt the latest technology. The 3-day event, organised by Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment department will continue till February 18. The theme of this year’s event is “Emerging Technology in Agriculture”. Addressing the farmers present ...
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