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Bhubaneswar:21/7/23: The Odisha Government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI). As part of the MoU, TBI will provide advisory support to government to enable it to successfully deliver on its overall economic agenda. The MoU was signed by the Special Secretary, E&IT Department, Manas Ranjan Panda and Vivek Agarwal, Country ...

Bhubaneswar21/7/23::  In a historic milestone, the Odisha Cabinet today approved a new scheme “Mission Shakti Scooter Yojana”. The initiative aims to provide crucial mobility support to Community Support Staff (CSS) and EC (Executive Committee) members of SHG federations by facilitating their access to scooters. Under this scheme, eligible individuals will benefit from full interest subvention on bank loans up to ...

Bhubaneswar21/7/23:: The State Cabinet led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today approved the Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing & Fabless Policy to facilitate investors to enter into the manufacturing of Semiconductor/Electronic Chips in Odisha. The Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing & Fabless Policy will develop an end-to-end semiconductor ecosystem, transform Odisha into a leading centre of semiconductor manufacturing & create a repository of semiconductor ...

Bhubaneswar:21/7/23: Odisha government today announced to provide an interest-free crop loan to farmers of up to Rs.1 lakh and Crop loans above Rs.1 lakh to Rs.3 lakh at 2 per cent interest. It was informed by a senior official after the important meeting of the State Cabinet. Earlier, interest-free crop loan was being provided up to the limit of Rs.50.000/- ...

Bhubaneswar: 21/7/23:The State Cabinet has approved a budget of Rs.1001.14 Crore for expanding Comprehensive Cancer Care Services across Odisha with an objective to provide Cancer Care nearer to the household of the patients. Eleven Comprehensive Cancer care units will be built within a period of 2 years at DHH Bargarh, VIMSAR, Burla, SLN Medical College & Hospital Koraput, MKCG Medical ...

Bhubaneswar:21/7/23:Attending the ‘Nijukti Parva’, CM Naveen Patnaik congratulated newly recruited Welfare Extension Officers for success. CM advised the officers to be proactive in ensuring services reach beneficiaries & be sensitive to people. A total of 129 Welfare Officers joined ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Class Welfare Department, Odisha. CM said the Welfare Extension Officers have a significant role ...

Newdelhi:21/7/23;More than 1.23 crore passengers have travelled on Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)UDAN Flights since the inception of the scheme. 148 Airports, including nine heliports and two water aerodromes have been developed/ operationalised till date. The list of Airports, state-wiseisat Annexure1. The major factors for the delay in accomplishing the development/revival of airports/ Heliports & Water Aerodromes under UDAN areas under: ...

All four women in the panel are first time members of Rajya Sabha Newdelhi;21/7/23:In a historic move, Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has nominated four women Parliamentarians to the panel of Vice-Chairpersons. It is also noteworthy that all women members nominated to the panel are first term Parliamentarians and Smt. S. Phangnon Konyak is the first ever woman from ...

Newdelhi:21/7/23:In order to ensure adequate availability of Non Basmati White Rice in the Indian market and to allay the rise in prices in the domestic market, Government of India has amended the Export Policy of above variety from ‘Free with export duty of 20%’ to ‘Prohibited’ with immediate effect. The domestic prices of Rice are on an increasing trend. The ...

Newdelhi:21/7/23:The need for live streaming of court proceedings was highlighted during the pandemic, as courts functioned on virtual platforms and citizens had no direct access to it. In Swapnil Tripathi v. Union of India, the Supreme Court has advocated telecasting the court proceedings live in a move towards greater transparency of and in the courtroom. The chairperson of e Committee, ...