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Odisha CM received a copy of Interim Budget through a pen drive from Finance Minister

Bhubaneswar:8/2/24: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday received a copy of the Interim Budget through a pen drive from Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha as part of the Green Budget initiative. Odisha is one of the pioneer states to adopt complete e-budgeting and Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha is presenting the budget through a tablet which will be available ...

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Odisha Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha presented Annual Budget (Vote-on-Account) for 2024‐25

Bhubaneswar:8/2/24: Odisha Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha presented a welfare, growth, development and investment-oriented Annual Budget (Vote-on-Account) for 2024‐25 in the State Legislative Assembly with an outlay of ₹2,55,000 crore, which is about 11% more than the Annual Budget, 2023-24. The term of the 16 th Assembly will expire within a few months and General Elections will be held. The ...

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Govt Announces To Set Up Corpus Fund Of Rs 10 Crore For Research In Odia Language

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to set up a corpus fund of Rs 10 crore for national and international research in Odia language. Announcing this in the Assembly on Wednesday, Culture Minister Aswini Patra said the decision was taken by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik based on the proposals passed in the first World Odia Language Conference. The fund will be ...

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Over 98,000 Posts Lying Vacant In Odisha Govt Departments: Minister Informs Assembly

Bhubaneswar: 6/2/24:More than 98,000 posts are lying vacant in different departments of the Odisha government, the state Assembly was informed on Tuesday. In a written answer in the House, Rural Development, Skill Development, and Technical Education Minister Pritiranjan Gharai said that a total of 98,348 posts are lying vacant in 41 government departments. The highest 26,815 posts are lying vacant ...

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Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh to Be Sworn in as Chief Justice of Orissa Highcourt

Cuttack:6/2/24: Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh will be sworn in as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court tomorrow. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place at 10 am in the eastern side lawn (old building) of the High Court of Orissa. The post of Orissa High Court Chief Justice has been vacant since October 3 following the retirement of Justice ...

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All Urban Areas In Odisha To Become Slum-Free By This Year End:Odisha Governor

Bhubaneswar5/2/24:: Describing language as the identity of a community, Odisha Governor Raghubar Das on Monday hailed the state government for its efforts to promote Odia. Addressing the state Assembly on the opening day of the budget session, the Governor congratulated the government for organising the first ever World Odia Language Conference in Bhubaneswar. He also congratulated the state government on ...

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Newly constructed Inter-State Bus Terminal Baramunda will be named Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar

Bhubaneswar:5/2/24: The newly constructed Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Baramunda will be named after the Father of Indian Constitution and Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar. The Baramunda ISBT will now be known as Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal. Announcing this, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that Dr. Ambedkar was a visionary leader and a dedicated social reformer. He was the ...

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Students presented the Chief Minister with the Guinness Book of World Records plaque

Bhubaneswar:5/2/23: The students of Government High Schools met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence on Monday. The students presented the Chief Minister with the Guinness Book of World Records plaque which they achieved by writing ‘Mo Katha Mo Kahani’. The students also gave the book written by them to the Chief Minister at the literature and creativity programme at ...

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Odisha CM announced that the World Odia Language Conference will be held once in every five years.

Bhubaneswar:5/2/24: The first ever World Odia Language Conference concluded here on Monday with a high note. On this occasion, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that the World Odia Language Conference will be held once in every five years. Describing that the first World Odia Language Conference will remain a milestone in the State’s history forever, the Chief Minister said that ...

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DRDO carries out successful flight trials of High-speed Expendable Aerial Target ‘ABHYAS’

Chandipur:(Balasore) 5/2/24:Four flight trials of High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) – ABHYAS were successfully carried out by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha during January 30 to February 02, 2024. The trials were conducted with four different mission objectives in a revised robust configuration using a single booster designed by Advanced Systems ...

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