Representational file image. Photo: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Odisha government on March 9 revised the pay structure of primary school teachers across the State. The move will benefit over one lakh teachers and other officers. The Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the proposal to raise their pay structure by one level. “In consideration…
BHUBANESWAR: In a stride towards advancing Odisha’s industrial landscape, KalySteel has inked a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Odisha, underscoring their joint commitment to establish a state-of-the-art Titanium Metal and Aerospace Components Manufacturing, and Integrated Advanced Specialty Steel and Automotive Components Manufacturing Complex in the region.The MoU signing ceremony, presided over…
The Odisha government has introduced the Nutana Unnata Abhilasha (NUA) Odisha scholarship scheme for students pursuing Under-graduate and Post-graduate courses in the state.Within the initiative, male students will receive Rs 9,000 per year, while female students will receive Rs 10,000. Male students from SC/ST and Nirman Shramik (construction worker) families will receive Rs 10,000, while…
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has received demands from the public for the creation of 28 additional districts in the state, as revealed by Revenue Minister Sudam Marndi in the state assembly on Wednesday.“The state government will make a proper decision at the appropriate time regarding the demands after considering all parameters. A petition related to…
The reshuffle was made with an eye on the Lok Sabha polls and assembly elections, officials said. Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government made a reshuffle in its bureaucracy by transferring 41 IAS officers, according to a notification. Among those transferred were 17 district collectors, as per the notification issued by the General Administration & Pension and…
Janakram Pradhan, 81, remembers events in 1956 when the Odisha government had sent trucks to vacate Duanmunda village in Jharsuguda district. In one of India’s first major post-independence multipurpose river valley projects, the government was about to impound the Hirakud reservoir, formed as a result of damming the Mahanadi river. Duanmunda was one of the…
