The disaster fighting arm of the like the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and fire service personnel will be equipped with high-tech facilities and get better training to handle disasters in a more effective way.
At the State Executive committee meeting on disaster preparedness, chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra directed officials to develop the capacity of Disaster Management personnel in handling urban flood considering the erratic rainfall pattern in recent years.
Thehigher Education departmenthas decided to set up a dedicatedpension cellfor its retired employees.
During a review meeting chaired by thehigher educationministerAtanu Sabyasachi Nayak, he directed the officers to maintain Integrity and transparency during pension disbursement in adherence with the 5T Governance.
A dedicated pension cell should start functioning immediately and the employees must receive their pension on the very day of retirement. All the pending pension cases must be cleared up within a specific timeline, said a government statement quoting the minister.
After the dedicated pension cell starts functioning, retired employees will get a single window facility to air their grievances and solve their problems instead of approaching several officers of the department, said an official. The minister also said efforts are on to fill up vacancies of TEACHING and non-teaching staff in colleges.
Encouraged with a high Growth in collection of Excise revenue in the past two years, the is eyeing for Rs 10,000 crore Excise and VAT collection from liquor during the Financial Year (FY) 2023-24.
Principal Secretary Excise Sushil K Lohani reviewed the Excise and VAT collection in the Excise sector. It came to the fore that the State had collected Rs 4,053.51 crore Excise and VAT of Rs1,346.71 crore from liquor during the FY 2020-21, which has been increased to Rs 5,528.40 crore Excise and Rs 2,100 crore VAT totalling to Rs 7,628.40 crore in 2021-22, thereby registering a growth of 41.26 per cent.
Similarly, the State has collected Rs 6,182.36 crore Excise and Rs 2585 crore VAT from liquor making a record amount of Rs 8,767.36 crore during the FY 2022-23 marking a growth of 14.93 percent against the collection of FY 2021-22.
While Rs 4,053.51 crore Excise revenue was collected during the FY 2020-21, it has increased to Rs 5,528.40 crore in 2021-22, thereby registering a growth of 36.39 percent. The excise revenue collection again increased by 11.83 percent to Rs 6,182 crore in 2022-23.
Moreover, the State collected Rs 1,346.71 crore VAT on excise items during 2020-21, which witnessed a growth of 55.93 per cent in 2021-22 and 23.08 percent growth in 2022-23. The State had collected Rs 2,100 crore and Rs 2,585 crore VAT from liquor during 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively.
To achieve the ambitious Excise revenue target set for 2023-24, the State Government has come up with a comprehensive Excise Policy for the current fiscal.
As per the policy, licence for any new IMFL Off shop in the State will not be issued. But the Off shops can carry out modernisation of their outlets during the year.
Chief ministerNaveen Patnaik launched the distribution ofhouserepair assistance of Rs 3,000 to the beneficiaries of rural housing schemes.
As part of the initiative, financial assistance of Rs 1,444 crore has been released to the accounts of nearly 31 lakh pucca house beneficiaries, official sources said.
In accordance with a cabinet decision taken on December 21, the would also provide Rs 5,000 to each identified eligible beneficiary not provided with a pucca house for repair of their own dwellings.
Odishais the only state to have distributed such house repair assistance to the pucca house beneficiaries. The Money has been released to the accounts of the beneficiaries around 15 days after approval of the state cabinet, said the chief minister.
Around 12.25 lakh identified beneficiaries in the state are waiting to get a pucca house under the Centres scheme.
Despite market slowdown, the States total revenue collection has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore by the end of third quarter of the current Financial Year 2022-23.
The total revenue generation from both own tax and non tax sources registered a Growth of 5.6 percent by the end of December of current FY 2022-23 over the corresponding period of last FY.
The total revenue of the State has reached at Rs1, 01,119 crore by the end third quarters of the current fiscal.
In spite of negative growth in grants from the Central Government by about 21 percent, total revenue has been increased by 5.6 percent.
According to official sources, the revenue generation from own taxsources increased by 13.51 percent with a collection of around Rs 32,029 crore by the end of December, 2022 against corresponding period of last years collection of Rs 28,216 crore.
Similarly, with a total collection of Rs 63,523 crore, the revenue from States non-tax sources grew by 1.17 percent by end of December 2022 in comparison to the corresponding period of the last year.
Accordingly, the total revenue generation from both the sources by end of December 2022 has increased around 5.6 percent over the corresponding period of last fiscal.
The has asked the district collectors to make a proper assessment of the large-scale damage to crops caused by the incessant heavy rainfall since Friday, under the influence ofCyclone Jawad, which made landfall near Puri around noon.
Though there was a let-up in rain in most districts on Monday, the sky remained overcast in the coastal parts of the state as the depression over the Bay of Bengal moved towards the Bangladesh coast as a low-pressure pocket, as the IMD had predicted. However, heavy rainfall continued to lash the northern and coastal districts of the state even under the diminishing impact of Cyclone Jawad, inundating swathes of paddy and vegetable fields.
The gallery will showcase the rich HISTORY of the city while replica of religious institutions and theOrissahigh court will be depicted in the gallery. The gallery will come up on one acre of land.
There will be ample greenery and trees will be decorated along the bank river. Variety of food items will tickle the taste buds of visitors. “This will be a first-of-its kind gallery where visitors can witness the brotherhood of Cuttack,” district collector Bhawani Shankar Chayani said.
The St John Ambulance India, Accountant General Ambulance Division, Odisha in association with Disaster Preparedness and Risk Management (DPRM) and Care Hospital, Bhubaneswar, jointly observed the “World Restart a Heart Day” on October 16 and 17 in the AG office premises here under guidance ofPrincipal Accountant General Ananta Kishore Behera.
Behera said that due to poor facility available in India, most of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) victims die before reaching the hospital.
To improve the chain ofsurvivals immediate recognisation of SCA and activation of emergency response system, early Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) followed by defibrillation and advance life support transportation should be activated outside of hospital to reduce cardiac arrest death. Learning CPR should be mandatory for school and college students of India said Principal AG (Audit-1) Raj Kumar.
The Centre has relaxed export norms to allow Odisha sell more than 810 metric tonnes of red sanders wood, the trees of which had fallen during cyclone Titli in 2018. It is likely to fetch
This is likely to fetch more than Rs 400 crore to the state exchequer. Though export of red sanders also known as red sandalwood, an endangered species known for its therapeutic and cosmetic value, is banned, the Directorate General of under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry in a notification allowed the state to ship 810.1894 tonne wood as logs.
One MT of the log fetches between Rs 50 lakh to Rs one crore in the international market and is in high demand across many countries in Asia such as China and Japan. Apart from medicines and cosmetics, it is also used in woodcraft and Musical instruments.
Mandabuffalo, who is seen in the hill ranges ofEastern Ghatsand plateau of Koraput region in the state, got registered at the national level. It received accession number INDIA_BUFFALO_1500_MANDA_01019 to become the 19th recognizedbuffalobreed in India.
This buffalo germplasm was first identified by the and animal Resources development (FARD) department in collaboration with theOdishaUniversity of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Technology (OUAT).
After this registration, the state and the Centre will make efforts to conserve this unique buffalo genetic resource of Odisha and enhance their productivity through breeding strategy. The governments will help in Marketing the produce- milk, curd and ghee at a premium price resulting in the improvement of the livelihood of the stakeholders in the native tract.
These sturdy buffaloes are small-sized. People use both male and female buffaloes for ploughing and other agricultural operations in the native tract of Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts. “