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The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) signed a Statement of Intent with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday to work for tribal development and sustainable development in Odisha.As per provisions, the two organisations will undertake targeted analytical tribal research activities based on SDG and Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), skilling through career guidance and counseling, management of natural resources especially water and biodiversity to ensure overall development of tribal areas.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Statement of Intent was signed between KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta and UNDP Resident Representative, India, Shoko Noda. Both UNDP and KISS are working towards eradication of hunger and POVERTY.

We are happy to work with KISS to bring about overall development of tribal areas in Odisha,” said Noda. Thanking UNDP for partnering with KISS, Dr Samanta said KISS has been working towards eradication of poverty and hunger and fulfilling Goals for last three decades.

Odisha will need 428 yrs to ensure women make up 1/3rd of police force

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

At the current rate of recruitment,Odishawill need 428 years to fulfil the criteria of having one-third Women in Police force, the India Report 2021, released on Thursday, stated. Ironically, Odisha had introduced 33% reservation for women in police force way back in 1992.

The report, published by a group of seven organisations working towards reforms in justice delivery mechanism, said India will take 33 years to reach 33% target for women, assuming the rate of recruitment for women and men in police stay the same.

The report, the third overall, said as on 2020 Odisha has 9.1% of women in police and 11.1% officers in the force. As per the latest report,Delhi Policewith 12.4% of women in the force, will take 31 years,Gujaratwill require seven years (with 16% women now

in police) followed by Bihar (17.4%), needing eight years.

Mizoram will be slowest, requiring 585 years to reach the 33% mark. While Gujarat also has 33% reservation, Bihar has 38% quota

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for women.

The 2019 report (the second) had said Odisha would take 82-111 years to reach the 33% target. The womens share then was 10% overall and 11.2% among officers, which has since declined, the report stated.

Kendrapara district of Odisha, that is crisscrossed by rivers, creeks and water inlets, has become the only district in India where all three species of crocodiles viz., salt-water,gharialand mugger are found.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

District has also claimed fame for its successful conservation programme launched for salt-water or estuarine crocodiles at theBhitarkanika .

The national park comprises of 1,768 estuarine crocodiles and is Home to 70 per cent of Indias estuarine crocodiles.

Now, with the sighting of mugger and gharial crocodiles, all three species of crocodiles are found in the river systems of Kendrapara district.

Gharial hatchling was rescued from Paika river which is a tributary of Mahanadi on August 29, 2021.

In 2016, a 14-feet-long mugger was sighted.

This larger national park is located in the northeast Kendrapara district of Odisha. It obtained the status of a Ramsar site in 2002. The area the second Ramsar site of Odisha after the Chilika Lake. The Park is surrounded by Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, Gahirmatha Beach, Marine Sanctuary, separating swamp region as well as MANGROVES from the

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Bay of Bengal. Park is home to Saltwater crocodile kingcobra, Indian python, black ibis, darters and other species of Flora and Fauna.

The https://exam.pscnotes.com/national-human-rights-commission”>National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the State Revenue and Disaster Management Department Principal Secretary to take appropriate action to compensate and rehabilitate the displaced people due to execution of Hirakud Dam in accordance with applicable law.

The NHRC has passed the final order adjudicating a petition and subsequent rejoinders filed by Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy and the reports submitted by the Governments of Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

The petition stated that even after seventy years, the rehabilitation of the 26,561 families displaced for construction of Hirakud Dam project is yet to be completed.

Pursuant to the directions of the NHRC, the State of Odisha submitted that total 3,500 HLO claimants for provision of house site patta have been allocated

homestead land in the district and the number of cases attended in the last one year is more than 1,700. Villages like Jharapara and Ankali were within the outer bound of 632RL; therefore it may not be possible for the Resources“>Water Resources Department to relinquish the acquired land.

Total Rs 54,07,082 has already been paid as an ex-gratia compensation to 638 beneficiaries in Jharsuguda district. 213 DC patta holders are not traceable and 51DC patta holders died, the report stated. Total 2,508 DC pattas have been allotted in Sambalpur and 2,244 DC pattas have already been regularised in Jharsuguda district. No application for demarcation of DC patta is pending in Jharsuguda district.

Regarding survey of UN-surveyed village, the Revenue and Disaster Management Department vide notification dated 08.09.2021 has already notified for conduct of special survey and settlement and preparation of record of rights with respect to all lands lying in the limits of these villages.