Sat Apr 08 2023
✅Odisha in News
➢ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated an ‘International Craft Summit’ in Jajpur.
➢ World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved USD 100 million loan under Odisha State Capability and Resilient Growth Program.
➢ Odisha won the UN-Habitat's World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission, a 5T initiative of the state.
➢ Aska police station of Odisha's Ganjam district became the country's number one police station.
➢ Gangapur police station in Odisha's Ganjam district has been awarded the second best police
station award.
➢ Gold Deposits Found at Different Location in Three Districts of Odisha , including Deogarh, Keonjhar, and Mayurbhanj.
➢ Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that the Odisha government aims to make Odisha slum-free by the end of 2023.
➢ Odisha govt launched Anemia eradication programme ‘AMLAN’
➢ Odisha government observed 10th November as ‘Millet Day’ in the state.
➢ Odisha government to provide free 5 Kg rice per month for one year under the State Food Security Scheme
➢ Dhanu Yatra’ festival, considered to be the world’s largest open-air theatre, began on 27th December in the Western Odisha town of Bargarh.
➢ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a winter assistance of Rs 146 crore to the
needy to protect themselves from the coming winter.
➢ Odisha Govt announces Rs 200 crores relief for drought hit distressed farmers.
➢ Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the Rs 300 crore Angul-Balram rail line connecting
Odisha's Talcher Coalfield.