On Wednesday, the first instalment of Rs 5,000 was released to about 8.4 lakh farm families under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme through direct benefit transfer (DBT).
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Naveen Patnaik Takes Oath as Odisha CM for 5th Consecutive Term
Twenty newly elected BJD MLAs also took oath as ministers, including 11 of Cabinet rank, at the swearing-in ceremony attended by a host of dignitaries.
Odisha Governor Invites Naveen Patnaik to Form Government
The BJD won 112 of the 146 assembly seats in the recently concluded assembly polls.
BJD Storming to Power in Odisha for Fifth Consecutive Term
CM Naveen Patnaik, who is steering his Biju Janata Dal (BJD) singularly to another emphatic victory, has pocketed his home turf Hinjili in Ganjam district.
Odisha: Sambit Patra Loses From Puri, Jay Panda From Kendrapara
BJD’s Anubhav Mohanty defeated Panda by a margin of 1,52,584 votes.
Odisha Assembly Election Trends: BJD Leading On 89, BJP On 28, Congress On 13
Chief Minister and BJD President Naveen Patnaik is leading in both Bijepur and his home turf Hinjili Assembly constituencies.
BJD Changes Tunes, Says May Go With Either Party
The regional party, which had a decade long alliance with the BJP, had severed ties with the saffron party ahead of the 2009 elections over a dispute on seat sharing.
Cyclone Fani Batters Odisha Coast, 11 Lakh People Evacuated
Fani is billed as the most severe cyclonic storm since the super cyclone of 1999 that claimed close to 10,000 lives.
BJP Conspiring to Sell Off Chilika Lake: Naveen Patnaik
“We want new road. But the BJP wants to widen old highways by destroying lakhs of consolidated land,” Patnaik alleged.
Odisha BJP President’s Nephew Joins Biju Janata Dal
Harischandra Panda said he joined the party after being inspired by developmental works done by Naveen Patnaik.
If Voted to Power, Congress Will Fill All Vacant Govt Posts, Including 30000 Teaching Posts, 5000 Medical Posts: Rahul Gandhi
Can anyone present at this meeting claim that they have been provided with a job by Modi or Patnaik,” Gandhi asked at Bargarh, Odisha.