Page 17 - Latest Updates on Naveen Patnaik
Centre deallocates Odisha coal block allotted to PFC arm for power project
The coal ministry had in 2010 allocated the coal block in Odisha for a 4000 MW power project to be set up by Sakhigopal Integrated Power Company Ltd
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Do not support NRC, amended citizenship law not for Indians: Naveen Patnaik
The chief minister's statement came a day after people protesting the Act took out a peaceful rally in Bhubaneshwar
 "Do not support NRC, amended citizenship law not for Indians: Naveen Patnaik")
Odisha to tap ICT in power sector to fit into 5T governance model
Focus is on tapping technology to provide qualitative power services to consumers; a green energy roadmap is also being drawn up
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Over 6,000 corruption cases against govt officers pending: Odisha CM
The chief minister said this in reply to a question raised by BJD member Sudhir Kumar Samal in the Assembly
Naveen Patnaik has not fulfilled promise made to people: Dharmendra Pradhan
He was campaigning for BJP candidate Sanat Gartia in Bijepur assembly by-election
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches 22 new projects worth Rs 4,400 crore
In the past 20 months alone, the state government has undertaken the inauguration and ground breaking of over 120 industrial units
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Budget: Odisha CM vexed at cut in outlay for MGNREGA, national highways
Says cutback in funds will adversely affect inter-state connectivity, hails enhanced allocation for rail projects
Odisha Budget outgo up 16% to Rs 1.39 trn, stake eyes 8-8.5% growth in FY20
Budget seeks to strike balance between fiscal prudence and funding a bevy of welfare schemes, by curbing fiscal deficit for FY20 at 3.49% within the 3.5% cap mandated under FRBM Act
 "Odisha Budget outgo up 16% to Rs 1.39 trn, stake eyes 8-8.5% growth in FY20")
Odisha plans new industrial policy to focus on creating 3 mn jobs
State govt will harvest the gains from two editions of its showpiece conclaves -- Make in Odisha staged in 2016 and 2018 - to bolster investments and enhance employability of youth
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Naveen meets PM Modi, roots for 'special category' status for Odisha again
Odisha's topography makes its coastline vulnerable to recurring natural disasters
Naveen Patnaik opts for a lean Cabinet for fifth straight term as CM
10 new faces, including two women, inducted to the new Cabinet
PM Modi congratulates Patnaik, assures cooperation for Odisha's progress
BJD has been in power in Odisha since 2000
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Naveen Patnaik questions absence of national leaders during calamities
The chief minister said these leaders are now coming to Odisha for seeking votes as it is election time
Odisha launches Rs 2196 cr worth projects, clears proposals of Rs 1197 cr
The projects proposed across various sectors promised employment opportunities for 5,162 people
Patnaik to join BJD's protest on Tuesday for minimum support price of paddy
The BJD has been demanding a hike in paddy MSP to Rs 2,930 per quintal and a resolution in this regard was passed in the assembly, supported by both the Congress and the BJP
'KALIA' a better alternative to farm loan waivers? Odisha scheme decoded
Kalia scheme will provide financial, livelihood, cultivation support along with insurance support to small, marginal and the landless farmers
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Bhubaneswar to have over 500 WiFi hot spots with 1800 access points
The project will be implemented by Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd
CM who lives to fight another day
Naveen Patnaik has survived so long as chief minister because he knows which battles to fight and which ones to postpone for a later date
New terms of fund devolution skewed in Centre's favour: Odisha CM
Patnaik, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said the new terms might have an adverse impact on horizontal devolution for Odisha as well as vertical devolution for states
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik peeved with coal mines allocation to WCL
The Ministry of Coal has decided to allot Rampia, dip side of Rampia, Ghogarpalli and dip extension of Ghogarpalli to WCL