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Odisha moots mobile banks for un-banked areas

Currently, Odisha State Co-operative Bank providing banking services through 20 vans

Odisha plans advance skill training institutes with Rs 1,000 cr outlay

Institutes will be modelled around best in world in terms of physical and intellectual infrastructure

Odisha identifies land for Vedanta's downstream park

It is coming up close the site of Vedanta's aluminium smelting facility at Jharsuguda

Ease of Doing Business: Odisha making strides to be among top three states

The reforms implemented by various departments by July 30 has achieved overall compliance of 83% till now

Odisha seeks to surrender 1,514 Mw allocation from NTPC plants

New capacity from IPPs, 4,000 Mw UMPP at Bhedabahal, state thermal power plants are set to make it a power-surplus state

Foxconn looks at Odisha's Gopalpur for setting up unit

In 2015, Foxconn had announced it would set up 12 factories in India, creating one million jobs

Odisha eyes 5% cut in AT&C loss in 2016-17

In the last fiscal, overall AT&C loss by the four discoms in the state went down 3% from 38% to 35%

Odisha to formulate start-up policy

To be fully implemented by March 2017, the policy is expected to attract investments worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore and generate 10 lakh jobs

Odisha selects 15 banks for handling govt business

For empanelment, the minimum eligibility score was 60 out of 100

Dillip Satapathy: How Patnaik defies anti-incumbency

Efficient delivery of social welfare schemes, absence of a viable alternative leader in the Opposition camp keep him going

Odisha to auction seven mines by August this year

The seven mines include iron ore, manganese and a bauxite mine in Koraput district

Odisha, Welspun in talks for setting up pipe plant in state

The company is expected to set up the pipe manufacturing unit at Dhamra in Bhadrak district

Odisha to implement Odia in official transaction: CM Naveen Patnaik

Patnaik also said that creation of Odia Chair in Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University is being pursued

Cyclone 'ROANU': Heavy rainfall predicted across Odisha

Fishermen have been advised not to venture into the sea off Odisha's coast

Rain, thundershower, gusty surface winds likely to lash Odisha

Under the impact of a well marked low pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal

Odisha targets 10 million tonnes food grain output in Kharif 2016

The state government has also set an ambitious target to disburse Rs 6,000 crore of co-operative loans to the farmers during Kharif 2016

Odisha to auction six mineral blocks in FY17, seven more in next fiscal

The blocks lined up to go under the hammer are a mix of iron ore, limestone and bauxite blocks

Odisha Budget muted on Capex growth despite higher borrowing

It is set to take the state's total debt stock to Rs 64,991.83 crore by the close of this financial year

Odisha earns Rs 4,794 crore from sea food exports

The state produced 4.67 lakh tonnes of fish in FY15, an increase of 13% over the previous year.

Odisha mulls new BPO policy

Aims to create 10,000 BPO seats