Lack of farsightedness, proper planning and inaction of the Naveen Patnaik government for the last nine years have resulted in present power crisis in Orissa, former Chief Minister and senior congress leader J B Patnaik today alleged.Mr Patnaik said during the last nine years, the BJD-led state government neither took any initiative itself nor sought the help of the Union government to generate additional...
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Naveen Patnaik chairs a meeting to deal with farmer suicides in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. (Sanjib Mukherjee)Faced with peasant agitation following farmer suicides, chief minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a slew of short-term and long-term measures to deal with the situation arising out of erratic rainfall and pest attack.At least seven farmers — most of them small and marginal — committed suicide...
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Naveen Patnaik at the 10th Orissa Disaster Preparedness Day and National Day for Disaster Reduction in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. (Sanjib Mukherjee)On October 29, 1999, a super cyclone hit the coast of Orissa, devastating 14 districts, claiming approximately 8,962 lives and crippling the state’s economy.The state then turned a tragic event into an opportune moment to ensure better preparedness by observing...
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Union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh and chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the inauguration of a two-day conference at New Delhi. (PTI)Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today asked the Centre to initiate steps for providing irrigation facilities to forestlands settled in favour of tribals and improve productivity of these lands by dovetailing various programmes.The suggestion...
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Opposition Congress todaydemanded a CBI probe into the Orissa multi-crore mining scam."If you (Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik) claim tobe transparent, what prevents in handing over the mining scamto CBI," senior Congress member Anup Kumar Sai told reportersafter a CLP meeting.Claiming that the state vigilance was not empowered toprobe into the scam of this magnitude, Sai said the CBI wasthe only...
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than 250 workers and leaders of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were arrested for breaking a police cordon Wednesday during a protest here against the state government's failure to control farmer suicides and illegal mining, an official said.Shouting slogans against the Biju Janata Dal government led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the protesters came in a procession from their party...
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Bhubaneswar
Oct. 26: Apparently shaken by growing number of farmers’ suicide cases in the state, Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced to provide Rs 1,095 crores loan assistance to farmers to take up rabi cultivation in a vigorous manner.
Four farmers have allegedly committed suicide in the last fortnight as they could not repay the debt...
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Paving the way for availing concessional finance, the Orissa government and its financing arm, Orissa State Finance Corporation (OSFC) today inked a tripartite agreement with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).Industry secretary, Saurabh Garg, managing director of OSFC, K N Khatai and chairman-managing director (CMD), SIDBI, R M Malla signed the document in the presence of the chief...
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BHUNESWAR: Rattled by growing numberof farmers’ suicide cases, the Naveen Patnaik government on Mondayannounced to provide Rs 1095 crore loan assistance to farmers to take up Rabicultivation in a vigorous manner. Three farmers are alleged to have committedsuicide as they could not payoff the debt they had taken from the money-lenders.The opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] have made...
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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) Orissa unit has slammed the Naveen Patnaik government for its ''failure'' to announce a special package for distressed farmers to recover from the shock of their crippled economy resulting from crop loss and pushing them to follow the paths of suicides.The JMM state unit, which held an emergency meeting here yesterday, said the ruling BJD government, headed by Chief Minister...
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