Daily Archives: July 10, 2012
16% less rainfall in 24 districts
The delayed and weak monsoon this year has raised a sense of concern and despair among the farmers in the State. The rainfall on average has been 16 per cent below normal in the State and 24 districts have received deficient rainfall, putting farm activities to doldrums. Though the southwest monsoon that reached Odisha on
Odisha SEZ policy in limbo due to objection to tax doles
Odisha’s proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy, aimed at attracting investors in non-metallurgical sectors has hit the wall of uncertainty. Though the draft of the policy was framed two years back, it has hardly moved ahead. Sources said, the finance department was not keen on doling out tax sops and incentives in line with the
Anti-malaria fight: Government to revive defunct zonal offices
In its bid to prevent malaria and dengue, the state government has decided to revive the defunct zonal malaria offices (ZMOs) in the state and re-name them as zonal vector borne disease (VBD) offices soon. Currently, the ZMOs at Cuttack, Sambalpur and Berhampur are lying non-operational. While the posts of ZMOs were withdrawn, posts of
IIM Sambalpur