Odisha: Sambit Patra releases 'report card' of his performance in Puri

Speaker Surama Padhy adjourned the House following a disruption caused by members of the Opposition, including the BJD and Congress.

Pandemonium broke out this evening after a censure motion, moved by Parliamentary Affairs minister Mukesh Mahaling against Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati and BJD members- Dhrub Sahu and Braja Pradhan for their unruly behaviour inside the well of the House, was adopted by a voice vote.

In protest of the censure motion, angry BJD and Congress MLAs stormed into the well of the House and raised slogans against the BJP government for over 30 minutes.

The Speaker also sent the matter to the Ethics Committee of the Assembly after two women BJP members- Upasana Mohapatra and Sanjali Murmu- submitted a petition alleging that the trio used unparliamentarily words against the Speaker and disrupted House proceedings.

The first session, which commenced on July 22, was initially scheduled to conclude on September 13, with a break from August 1 to 19.

During this session, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who also handles the Finance Department,  presented an annual budget of Rs2.65 lakh crore for the 2024-25 financial year on July 25. This was BJP government’s first Budget in Odisha.

The appropriation Bill was adopted on September 10.

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Two officials Common service Centres of Bhubaneswar have been found demanding money from Subhadra beneficiaries. After receiving such complaint from the beneficiaries authorities of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in north and south east zone have lodged the FIR in this connection. Concerned officials of the CSCs have been detained and the centres near  Toshali Bhawan  and Niladrivihar have been closed.

While the flagship programme “Subhadra” is gaining confidence of beneficiaries across Odisha; Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has made its strict implementation in 67 wards coming under its three administrative zones. For this, public awareness is being created in BMC area.

Based on state guidelines, IEC van is also disseminating messages on the scheme. We have made ward wise supervision strategy to support beneficiaries. There is no room for making money to process the application under the scheme and irregularities will not be excused; told Commissioner, Rajesh Prabhakar Patil.

On the other hand, a total of 1.30 lakh Subhadra Yojana application forms have been distributed in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area till date. Out of these, more than 17 thousand forms have been taken online and about 15 thousand forms have been digitized.

Presently, Subhadra application forms are being distributed at 378 Anganati Centers and 230 CSC/MSK Centers. Application forms are also available at three zonal offices and BMC head office. All complaints in this regard have been resolved immediately. On-board officers, community organisers, sanitary inspectors are supporting the citizens for hassle free implementation.

Citizens have been requested not to pay anyone for applying / receiving Subhadra Yojana form. The form will be provided until the last beneficiary is found. Please reach out to toll free no.14678 in case of any queries or complaint, officials said.

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With an outlay of Rs 2,000 crore over two years, the ambitious programme, to be chiefly implemented by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is envisaged to be a multi-faceted and transformative initiative that will help broaden capacity and resilience across communities, sectors, and ecosystems, a Cabinet communique said.

Under it, India will exponentially expound research and development, and capacity in atmospheric sciences, especially weather surveillance, modelling, forecasting, and management. By integrating advanced observation systems, high-performance computing, and cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, Mission Mausam will set a new benchmark for predicting weather with high precision, it said.

The mission's focus will include improving observations and understanding for providing highly accurate and timely weather and climate information across temporal and spatial scales, including monsoon forecasts, alerts for air quality, extreme weather events and cyclones, weather interventions for managing fog, hail, and rain, etc., capacity building and generating awareness.

Critical elements of Mission Mausam will include the deployment of next-generation radars and satellite systems with advanced sensors and high-performance supercomputers, the development of improved Earth system models and a GIS-based automated Decision Support System for real-time data dissemination.

Mission Mausam will directly benefit numerous sectors, such as agriculture, disaster management, defence, environment, aviation, water resources, power, tourism, shipping, transport, energy, and health, the communique said, adding that it would also enhance data-driven decision-making in areas such as urban planning, road and rail transport, offshore operations, and environmental monitoring.

Three institutes of the Ministry - the India Meteorological Department, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and the National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting will primarily implement the mission. They will be supported by others like the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, and National Institute of Ocean Technology, along with collaborating national and international Institutes, academia and industries. (IANS)

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