Ahead Of 2024 Election, Naveen Led Cabinet In Odisha Decides To Give Rs 1K Cash Aid Each To 70L Women

Ahead of the simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly elections, the Naveen Patnaik led cabinet in Odisha decides to give Rs 1,000 cash aid each to 70 lakh women self-help group members to buy uniforms.

This was decided during a cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of CM Naveen. The 73rd session of “Cabinet Meeting’ was held today in the 3rd Floor Conference Hall of Lok Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.

After the meeting was over, Minister, Forest, Envt & CC, PR & Drinking Water, I&PR Pradeep Kumar Amat, Chief Secretary,  Pradeep Kumar Jena and other Secretaries of concerned department briefed about the approved agenda items.

There were 12 agenda items related to 10 different departments  have been approved in the Cabinet .

In the press brief held, Principal Secretary, PR & DW & Excise Sushil Kumar Lohani, Principal Secretary Works V V Yadav, Principal Secretary, Skill Development & TE, C& T Usha Padhi, Commr cum Secy, Mission Shakti & OLLC Sujata R. Karthikeyan, Commr cum Secy, ST & SC Devt Deptt. Roopa Roshan Sahu, Commr cum Secy Higher Education Arabind Agrawal were also present and briefed the press.