Odisha CM approves Rs 175.5 crore Additional Grant for Special Development Council

The cash can be spent for the preservation of the language, artwork, tradition and heritage of the tribal folks. Grant to SDC in complete for this 12 months elevated to Rs 351 crore

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik accepted an extra grant of Rs 175.5 crore right this moment for the Special Development Council (SDC). The cash can be spent for the preservation of the language, artwork, tradition and heritage of the tribal folks.

This extra grant can be obtainable together with the overall grant of Rs 175.5 crore for this 12 months. This was knowledgeable by 5T Secretary VK Pandian throughout a dialogue with the chairpersons of the SDCs on Saturday. Accordingly, in complete the SDC will obtain a complete grant of Rs 351 crore this 12 months.

With this announcement, the chairpersons and members of the 9 SDCs who had been current in the course of the dialogue by way of video conferencing expressed their happiness.

It is value mentioning right here that the State authorities has constituted Special Development Councils in as many as 9 districts of Odisha specifically, Koraput, Malkangiri, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, Keonjhar, Kandhamal, Sundargarh and Nabarangpur.

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