Friday 18 May 2018

Review of performance of Works Department

     17 May, 2018    
Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik expressed satisfaction over Works Department, Government of Odisha efforts towards establishing top class connectivity and infrastructure development for variour important projects in the state.
Stressing time-bound completion of major projects like the Biju Expressway, he directed completion of the four-laning of Sohela-Nuapada Biju Expressway stretch by March, 2019. He advised the Department to ensure that all roads taken up from other Departments are improved to PWD standards in a time-bound manner. He complimented the timely completion of medical college projects at Baripada, Koraput, Balasore and Balangir and directed expeditious start of work on the 500-bed hospitals for them.
He instructed strict compliance to Standard Operating Procedure in execution of all works to prevent mishaps and advised stringent action on any deviation.

Tuesday 15 May 2018

Karnataka Assembly Election - 2018


3-Days Training at ISTM, Delhi

Institute of Secretariat Training & Management
New Delhi
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Workshop on Big Data Analytics (Basic) for ASOs
18-20 June, 2018

3-Days Training at MDRAFM

MADHUSUDAN DAS REGIONAL ACADEMY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
CHANDRASEKHARPUR, BHUBANESWAR
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3-Days training programme on 
Financial Management at Micro Level for newly recruited ASOs
16-18 May, 2018

Monday 7 May 2018

Handwritten note of Honble CM in first Meeting of 150th Birthday Anniversary of Gandhi Ji

First Meeting : 150th Birthday Anniversary of Gandhi ji

President's Secretariat

President of India chairs the first meeting of the National Committee for Commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

02 MAY 2018 9:00PM by PIB Delhi

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, chaired the first meeting of the National Committee for the Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (May 2, 2018). The Committee has a total of 125 members, including 116 from India and encompasses the President (as chair), the Vice-President, Prime Minister, Union Ministers, former Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, senior MPs and political leaders from across party lines, and eminent Gandhians, social thinkers and activists representing a cross-section of Indian society and regional diversity. The Committee also has nine international members, including two former Secretaries General of the United Nations – Mr Kofi Annan and Mr Ban Ki-moon – and Nobel laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and former US Vice-President Al Gore. Today’s meeting was attended by 82 members of the Committee, including two from abroad. [Lists of Committee members and of those who attended are attached.
The meeting began with introductory remarks by the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, who said that the focus of the Commemoration should be to present Gandhian values and principles both to the people and through the people in a contemporary idiom. He then invited the President of India to address the meeting.

Tuesday 1 May 2018

7th Batch training of ASOs

Odisha Secretariat Training Institute
Bhubaneswar
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From WORKS DEPARTMENT
Sushree Sangita Moharana
Priyanka Malini Pradhan
Madhusmita Ray
Dillip Kumar Mallik
Rashmita Behera
Ipsita Tripathy
Bhupendra Tandi

Suspension of Public Grievance from 30.4.2018

Extension of dateline for e-PAR to 15th June

e-PAR submission through HRMS is allowed till 
15th JUNE, 2018
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Monday 30 April 2018

Odisha: Best State in Skill Development

bags Prime Minister’s Award for ‘Best State in Skill Development’ for the second time in a row. Stealing the march over major states, Odisha with its out-of-the-box initiatives is now a model in skilling. Congratulations to @PRDeptOdisha & Team ORMAS for the achievement.

Thursday 19 April 2018

Wednesday 18 April 2018

Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme

SOVEREIGN GOLD BONDS SCHEME
2018-19 (Series-I)
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16 - 20 April , 2018

The Government today announced this fiscal's first tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB). 
Its subscription will open on April 16.
The Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) 2018-19, Series-I, will be sold through banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL), designated post offices and recognised stock exchanges namely the NSE and BSE, the finance ministry said in a statement today.

"The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, has decided to issue sovereign gold bond, 2018-19-Series-I. 

16-20 April,  2018 - Acceptance of Applications 
4 May, 2018 -         Issue of Certificate of bonds 
Under the scheme, the bonds are denominated in units of one gram of gold and multiples thereof. 

Minimum investment in the bonds is one gram 
Maximum limit of subscription of 500 grams 
(per person per fiscal year i.e.April-March)
The maximum limit of subscription would be 4 kg for individual and HUF and 20 kg for trusts and similar entities per fiscal (April-March) notified by the government from time to time, it said. The annual ceiling will include bonds subscribed under different tranches during initial issuance by the government and those purchase from the secondary market, it said. To promote digital payment, it said, the issue price of the gold bonds will be Rs 50 per gram less for those who subscribe online and pay through digital mode.


Investors in these bonds have been provided with the option of holding them in physical or de-materialized form. As per the statement, the bonds with tenure of 8 years will be tradable on stock exchanges within a fortnight of the issuance on a date as notified by the RBI.
The investors will be compensated at a fixed rate of 2.50 per cent per annum payable semi-annually on the nominal value, it said. Payment for the bonds will be through cash payment (up to a maximum of Rs 20,000) or demand draft or cheque or electronic banking.
Price of bond will be fixed in rupees on the basis of simple average of closing price of gold of 999 purity published by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association Limited for the last 3 working days of the week preceding the subscription period.

The bonds can be used as collateral for loans. The loan-to-value ratio is to be set equal to ordinary gold loan mandated by the Reserve Bank from time to time. The capital gains tax arising on redemption of SGB to an individual has been exempted. The indexation benefits will be provided to long-term capital gains arising to any person on transfer of bond.

Grant for employees of non-government institutions