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Under the dynamic leadership of our popular Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik, the State of Odishais witnessing massive development and has made tremendous progress in different spheres. The Stateis making consistent efforts for inclusive and participatory growth. As a result of its pro-people initiatives,good governance and transparent administrative measures, Odisha occupies a prominent place in theentire country. We are enumerating below few of the State's flagship programmes.

Biju KBK Yojana was launched in 2006-07 tosupplement the efforts under Revised Long Term ActionPlan (RLTAP) in accelerating the pace of developmentin KBK region.

Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana (GGY) was launchedin 2006-07 to provide developmental assistance to thedistricts not covered under the Backward Regions GrantFund (BRGF). However, BRGF scheme has beendiscontinued from 2015-16 onwards. To bridge thecritical gaps in infrastructures in all districts includingbackward districts where infrastructure continues to be weak, State Government has decided toimplement the GGY scheme from 2015-16.

Biju Grama Jyoti Yojana was started in 2007-08 as one of the flagship programme of the stategovernment. It covers all villages / habitations havingpopulation less than 100 and electrification for all BPLHouseholds, which are not covered under Rajiv GandhiGrameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). By end of30th April 2016, 16, 313 habitations have beenelectrified.

The State Government has launched a campaign ‘MoJami Mo Ghara’ to protect land rights of the poor.

Odisha State’s Flagship Programmes

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Madhubabu Pension Yojana was launched in2008 with a total coverage of 19,85,024beneficiaries by merging two pension schemes,i.e., State Old Age Pension (SOAP) & OdishaDisability Pension Scheme (ODPS).

Biju Yuva Sashaktikaran Yojana waslaunched during 2013-14. Under thisprogramme, 15,000 laptops have beendistributed to meritorious +2 students at 30nodal centres by Higher Education Departmentin 2015-16.

Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana is a State plan schemelaunched in 2014 designed to provide new housesto the deserving and genuinely poor rural householdsnot having any pucca house. During 2015-16, total10 lakh houses have been completed under thisprogramme.

Scholarship is being provided to studentspursuing higher studies in professionaleducation like Engineering, Medical, MBA andMCA @ Rs.10,000/- per annum. 9,119 studentshave been selected for scholarship during 2015-16.

Bicycles are being provided to students atClass-X level by the State government toenhance the retention rate. Apart fromGovernment high schools, all students readingin Class-X of Government aided high schools,Madrasas and Sanskrit tolls have beenbenefited under the scheme. During 2015-16,total 5,20,969 students were benefited underthis programme at a cost of Rs.135.45 crore.It has been decided to include the student ofClass-IX under this scheme during the currentfinancial year.

A livelihood scheme, “Jeebika” recently completed successfully in six districts, namely Kandhamal,Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur and Rayagada for development of livelihood of thepoor people through Watershed Plus intervention.

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MAMATA Scheme was launched in 2011 to provide partial wagecompensation during maternity and for fulfillment of conditionessential for safe delivery and improve mother & child-care practices.

Odisha Housing Mission was launched in 2015 to provide housingto the poor in both rural & urban areas by constructing about 5 lakhhouses every year.

Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM) started functioning in 2011-12 to promote livelihood of poor rural people through organisationbuilding like SHG and its federation at different level.

A new scheme, “Jeevan Vikash Yojana” is being implementedfor providing livelihood support to the rural poor.

Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana was launched by the State Government in 2016-17, specially in the districtsof Angul, Dhenkanal and Ganjam where the child sex ratio is lower than the other districts. The mainobjective of the programme is to prevent gender biased sex selective elimination, to ensure survival &protection, education & participation of girl child and to sensitise & mobilise the community and allstakeholders towards the value of girl child.

Biju Ananya Yojana was launched during 2016-17 in order to incentivise birth of girl child.

Biju Krushak Kalyan Yojana was launched in 2013-14 with the objective of honouring the farmer’shard work. The State Government has taken a ground – breaking step of providing health insurance ofRupees One lakh to five members of every farm family including the farmer to safeguard against healthhazards.

Baristha Nagarika Tirtha Yatra Yojana is being implemented in the state to provide opportunity tothe poor and deprived senior citizens of the state over 60 years of age for undertaking pilgrimage tocertain specified pilgrimage destinations both inside and outside the state.

A new scheme “Nirman Shramik Pucca Ghar Yojana" (NSPGY) has been launched by the StateGovernment in 2016 to meet the housing needs of building and other construction workers registeredunder the "Odisha Building and other Construction Workers” Welfare Scheme who do not have theirown Pucca house and have not availed any housing assistance under any other Government schemes.

Aadhaar

Aadhaar is a 12 digit unique identification number issued by Government of India to every individualresident of India. It will equip all Indians with biometric identification cards. The Unique IdentificationAuthority of India (UIDAI), which functions under the NITI Aayog (Formerly Planning Commission),is responsible for providing Aadhaar cards with identification number. In Odisha, 82.67 per cent of

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Bio-Metric Enrolment (BME) has been completed and 73.73 percent Aadhaar Numbers have beengenerated by 8th November 2015. Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and Debagarh have recorded the highestpercent of BME whereas Malkangiri has recorded the lowest, i.e., 50.54 percent. The highest numberof Aadhaar cards generated in Gajapati is 94.62 percent and lowest in Malkangiri, i.e., 53.42 percent.

National Food Security Act, 2013 in Odisha

Government of Odisha has recently implemented National Food Security Act (NFSA, 2013) in theState from November 2015. It is providing food security coverage to 84.83 lakh families consisting of318.33 lakh beneficiaries under Priority Household (PHH) and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)categories. Food grains allocations to the tune of 1.48 lakh MT Rice and 25.36 thousand MT Wheatper month is being supplied to the most vulnerable section of the society @ Re.1 per kg. by covering alldistricts of the state in two phases. Government has made all necessary arrangements to keep theNFSA beneficiaries database updated throughout the year by operationalising 374 Ration CardManagement System (RCMS) Centers in 314 Blocks and ULB headquarters across the State. Underthis programme each priority household is entitled to Other Initiatives of State Government avail 5 kg.of rice or wheat or combination of both per person per month @ Re. 1 per kg. Each AAY Family gets35 kg. of rice @ Re. 1 per kg. per month.

Aahaar

Aahaar programme is an initiative to addressthe hunger issue of urban poor, initially launchedin five Municipal Corporation of the State on1st April, 2015. The objective of the programmeis to provide cooked hot meals i.e. steamed riceand dalma to the poor and needy people ataffordable cost of Rs. 5 per meal from 11 AMto 3 PM each day except Sunday at places ofpublic congregations in the urban areas. Providing good quality food at affordable cost in a hygienicenvironment is the major focus of the program. The beneficiaries under the programme are mostlypatients, attendants of the patients, construction workers, labourers, rickshaw pullers, auto drivers,street children, needy students, destitute etc. Initially, it was operational in 21 outlets, four each inBhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela and five in Sambalpur and around 22,000 needy poorpeople who got the benefit of this programme. These Aahaar outlets have been opened at places nearerto the hospitals, bus-stands, courts, collectorates etc so that the beneficiaries can have quick and easyaccess. At present the programme has been extended to all the 30 districts and is implemented in 73towns through 110 outlets covering 66,650 beneficiaries per day. Aahaar Societies both at state anddistrict level have been formed to sustain the programme and ensure proper implementation.

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Key Achievements :

Odisha Development Paradigm

• Agriculture and services sectors with robust real growth rate of 9.26 percent and 9.38 percentrespectively were the leading contributors to overall growth rate of the state in 2014-15.

• Odisha’s manufacturing sector real growth rate of 8.31 percent over took India’s manufacturingsector growth rate of 5.53 percent in 2014-15.

• The real growth rate of electricity, gas, water supply and other utility services sectors and trade,repair, hotel & restaurants shows as 24.18 percent and 10.47 percent respectively while themining & quarrying sector shows a negative growth rate ( -14.74 percent ) during 2014-15.

• The per capita real Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) for Odisha at constant (2011-12)market prices expects to touch Rs. 55,116 during 2015-16, an increase by 4.95 percent over2014-15 and by 17.22 percent over 2011-12. During 2014-15, the per capita income of Odisharegistered Rs. 52,516 with 5.23 percent growth over 2013-14, the maximum growth rate in thelast five years.

• Below Poverty Line (BPL) population in Odisha has reduced by 7.25 percentage points duringthe period from 1999-2000 to 2004-05. As per Tendulkar Committee Methodology, povertyhas declined at a very faster rate, i.e., by 24.6 percentage points from 57.2 percent in 2004-05to 32.6 percent in 2011-12.

Odisha has made significant achievement in terms of economic growth, poverty reduction and othersocio-economic indicators. During 2014-15 Odisha exhibited higher real growth rate than nationallevel in all major economic sectors except in mining, construction, real estate, storage, communicationand public administration. During 2014-15 the real growth rate of Odisha was 6.24 percent at 2011-12 constant prices as against 7.24 percent at national level. Odisha’s economy expects a real growthrate of 6.16 percent during 2015-16. Natural shock of severe droughts in 28 districts of the state hadinfluenced the real growth rate of agriculture sector and might be the major reason in limiting the overallgrowth rate in 2015-16.