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Debt burden continues to reduce in State

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Claiming that there has been substantial strides on Management of Public debt, Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadai on Tuesday said the State was able to reduce the net debt stock from 55.92  per cent of the GSDP in 2001-02 to 15.86 per cent in 2011-12, thereby achieving the desired level of 25 per cent recommended by the 13th  Finance Comission.  It is targeted to reduce the debt stock further to 15.55 per cent by the end of the current fiscal- 2012-13.

Right to Education plan for districts by June 5

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Minister of State for School and Mass Education Pratap Jena on Tuesday said special strategies and plan of action were being taken up to implement the Right to Education Campaign- 2012 and it was decided to finalise the District Plan for the RTE campaign  by June 5.

Mahila Mandal Project to be revived in State

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The Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) has asked the State  Social Welfare Board (SSWB) to restart the Mahila Mandal Project and engage the employees of the Mahila Mandals in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).

Two poachers held in K’pada

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The Bhitarkanika forest officials on Monday arrested two taxidermists on the charges of killing a spotted deer May 16 by trapping the hoofed animal in a nylon loop net after slyly entering into the Habalaganda forest under the core area of  Bhitarkanika National Park, said Rajnagar Forest Ranger.

Manipur, Kerala enters Santosh trophy semis

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Last year runners-up Manipur and Kerala defeated Maharashtra and Goa respectively and entered the semifinal in the 66th National Football Championship at Kalinga Stadium and Barabati Stadium on Tuesday.