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Odisha MP writes to Centre, seeks procurement of par-boiled rice
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): With a view to safeguarding the interests of Odisha farmers, Biju Janta Dal (BJD) Member of Parliament Amar Patnaik on Saturday wrote to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal and urged him to intervene in the issue of
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Policies should reach beneficiaries, says Parliamentary Advocacy Group on
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Parliamentary Advocacy Group on Handloom and Handicrafts, consisting of 16 MPs from various political parties, released its first report on Wednesday and suggested several recommendations to extend the benefits of policies to the beneficiaries.
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Rajya Sabha members raise concern over pollution, seek stringent measures
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Rajya Sabha members cutting across the party lines on Friday expressed concern over rise in the air, water and land pollution in the country and called for stringent measures to deal with the problem that adversely affects human health.
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India should focus on supply through reforms and capital expenditure to cr
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], November 12 (ANI/OP Jindal University): India should focus on supply through reforms & capital expenditure to create assets in the economy, said Dr. K.V. Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India.
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BJD MP urges Centre to give free admission beyond quota in KV to children
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Dr Amar Patnaik on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and urged him to "consider giving free admission beyond any quota and any sanctioned number of seats in any Kendriya Vidyalaya in th
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BJD MP writes to Nirmala Sitharaman, proposes fund sharing norm of 90:10 f
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 15 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Amar Patnaik has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, proposing modification in central assistance fund sharing norms to 90:10 ratio for the Aspirational Districts.
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Public policy, strong enforcement needed to address counterfeiting, smuggl
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): The parallel economy in counterfeiting and smuggling has to be addressed if India wants to achieve a USD 5 trillion economy by 2025 and aim to take it to USD 10 trillion by 2027, said Dr Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.
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BJD MP proposes central income support scheme like PM-Kisan Nidhi for weav
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Biju Janta Dal (BJD) MP Amar Patnaik on Wednesday proposed a central income support scheme like the PM-Kisan Nidhi for the weaver community in India to help them to face hardships during COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters.
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Dr Amar Patnaik appointed member of Visva Bharati Samsad
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has nominated Dr Amar Patnaik, Member, Rajya Sabha as a member of the Samsad (Court) of Visva Bharati in the casual vacancy up to May 3, 2021.
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BJD MP meets Sitharaman, seeks release of pending performance grants of 11
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lawmaker Amar Patnaik on Friday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with other party MPs to release the pending basic and performance grants amounting to around Rs 700 crore to Odisha in respect of 114 urban local bodies (ULBs)
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BJD MP gives notice in RS over demand to confer Bharat Ratna on Biju Patna
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Amar Patnaik on Friday gave a Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over the demand to confer Bharat Ratna on former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik.
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Sasmit Patra appointed chief whip of BJD in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 26 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has been appointed as the chief whip of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the Upper House by the BJD chief and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday.
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