By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated the Senior Officers’ Conference at Lokseba Bhawan Convention Centre. CM Patnaik said Start-ups play a vital role in the economic development of the State. A lot in this regard has been done by the Government. The O-hub is in operation as one of the big incubation centres for the Startups. We are trying to make Odisha as one of the top three Start-up destinations in the Country.
Women empowerment is at the core of all our initiatives. We intend to transform our Mission Shakti groups in to Small and Medium Enterprises. We are providing interest free loan up to Rs 5 lakh so that they can convert their units to flourishing units.
Shri Patnaik said that State has target to provide Rs 50 thousand crore to our Mission Shakti Groups in next five years. Collectors are required to provide all possible support to Mission Shaktri Groups in realization of this objective.
CM Patnaik said that, “Odisha has been at the forefront of many states for its transformative initiatives. Sports, healthcare, school transformation, women empowerment, skill development, crop production, Covid management are some of the sectors that attract special mention.”
The 5T Initiative and ‘Mo Sarkar’, these twin initiatives has brought about transformative governance and have enhanced our people’s outreach programmes. At the district level, collectors and dist admins are required to reach out to more and more people, CM added.
CM said Odisha is now a food surplus state contributing to national public distribution system, adding that the agriculture and allied sectors provide maximum employment to people in rural areas.
He said that State should focus more on farm mechanization, crop diversification, horticulture and floriculture, dairy development and fisheries. Our ‘Millet Mission’ has now been taken up nationally to improve nutrition. This sector has the potential to revitalize rural economy. We need to continue to excel in this sector.
Senior Ministers like Pratap Keshari Deb, Ranedra Pratap Swain, Pramilla Mallick, Prfaulla Mallick, Niranjan Pujari, Pradip Amata Priti Ranjan Ghadai, Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra, 5T Secretary VK Pandian, Senior Secretaries like Hemanta Sharma, Bishnupada Sethi, Satyabrata Sahu, Anu Garg, Mona Sharma, Sujata Kartikeyan and others were among those present.
