National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned RIDF assistance of Rs.206 crore to the Odisha Government under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for construction of 25 rural road projects being implemented by the Works Department, in 11 districts of the State. These projects with a combined length of 203 km will improve rural road connectivity for 20.48 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 25, 2021 As many as 2.82 crore households have been electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA, one of the largest household electrification drives in the world launched by India on this day four years ago. As of March 2019, 2.63 crore willing un-electrified households in rural and urban areas of the country were provided electricity ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 24, 2021 In a bid to strengthen safety awareness among employees and to develop their skill, NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi organised a safety training program on “Behavioural Safety” on Thursday through virtual mode for employees of Pakri Barwadih, Kerendari, Dulanga, Talaipalli Coal Mining projects and Coal Mining Headquarters. The safety training programme was conducted in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 24, 2021 Rotary Club of Temple City organised a plantation drive at the premises of Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar on Thursday in presence of Rtn. Dr. Pravat Ranjan Beuria, Director of Biju Patnaik International Airport. More than 100 saplings of fruit bearing plants were planted during the programme, led by Rtn. Prashant Kumar Hota, President ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 21, 2021          Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sought partnership with UN Women on skilling women and girls in the state for making them employable. Patnaik said this while interacting with the Country Representative of UN Women Susan Jane Ferguson who called on the Chief Minister at Naveen Niwas here today and discussed a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 17, 2021 Indian Railways on Friday launched Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana (RKVY) to impart skill training to youth in remote areas. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the RKVY under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana through videoconference from New Delhi. Under this scheme, the Ministry will also set up mobile skill training units to improve reach ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 15, 2021 NITI Aayog will launch a report on ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ on Thursay. The report will be released by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar and Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan, in the presence of NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and Special Secretary Dr K. Rajeswara Rao, and ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 11, 2021 As a part of the safety awareness and skill development initiative under “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, to celebrate and commemorate the 75th year of progressive India and its achievements, NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi under the guidance and supervision of Partha Mazumder, Regional Executive Director (Coal Mining), NTPC, started a chain of Safety programmes ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2021 Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday flagged off the new modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) rake of 08445/08446 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar, Hirakhand Express, through videoconferencing from Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Vaishnaw said, “Hon’ble Prime Minister has been stressing upon the need for bringing about reforms in Railways. ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 10, 2021 “Mushroom cultivation is interesting and will help me in earning my pocket money,” said Vidyakant, a student of Bisra High School. Vidyakant along with other students of the school had heard about the benefits of mushroom cultivation and hence came to the Institute for Peripheral Development of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in the year ...