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Odisha cabinet approves Rs 1,000 cr for transforming Puri

Published on 27 Jun 2023

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Odisha cabinet approves Rs 1,000 cr for transforming Puri
  • The Odisha cabinet approved an additional outlay of over Rs 1,000 crore for the ABADHA Yojana.
  • In 2019, the Odisha government allocated Rs 3208 crore under the Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA) scheme in three years to transform Puri into a world heritage city.
  • Now, the State government decided to raise the amount to Rs 4224.22 crore.
  • Similarly, the Odisha cabinet also approved the implementation of the MMSY-Connecting Unconnected Villages in Difficult areas for a period of 2 years i.e. from 2023-24 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs 976 crore.
  • The Cabinet has approved the execution of projects with a length of 361.34 km approximately targeted to be taken up in 2023-24 & 2024-25.
  • The Odisha State Cabinet has also approved a projected outlay of Rs 3354.40 crore for the “Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana (MSPY)”.
  • The yojana is aimed at transforming nutrition outcomes of adolescent girls (15-19 years), pregnant women & lactating mothers, SAM, MAM, and severely underweight children of under 6 years of age across the state over a period of five years commencing from FY 2023-24.
Source: SarkariPariksha