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ଚିଲିକା ବିଧାନସଭା ନିର୍ବାଚନ ମଣ୍ଡଳୀ ର ଏକ ନମ୍ବର ବୁଥରେ ଆସୁଥିବା ତିନିଟି ଜଙ୍ଗଲ ଗ୍ରାମ ହେଲେ ମହୁଲିଆ, ସିବିଡା ଏବଂ ଲାଣ୍ଡରୁ| ଖୋର୍ଦ୍ଧା ଜିଲ୍ଲା ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ବାଣପୁର ବ୍ଲକ ଦାମିଆ ବରବରା ଗ୍ରାମ ପଞ୍ଚାୟତ ଭିତରେ ଏହି ତିନିଟି ଗ୍ରାମ ଅବସ୍ଥାପିତ | ଏହି ତିନିଟି ଗ୍ରାମ ରାଜ୍ୟର ସର୍ବବୃହତ ଦାମିଆ ବରବରା ଜଙ୍ଗଲ ଭିତରେ ଅବସ୍ଥାପିତ | ଭୌଗୋଳିକ ସ୍ଥିତି ରୁ ଦେଖିଲେ ଏହି ଗ୍ରାମ ଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଖୋର୍ଦ୍ଧା, ଗଞ୍ଜାମ ଓ ନୟାଗଡ଼ ଜିଲ୍ଲାର […]

Should the Union Government Monitor the Performance of State Governments?

The ToR of 15th Finance Commission of India has drawn enormous flak from the southern states and Odisha for its reference to use the 2011 population for sharing taxes among states. The states, that have achieved replacement rate of population growth, are worried of losing huge amount of revenue from the Union. However, there is […]

No Sign of Growth Convergence for Odisha

Odias always boast of their glorious past and the ruling political parties thump chest on the remarkable progress made during their reign and blame the preceding government’s misrule. However, the fact remains that Odisha perpetually gets a red card in all the economic and social indicators. In this article I examine the growth convergence of […]

New Roles to 15th Finance Commission

The President of India on November 27, 2017 constituted the 15th Finance Commission under the chairmanship of bureaucrat turned politician Nanda Kishore Singh. Mr Singh, a BJP leader, has been among the country’s top bureaucrats and handled important portfolios such as India’s Expenditure and Revenue Secretary, a Member of the Planning Commission as well as […]

Irregularities in MGNREGS on Community’s Consent

Since the implementation of MGNREGS we have been hearing about a number of successful stories and irregularities too. In this article I am going to present the facts from a village of Odisha regarding the irregularities in the implementation of MGNREGA. The irregularities have, however, happened with the consent of the community. The objective of […]