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VOL - I FRI\DAY 03 ISSUE NO. 396 FEBRUAY, 2017 PAGE-8 BHUBANESWAR THE KALINGA CHRONICLE (Air Surchange - 0.50P) FOLLOW US 2.50 ON TWITTER Popular People’s Daily of Odisha twritter.com/thekalingchronicle Rs 5000 crore crude oil Budget is Mixed Bag Asim Basu no more reserve, only solace Bhubaneswar (K- pointed out. crore for various rail- for Odisha CN): Chief Minister "Considering in- way infrastructure Bhubaneswar (K- Dharmendra Pradhan Media report that his Indian College of BHUBANESWAR(K- Naveen Patnaik flation, in the real projects in the state. CN): Asim Basu is and several other dig- family had shifted Arts and CN): Even as several no more. The Emi- Draughtsmanship, demands of the State dubbed the Union terms, there is no in- "We understand that Government including funds to the tune of nent Painter, Ac- Calcutta; and started claimed Designer, his career as an Asso- opening of more bank Rs 5102 crore have branches in unbanked Theatre Director and ciate Artist at been provided in the gram panchayats and above all a loving Silpapuri in Cuttack. budget, which is a compensation for re- human being He also served as duction of CST rates meager increase of 9 Mr.Basu breathed his an Artist in the Direc- to pave the way for per cent over the last last today. torate of Health Ser- implementation of year's allocation," he He was 82 and vice of the Govern- GST were overlooked said. was suffering from ment of Odisha from in the Union Budget "But, what is of acute lungs infection 1961 to 1967. 2017-18, Union Fi- real concern is that and had also devel- Winner of Orissa nance Minister Arun Jaitley announced set- budgetary allocations oped cardiac problem Sangeet Natak ting up of a crude oil of railways are not last evening, Capital Akademi Award reserve at being spent fully. In Hospital sources said. (1998), Mr.Basu was Chandikhole in 2016-17 only 39 per He was shifted to Member, Board of Odisha. cent of the allocation the Intensive Care Examiners of Gov- The proposed five has been spent till Unit (ICU) after his ernment College of million tonne capacity crude oil reserve will December 2016. I health condition be- Arts & Crafts, came critical. He Khalikote and Utkal have an investment of hope that this trend Rs 5000 crore. “For will change. In fact, breathed his last in Sangeet Mahavi- the late afternoon dyalaya. strengthening our en- we provide 50 per ergy sector, Govern- here today. He would be re- ment has decided to cent funding and land His admirers membered for his re- Budget, 2017-18 is a crease at all. The al- free of cost in many set up Strategic Crude were at loss as the markable perfor- Oil Reserves. In the ‘Mixed Bag’ and falls location of funds for of our crucial railway news broke out about mance in Odia films first phase, three such short of expectation schemes relating to projects," Mr. Patnaik the sad demise of the nitaries condoled the him to their residence Niraba Jhada, reserve facilities have on many account. rural roads, rural said. sensitive writer and a death of Asim Babu. from a private nurs- Soutuni, Jaga Balia, been set up. In the sec- However Mr. drinking water, edu- Noting that favorite of artists Chief Minister ing home due to pau- Dada Giri, Tara, ond phase, it is pro- Patnaik has wel- cation, mid-day-meal Odisha makes a ma- across the state. Naveen Patnaik ex- city of fund. Mukti Tirtha, posed to set up cav- comed some of the program and urban jor contribution to A number of pressed profound District Adminis- Agniveena, and Agni erns at two more loca- tions at Chandikhole measures announced development is al- railways earnings, cine, theatre person- grief over the death of tration of Khurda also Sanketa. He was in Odisha and Bikaner by Union Finance most stagnant," he Mr.Patnaik said it is alities, and writers the versatile person- contributed Rs 20000 awarded State Film in Rajasthan,” Jaitley Minister Arun Jaitley. said. therefore reasonable gathered at the Capi- ality, adding he said for the veteran Award for Art Direc- said. The railway sec- Speaking to Me- Special Central to expect a major tal Hospital to pay Odisha lost an emi- artiste’s medical ex- tion in2003 and tor is also going to get dia here today Mr. Assistance and Ar- share in terms of their last respects to nent artiste. pense. Orissa Film Techni- a boost with an alloca- Asim Dada. Recently, the De- Born at Kakhada cian Award in 2004. tion of Rs 5102 crore Patnaik pointed out ticle 275 grant for projects, new trains, for Odisha, the highest that adequate atten- Tribal areas are remodeling of sta- Governor S C partment of Culture in Balasore district in According to Jamir, Chief Minister had sanctioned Rs 1 1935, Mr.Basu got sources Mr. Basu ever. Provision for tion has not been showing a growth of tions and rail based Naveen Patnaik, lakh for Mr.Basu’s his Diploma in Ap- would be cremated at railway sector of given for job cre- only 6.3 per cent and industries. Odisha in 2016-17 and Union Minister treatment following plied Arts 1959 from Swargadwar in Puri. ation, which is an 2.6 per cent respec- On behalf of the 2015-16 budget was area of serious con- tively, he noted add- people of Odisha, Rs 4682 crore and Rs 3712 crore respec- cern. ing that there is no Patnaik said he wel- tively. He rues that the growth at all in the comes the decision of The State Govern- Union Budget 2017- allocation for Special the Government of ment was also banking 18 falls short of ex- Central Assistance India to commemo- on scheme related pectation on much for welfare of Sched- rate the bi-centenary transfers from the count, adding not uled Caste as well as of the "Paika Centre. This has in- creased at a meagre much has been done Social Security Pen- Bidroha" led by Buxi 5.5 per cent over the to address the adverse sions under the Na- Jagabandhu. previous budget, the impact of demoneti- tional Social Assis- "I would also Chief Minister said zation. tance Program. complement the and added that consid- Mr.Pataik said "We welcome Union Finance Min- ering inflation, there is development of KBK some of the measures ister for nation-wide no increase at all. Al- location of funds for region, opening of for the farm sector implementation of schemes relating to bank branches in un- specially in dairy pro- the maternity benefit rural roads, rural banked gram cessing and infra- scheme, which is a drinking water, educa- panchayats and meet- structure develop- replica of our own tion, midday meal ing the development ment fund to be set up "Mamta" scheme. It programme and urban aspiration of the SC in NABARD. There is indicative of the development is almost stagnant, he said and and ST community, is also an increased success of the state's added that there is no have not been ad- allocation for rural model scheme, which increase in the provi- dressed in the Bud- housing," Mr.Patnaik has been adopted at sion for special Cen- get. said. the national level," he tral assistance to Noting that the Stating that these said. States for the welfare of the SCs as well as Union Budget, 2017- measures are in line Assuring the cen- social security pension 18 is a major financial with the state tral government that under the National intervention exercise government’s devel- the state will be fully Social Assistance after demonetization, opment priorities, supportive of every Programme. Mr. Patnaik said Mr.Patnaik said: initiative taken to Finance Minister people at large took "However, I would bring transparency in Pradip Amat said the State Government had the brunt of demon- have been personally public life, Mr. high expectations that etization. "I was ex- happy if the interest Patnaik said a small after demonetisation, pecting something rate on agricultural beginning has been the Union Budget spectacular for the credit is reduced to indicated in bringing would contain appro- common man in the one per cent as it has more transparency in priate policy measures Union Budget," he been done by our political funding. to address its adverse consequences and re- said. State government for "We welcome this" vive the growth mo- The Scheme re- the benefit of the he said. mentum in the lated to transfer from farmers." "I hope this will economy through in- Centre to the States On the allocation be taken forward and creased public spend- have been proposed for railway develop- comprehensive re- ing in the social and to increase at a mea- ment in the State, forms are made in infrastructure sectors. “The Union Budget, ger rate of 5.5 per Patnaik said the state this regard after due 2017-18 is disappoint- cent over the previ- government had de- deliberation," Mr. ing on both the ous budget, he manded Rs 5870 Patnaik said. counts,” he said. HE ALINGA HRONICLE ENTERTAINMENT BHUBANESWAR FRIDAY, 03 FEBRUARY, 2017 T K C Popular people’s Daily of Odisha 2 I was written off by everybody in the south: Taapsee Pannu Seven years since ingly, was shot before I can play with my like how it’s shown in forward to see how and pushing my bar- making her debut as Baby and Pink, but language and nu- the movies. So in this people receive it,” riers,” Taapsee ex- an actress in a Telugu wasn’t released ear- ances,” she observes.