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Welfare, Government of India, desired ODISHA CABINET This time, the government has set Bhubaneswar, Nov 12: Despite op- to bring reforms in agriculture mar- DECISIONS highest ever target to procure 71 lakh SERO SURVEY posing the farm laws enacted by the keting sector in the country and it has metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy. Food Centre, the Odisha government has now unveiled a draft model law entitled as n As per the new Ordinance, the Supplies and Consumer Welfare sec- decided to re-promulgate the ‘the Agriculture Produce and Livestock regional markets will be retary VV Yadav said target has set to Over 46% residents of Agriculture Marketing Ordinance, as Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) converted as state and national procure 54 lakh MT of paddy during the first Ordinance issued by the gov- Act, 2017’. But, due to Covid-19 pan- markets Kharif crop season and 17 lakh tonee ernment is about lapse. The move demic the state government desires n The Ordinance will also ensure in Rabi crop season. He said the de- Cuttack exposed to nCoV comes as a surprise in the midst of the to bring the second Ordinance to give abolition of fragmentation of partment minister can enhance the tar- nationwide stir by farmers against immediate benefits to the farmers,” market within the state by get, if required. POST NEWS NETWORK main objective of the survey the Centre’s farm laws. state government said in a press state- removing the concept of notified The government has approved ten- is to know the collective im- Significantly, the BJD had opposed ment issued Thurday. market area der worth `461.25 crore for construc- Bhubaneswar, Nov 12: The munity of the community the new farm laws in both Houses of Interestingly, the state government n The government has also tion of Jagannath Ballav Pilgrim recently conducted sero sur- in an area against the virus. Parliament during its last session, but has not touched the controversial con- decided to repeal 215 Acts Centre, market complex and exten- veillance of Cuttack city We found that there was no its new Ordinance is more or less tract farming law. The issue was in- mostly Appropriation Acts of the sion of Shree Setu along the Musa has revealed that close to differentiation between based on the Centre’s model Act of corporated in the first Ordinance, state enacted in between 1950 river in Puri town. The government half of the studied popula- males and females when it the Union Ministry of Agriculture dropped from the Ordinance passed and 2011 has set a deadline to complete the tion in the Silver City are ex- comes to exposure. However, and Farmers Welfare. A copy paste Thursday. Earlier, the state govern- n State targets to procure record projects in 30 months, the Chief posed to Covid-19 infection. we saw more young people of the Central laws, the second ordi- ment has brought the Odisha amount of 71 lakh MT paddy Secretary said. This data was furnished were exposed to the virus. nance of the state government, chris- Agricultural Produce and Livestock during this Kharif season The proposal to alienate govern- by the Regional Medical Around 90 percent of the tened the ‘Odisha Agricultural Produce Contract Farming and Services ment land and acquired land for Research Centre (RMRC), exposed persons were and Livestock Marketing (Promotion (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, efit the farmers of our state.” The Ordinance will also ensure abo- Heritage Security Corridor around Bhubaneswar, which along asymptomatic,” and Facilitation), Ordinance, 2020, 2020, along with the Agriculture There are 66 regulated marketing lition of fragmentation of market Jagannath Temple in Puri in favour with the Cuttack Municipal The CMC Commissioner, was approved by the state Cabinet Marketing Ordinance. committees (RMCs) in state apart from within the state by removing the con- of the Shri Jagannath Temple Corporation (CMC) con- however, asked the people to Thursday. Briefing the media on the decisions a strong private market, he said, adding, cept of notified market area in so far Managing Committee free of premium ducted the serological (an- take special measures and Though the state government had taken by Cabinet, Chief Secretary Asit “The regional markets will be con- as enforcement of regulation by has been approved by the panel. tibody) test of the commu- comply with the Covid-19 promulgated the first Ordinance May Tripathy said, “The Cabinet decided to verted as state and national markets.” Agricultural Produce and Livestock Tripathy said the government has nity as well as people from safety norms to ensure that 13 this year, it did not bring the Bill in re-promulgate Odisha Agricultural This Ordinance will also bring pri- Market Committee. It will also pro- also decided to repeal 215 Acts mostly high-risk groups like such they are able to protect them- the last session of the Assembly fear- Produce and Livestock Marketing vate investment on construction of mote online trading. Appropriation Acts of the state en- as health workers, police- selves during Diwali. ing a backlash by farmers in the state. (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, new godowns, sorting, grading, pack- The Cabinet, which has approved a acted in between 1950 and 2011. These men and media personnel. “The survey hinted that “The Ministry of Agriculture and 2020, to provide competitive rates to the aging, scientific storage and ware- total of 18 proposals, has also approved Acts will be placed before the Assembly CMC Commissioner we have got good immunity Farmers Welfare, Department of farmers for their produces. It will ben- housing, he said. the Food and Procurement Policy for for repeal. MORE P3 Ananya Das said that the against the virus. However, overall sero prevalence for we cannot be complacent the city stood at 46.39 per and we need to continue IRREGULAR by MANJUL ‘DEAD’ BOY RETURNS HOME ALIVE cent. It was said to be higher protecting us from the virus. ` for the high risk group and I would like to appeal to the State approves 11.2K cr lower for the community people of Cuttack to practice ` participants. The sero sur- all preventive measures to Govt told to pay 5 lakh vey was undertaken in 25 keep themselves away from clusters/wards, where 60 the disease, Das said. Supplementary Budget households were randomly The sero survey is con- damages to 2 ‘accused’ picked for the study. ducted by the Indian Council POST NEWS NETWORK Covid-19 crisis, the state is going to pres- The study also analysed of Medical Research (IMCR) POST NEWS NETWORK tered a murder case against them ent an enhanced Supplementary Budget the samples of 640 persons through its regional part- and sent them to jail. Bhubaneswar, Nov 12: The Council of to ensure sufficient allocation for health from high risk groups. ners. The survey measures Bhubaneswar, Nov 12: The Odisha Meanwhile, the minor boy, who Minister headed by Chief Minister Naveen and social sectors. While almost an allo- RMRC Director the antibodies developed in Human Rights Commission (OHRC) suffered from some mental dis- Patnaik Thursday approved Supplementary cation equal to last year will be granted Sanghamitra Pati said that human bodies against the has directed the state government order and was believed to have Budget for the year 2020-21. According to for administrative expenses, the lion share while 56.4 percent from the virus which are formed to pay `2.5 lakh each to two persons been murdered, returned home sources, the total outlay of the (around `10,000 crore) is likely to be allo- high-risk groups were found after they are exposed to who were accused of ‘murdering’ a in 2018. On his return, the boy Supplementary Budget would be around cated for programme expenditure and to be exposed to coronavirus, the virus recently. It does not Goddess Lakshmi will not be minor boy and put behind bars in said that he was in Kolkata be- `11,270 crore, which will be presented be- disaster response as the state has noti- the total prevalence of the tell about current infection visiting us this Diwali.Else, we connection in 2016. tween 2016 and 18. fore the Assembly November 20. fied Covid-19 pandemic as a disaster. The virus among the commu- about their exposure to the would have won the election! The two were arrested and sen- When the ‘accused’ received The state had presented a Supplementary outlay of Annual Budget 2020-21 was `1.50 nity was 41 per cent. virus in the last few weeks tenced to imprisonment for al- the news of the boy’s return, they Budget of `8,126 crore last year. Despite the lakh crore. She further said, “The and months. legedly murdering a minor boy in moved the OHRC alleging that Night temp to fall Paikamal area of Bargarh dis- they were wrongfully imprisoned trict.