ODISHA REVIEW VOL. LXXI NO. 7-8 FEBRUARY-MARCH - 2015 MADHUSUDAN PADHI, I.A.S. Commissioner-cum-Secretary RANJIT KUMAR MOHANTY, O.A.S, ( SAG) Director DR. LENIN MOHANTY Editor Editorial Assistance Production Assistance Bibhu Chandra Mishra Debasis Pattnaik Bikram Maharana Sadhana Mishra Cover Design & Illustration D.T.P. & Design Manas Ranjan Nayak Hemanta Kumar Sahoo Photo Raju Singh Manoranjan Mohanty The Odisha Review aims at disseminating knowledge and information concerning Odisha’s socio-economic development, art and culture. Views, records, statistics and information published in the Odisha Review are not necessarily those of the Government of Odisha. Published by Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar - 751001 and Printed at Odisha Government Press, Cuttack - 753010. For subscription and trade inquiry, please contact : Manager, Publications, Information & Public Relations Department, Loksampark Bhawan, Bhubaneswar - 751001. Five Rupees / Copy E-mail : [email protected] Visit : http://odisha.gov.in Contact : 9937057528(M) CONTENTS The God of Intimate Things Sudhir Kumar Das ... 1 Toward A Results - Based Panchayat Governance Anup Dash ... 4 Be Cheerful But Calm K.C. Patnaik ... 7 Working of PR in Odisha : Training and Capacity Building Dr. Harihar Dash ... 8 Biju Patnaik : His Place in Indian History Dr. Sudhakar Panda ... 12 Biju Patnaik : Architect and Builder of Modern Odisha Dr. Dasarathi Bhuyan ... 14 Good Governance ... 23 Address of Hon'ble Governor of Odisha Dr. S.C. Jamir to the Odisha Legislative Assembly ... 26 PANCHAYATI RAJ : An effective Institutional Setup for Decentralized Administration and Planning Basudeb Sahoo ... 37 Inclusive Governance, Panchayats and Women’s Empowerment : Ideas, Issues and Interventions Prof. Navaneeta Rath ... 41 Laws for Women:Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Dr. Amrita Patel (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 Namita Palo ... 47 Decentralized Planning and Budgeting Process in Odisha : Key Opportunities Pravas Mishra ... 50 Working of Gram Sabha in Scheduled Areas under PESA Act-Odisha Perspective Dr. Pramila Prava Patnaik ... 54 Vidhan Parishad : A Developmental Council not a Political Asylum Subhrata Pattnaik ... 60 Decentralized Planning for Rural Development - Issues and Challenges M.N.Roy ... 65 Strengthening Women Power - Angul Mahila Manch Sarojini Nayak ... 75 Maternity Protection : Efficacy and Impact of the Rajkishor Mishra Schemes in Odisha Santosh Kumar Pradhan ... 78 Empowering Women through Tourism Development Himanshu Bhusan Rout Kasturi Mohanty ... 85 Brain Storming Deliberations of Biju Patnaik ... 90 Need of Creative Environment for Development of Tribal Children Dr. Purbasha Kar ... 105 Surendra Nath Dwibedy : A True Socialist of Odisha Jugal Kishore Hota ... 110 Nrusimhanath : A Heritage Site Sujata Behera ... 114 From A Child to A Mother : Let us Give A Path for Her Peoples initiative in a Gram Panchayat–A Study in Karnataka Dr. K. Jayalakshmi ... 121 The Age of Tumult Jitendra Nath Misra ... 125 Agenda for Improving the Role of Panchayats in Social Sector Governance Saroj Kumar Dash ... 128 Livelihood in Farm Sector & Role of Panchayati Raj Institution Amita Patra ... 130 A Holistic Empowerment toWomen : Views from the Field Dr. Bidyut Mohanty ... 133 Odisha Update ... 142 Editor’s Note Amongst the many rites and rituals that reverberate through the sacred shrine of Puri, “Navakalebar” ceremony stands out as a unique feature. The ensuing “Navakalebar” is being held after an interval of 19 years. It involves in the total replacement of worshipped idols with new ones and the burial of the old images at “Koili Baikuntha”. The entire State Government machinery under the leadership of our popular Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik is geared up for this onerous task. The seriousness of the efforts can be felt when 3 Review Meetings headed by Hon’ble Chief Minister, Chief Secretary and ACS are held in the one single day for stock-taking. I personally feel the meticulous planning made with responsibilities fixed, will go a long way to make the world famous event a huge success. On the 6th of March 2015 the Holi festival will be celebrated all across the State with great delight. The colourful festival connects us with family and friends and refreshes our ties. The young and the old are enthusiastic to celebrate the festival of colours. We shall all celebrate the International Women’s Day on the 8th of March. To empower women, the State Government has ensured that they get social, economic and political justice. The 50 % quota for women in PRIs and Urban Local Bodies, the new State Policy for Women and Girls is a step forward in that direction. It is a matter of grave concern that crime against women is not just a simple outcome of difficult social and economic circumstances. Rather, gender-based violence is a consequence of unequal power balance between men and women in India and a reflection of dominant gender norms prevalent in society. In the current times we are shocked when just after the PDP and BJP Government took charge in J & K under aegis of Central Government, the Chief Minister, thanks the people from across the border for smooth conduct of the elections. As a student of Political Science, it seems to me that the J & K C.M.’s statement is unfortunate and mocks the overwhelming public mandate. The whole State is taken aback by the neglect to Odisha in the Central Budget. As a part of the sadistic plan of the Centre, it has announced special package of Rs.20,000 crore for poll-bound States like Bihar and West Bengal while ignoring the genuine claims of Odisha. No special assistance has been announced for “Navakalebar” festival although the State Government has been requesting the Centre since last one year. The backward regions of the State with high tribal and dalit population have also been ignored. The people of the State will celebrate the 99th Birth Anniversary of legendary leader Biju Patnaik on the 5th of March 2015. Biju Babu who dedicated each drop of his blood for the people of Odisha was an epitome of dedication, selfless service and sacrifice. He was also a pioneer proponent of devolution of power to the grass root level. That is why his Birthday is celebrated as the Panchayati Raj Divas. The main thrust of the policies, programmes and activities of Panchayati Raj Department now are all-round development of the people through participation, self-help and empowerment. Under the strong leadership of our Chief Minister multiple schemes of the State are being implemented through the Panchayati Raj Department at the grass root level for the socio-economic upliftment of the common man. It aims to bring about qualitative change in the lives of the rural people. In order to further decentralize the participatory processes Gram Sabha and Palli Sabha has been empowered to prepare annual action plan taking into consideration the local situation, select beneficiaries under poverty alleviation programmes, select village level leader to execute various developmental projects and supervise the same because the Government is committed to strengthen the PRIs as institution of self government. Editor, Odisha Review February-March - 2015 Odisha Review The God of Intimate Things Sudhir Kumar Das I would think until I found history or reality. He is not history but mystery. Something I can never find, He is timeless. He is not real but extra-real, surrel. Something lying on the ground, He is not an event but a rare inexplicable moment. In the bottom of my mind. He is centered in the hearts of all; memory, perception as well as their loss came from Him. - James Stephens Not only the good but also Apparently these the bad comes from the lines hint at an unending same divine source. Since search, a quest for harmony only One is there even the within the self and with the bad must be attributed to natural process of life, the that One. Memory, world and also the spiritual perception and forgetfulness truth, the God. The poet all come from that source expresses the longing for only. trekking a spiritual path. He When we are seeks a sense of oneness more baffled about His with God’s creation. The genesis and purpose, we poet finds him in the midst have recourse to misleading of agony, angst and anxiety epithets like Imperishable, of the world. He is tired of Ineffable, Inscrutable, life. As a result he earnestly desires liberation from Unmanifest, enigmatic, Unsearchable, the deceptive world. He is after spiritual treasure unfathomable, Unapproachable, Inflexible, which still eludes him. His quest is elusive, not Inexhaustible, Incomprehensible, Incalculable, conclusive, not positive. Esoteric, Recondite, Abstract, Abstruse etc. all Similarly the search for Lord Jagannath, these treat Him as an outsider and take Him afar the reigning deity of the whole universe is an illusory from us. but perennial quest. No amount of search or When our so-called intellectual curiosity research would be able to trace Him to time, to know Him leads us no where we go a step 1 Odisha Review February-March - 2015 further in the process of distancing him from us Our greatest problem is survival. The by describing Him as a bundle of contradictions, question before us is- “can we set our land in a queer mixture of opposites. He has strange order”? Probably we could if we realized how to forms and bizarre ways of working. He is half yet surrender our ego, how to re-establish our link full, incomplete yet complete, imperfect yet with that thing which is higher, greater, graver and perfect, strange but familiar, beautiful and ugly. deeper than us who pervades the universe. But in He is the deity of the savage and the civilised, of the midst of a bleak global scenario, rays of hope the rich and the poor. He is the Lord of the flux are still there.