Industry Odisha Bureau, Oct 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) of 78 days for Railway employees. The government has given its nod for PLB of 11,40,770 railway employees for their excellent performance. Payment of PLB to eligible railway employees is made each year before the Durga Puja/Dusshera holidays. This year also, PLB amount equivalent to 78 days’ wages is being paid to about 11.40 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees. The payment of PLB acts as an incentive to motivate the railway employees for working towards improvement in the performance of the Railways. The maximum amount…
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Industry Odisha Bureau, Oct 14: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate and dedicate to the nation five major development projects worth around ₹3,350 crore in Ladakh on Thursday at around 12:30 PM via video conferencing. He will also address the gathering on the occasion. The five projects will strengthen connectivity, improve energy infrastructure, conserve cultural heritage and enhance water security in the region. Prime Minister will inaugurate the New Passenger Terminal Building at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, Leh, built at a cost of ₹640 crore. Spread over 23,800 square metres, the modern terminal is designed to handle 35 lakh passengers…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Oct 10: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today stated that the definition of national security has changed in today’s era. He said national security is not determined solely by the size of armed forces, but also determined by self reliance in defence sector. Speaking at the 8th Annual Session of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) in New Delhi on October 9, 2026, the minister presented the SIDM Champion Awards 2026 to recognise achievements in indigenous technology, product innovation, design, import substitution, manufacturing excellence and exports. The Defence Minister was speaking at the Society of Indian Defence…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Oct 10: The Reserve Bank of India on Saturday unveiled fresh hedging rules to lift rupee against dollars. RBI has opened a special window to meet the daily dollar requirements of oil companies to ease the pressure on spot market. RBI provides oil companies dollars directly from its foreign exchange reserves and Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum will be allowed to access the facility from Monday. The central bank has responded by tightening rules on speculative corporate activity and raising the cost of protection against further rupee weakness. The RBI is “trying to moderate potentially…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 29: The Comptroller and Auditor General detected massive irregularities in the sanction and execution of projects under District Mineral Foundations, including sanctioning crores of funds during the Covid 19 pandemic and Rs 136.77 crore for constructing a hockey stadium. According to CAG’s performance audit on the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) and functioning of DMFs, tabled in the Assembly on Monday, Odisha spent Rs 983 crore on projects in 976 villages of Keonjhar and Sundargarh during 2015-16 to 2023-24, which were not affected by mining. The CAG also pointed to widespread norm violations, poor…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sep 29: Indian Railways has approved the 6 km Barbil-Bolanikhadan Doubling Project of South Eastern Railway at a completion cost of ₹122 crore, strengthening rail infrastructure on an important mineral movement corridor. Doubling to Support Growing Freight Traffic The project will facilitate additional freight traffic of 8.9 MTPA on this stretch after commissioning of the project. The doubling will also help reduce delays to freight trains. The Barbil-Bolanikhadan section has been identified under the “Energy, Mineral and Cement Corridor” of Indian Railways. The existing section is a single-line section and currently carries about 9 MTPA, comprising about…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 29: The ‘Seva Setu’ campaign will be organized across Odisha from October 1 to 10 with the objective of ensuring easy, simple and swift access to government services and public welfare schemes for eligible citizens. The initiative is part of the ongoing ‘Seva Sankalp’ campaign, being observed from September 17 to October 17 to mark the birthday of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Minister H&UD Dr. Krushna Chandra Mahapatra is the State Coordinator of the ‘Seva Sankalp’ campaign. Providing details about the initiative, Dr. Mahapatra said that through ‘Seva Setu’, eligible citizens will be able to…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sep 28: The Delhi government has announced 50 % Work from Home for both Government and Private employees starting from November 1 till February 28. The move was taken to curb the winter air pollution. Additionally, the parking charges have been doubled due to the increase in vehicles at authorised parking lots. in order to discourage the plying of private vehicles on the roads, Work from home for both government and private employees have been done. The parking spaces owned by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) does not come under the ambit of the new announcement.…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sep 28: Honor has unveiled its Magic 9 Pro Max in China marking its debut in the Pro Max category. Honor had given the teaser of its flagship Magic 9 Pro Max at the ROBOT PHONE launch event. DESIGN: Two button-like sensors for primary and ultrawide angle-sensors are present on the right side of the sleek phone. It is packed with a grill-patterned imaging ring on the left along with a gigantic LED flash, periscopic zoom and ARRI branding. DISPLAY: With an OLED screen of 2868 x 1320 pixel resolution it has a 6.8 inch Supreme Black…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sep 25: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has brought in comprehensive guidelines for planning and design of High-Speed Access-Controlled National Highways. This does not include the Expressways. To curb the future traffic congestion these guidelines have been framed. It will aim at better designing & planning of the upcoming four and six-lane Greenfield and Brownfield High-Speed Access-Controlled National Highways. Data-Driven Planning for Future Traffic The guidelines lay emphasis on comprehensive traffic assessment and future demand planning. Traffic projections shall take into account existing and diverted traffic, along with expected growth in freight movement linked to…