Bhubaneswar, 30th Nov 2015: Odisha gets its new Chief Secretary as Aditya Prasad Padhi has resumed the office on 30th November, 2015, replacing Gokul Chandra Pati, who was on superannuation.
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Replying to media queries Padhi said, “The new Govt while taking over the charges in 2014 have already specified the priority fields of action. I will follow up all those priority areas.”
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Further he stressed upon the issue of recent draught like situation and said, “The final reports will be submitted to Govt of India just after receipt of crop cutting report from different areas of the State.”
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“Rural housing, education, health irrigation, bringing in more investment to the State, speedy implementation of the infrastructural projects etc are also priority areas of the Government”, he added.
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Speaking over the employment issue Padhi added that, “Government in 2014 had announced for giving employment to 50,000 persons in Govt sector. That process is on. So far, around 31,000 youths have been engaged in various departments of Govt. Another four to eight thousand youths will be employed within next 4 to 5 months. With the expeditious implementation of investment projects more employment opportunities will also be created for the youths.”
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Development Commissioner R. Balakrishnan , Principal Secretary Home Asit Kumar Tripathy, Principal Secretary Industry Sanjeeb Chopra, Principal Secretary Law Bibhu Prasad Routray , Secretary Panchayati Raj D.K. Singh and other senior officers of the State were present on the occasion.
