Bhubaneswar:

The newly formed BJP government has changed the colour of the school uniforms of students studying in classes 9 and 10 of government and aided schools.

According to a government order, the new uniforms will have a combination of light brown, chocolate and clay-baked yellow colours.

Currently, the school uniforms have a combination of green and white, which matches the colour code of BJD’s party symbol.

In a letter to the Director of Secondary Education, the School and Mass Education department said that secondary school students would now wear the new uniforms.

The new uniforms will be introduced only in those schools where the uniforms for the students, as per the existing colour code, have not been stitched or distributed, the department’s letter read.

The change in the colour of the new uniforms has been implemented under the ‘Mukhyamantri Chhatra Chhatri Paridhan Yojana’. 

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Bhubaneswar:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to launch the Odisha government’s flagship women-centric initiative, Subhadra Yojana, besides other railway and national highway projects during his visit to the eastern state on Tuesday.

PM Modi’s visit to Odisha on his 74th birthday would be the first after he attended the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on June 12.

He is scheduled to reach Biju Patnaik International Airport here around 10.50 am, officials said.

Under Subhadra Yojna, named after Goddess Subhadra, the sister of Lord Balabhadra and Lord Jagannath, all eligible women between the age of 21-60 years would receive Rs 50,000 over a period of five years between 2024-25 and 2028-29.

An amount of Rs 10,000 per annum would be credited in two installments directly to their accounts. The initiative is expected to cover more than 1 crore women.

PM Modi would initiate the fund transfer into the bank accounts of more than 10 lakh women during the day, the officials said.

He will also dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation of railway projects worth Rs 2,800 crore. The PM will also lay the foundation stone of national highway projects worth more than Rs 1,000 crore, they said.

He will also release the first installment of assistance to nearly 10 lakh beneficiaries under PMAY-G of around 14 states.

The Griha Pravesh (house worming) celebrations for 26 lakh beneficiaries of PMAY (Gramin and Urban) from across the country will be held during the programme. The PM will hand over the keys of their houses to PMAY (Gramin and Urban) beneficiaries.

The PM will launch Awaas 2024 App, for survey of additional households for PMAY-G.

He will also launch the operational guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) 2.0, before returning to the national capital, the officials added. 

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Bhubaneswar:

The Odisha government on Tuesday suspended senior IPS officer Pandit Rajesh Uttamrao for allegedly misusing his position, an official statement said.

Uttamrao, a 2007-batch IPS officer, was serving as DIG, Fire Services & Home Guards, Odisha.

“A complaint has been received, alleging that Pandit has disgraced the dignity of his position by misusing his power last Saturday (July 27) night,” said the statement issued by the chief minister’s office (CMO).

It was alleged that Pandit misbehaved with a woman police inspector and her husband on July 27. Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh said that police action will be taken if any complaint is lodged over the alleged incident.

After returning from his four-day visit to New Delhi on Monday evening, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi took immediate action, the CMO statement said.

Majhi ordered the department concerned to immediately suspend the “errant senior police officer and take appropriate action against him”.

“Following his order, the IPS officer has been suspended,” the statement added.

Odisha’s Home Department has issued a notification on the suspension of the senior IPS officer, which said that the Director General of Police (DGP), Odisha has submitted a confidential report against Pandit on the incident that occurred under the jurisdiction of Capital Police station on July 27.

A disciplinary proceeding against Pandit is contemplated on the grounds of grave misconduct as a member of the Indian Police Service (IPS), it said.

“Now, therefore, the Government of Odisha, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of Rule 3 of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, hereby places the said Pandit Rajesh Uttamrao, IPS under suspension with immediate effect,” read the notification.

During the period of suspension, the headquarters of Pandit is fixed at the state police headquarters, Odisha, Cuttack and he cannot leave the said headquarters without obtaining the permission of the DGP.

He has been allowed to draw subsistence allowance as admissible to him from time to time as per rules during the period of suspension.

However, such allowance shall not be paid to him unless he furnishes a certificate that he is not engaged in any other employment, business, profession or vocation as required under the said rules.

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