Jagadananda named Niti Aayog panel member
Bhubaneswar: Social activist Jagadananda has been selected as the Niti Aayog’s Civil Society Working Committee member from Odisha. He is a former State Information Commissioner. The Niti Aayog has decided to select some social organisations and activists from across the country for their advices and suggestions for implementation of welfare schemes. The members would be working for the development of 115 districts of the country.
CESU franchisees’ workers’ threatens stir
Bhubaneswar: Workers belonging to the CESU’s franchisees, Fedco, Enzen and Shampower, on Wednesday formed a forum to fight for their rights. They demanded that the State Government fulfil their demands. If their demands are not met, they would take to streets in coming days, they warned. They pointed out that they are not getting salary as per their workloads. Members of the franchisee companies from Talcher, Salepur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack and Badamba participated in the meeting.