The Union Tourism Ministry will promote the Nabakalebar ritual of Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri across the globe and provide funds for infrastructure development for the festival to be celebrated in 2015.
The Ministry has also decided to sanction funds to the India Tourism Development Corporation for light-and-sound shows at Konark, Dhauli and Udayagiri.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed this at a meeting in New Delhi on Saturday where he reviewed the action taken on important issues discussed during his interactions with Union Ministers last year.
The meeting noted that the Home Ministry has agreed to deploy two additional BSF battalions for anti-Maoist operations in the State and that the DoT has been asked to expedite the proposal to instal mobile towers and digital phone terminals in the Maoist-affected areas.Patnaik also informed that the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry has recommended the proposal of the State for livelihood improvement of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups to the Department of Economic Affairs for funding by multilateral agencies.