The State Government on Thursday issued a notification regarding constitution of a Heritage Cabinet, which would be headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
As per a notification issued by the Parliamentary Affairs Department, the Cabinet would comprise eight members.
The members are the Chief Minister and the Ministers of Finance, Odia language, literature & Culture and Tourism, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts, SC, ST Development, Higher Education, School & Mass Education and Electronics & IT.
While the Chief Secretary is the Secretary of the Cabinet, the Secretary of the Odia language, literature & Culture and Tourism Department is its convener. The Secretaries of all the concerned departments would be special invitees to this Cabinet’s meetings.
Notably, the State Cabinet at a meeting on December 26 last year in Puri had decided to set up the Heritage Cabinet, whose aim is to spread and preserve history and culture of Odisha and enrich the Odia language further.