To set an example for other Rajya Sabha members from Odisha, Amar Patnaik on Thursday released his second annual performance report as an MP. The report covers his performance from July 4, 2020 to July 3, 2021. While putting his continuous efforts pursuing the Government of India (GoI) to release the legitimate share of Odisha, Patnaik was instrumental in releasing the pending allocations and funds for Odisha from the Ministry of Finance of the GST compensation Rs 456 crore of 2018-19 and subsequent installment of Rs 3,700 crore for April to July 2020.
He was successful in releasing Rs.8.41 crore for the State Department of Women and Child Development under Mission Shakti, Rs 3,285 crore from Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs out of the pending subsidies of Rs 7,348.81 crore. As far as expenditure of his MPLADS funds is concerned of Rs 5 crore every year till June 23, 2021 he has sanctioned Rs 3.014 crore to his adopted nodal district Sundargarh of which Rs 2.3484 crore has been spent. He also played an important role in reaching out to the needy Covid-19 victims and had ensured their admission to various hospitals across the country and in the state during the first and second wave of Covid pandemic.
He has sanctioned Rs 2 crore (Rs 1 crore to the district administration of Sundargarh and Rs 1 crore for OSMCL) for purchase of 18 ventilators for Covid treatment. He also provided 220 smart phones to the children of the slum areas of Bhubaneswar to access education. He has adopted a good many number of schools at Bhubaneswar, Hemgiri, Nayagarh and Sambalpur.