Many of committees, missions and boards headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik have not met for the last 10 years.
This was revealed from the information provided by Planning and Convergence Minister Usha Devi in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJP MlA Dilip Ray on Thursday. The Odia Bhasha Pratisthan and the State Planning Board have not met since July 2007. Similarly, the State Employment Mission has not met since April 2007 and the State Sainik Board had not met after 2007. The State Council on Science and Technology, State Skill Development Mission, State Sagaramala Committee and the State Wildlife Board, which are headed by the Chief Minister, have never met since their inception.
The Odisha Tourism Development Council, the Vigilance Monitoring Committee of the ST and SC Department, Odisha SC Advisory Board, ST Advisory Council meetings have not met since 2015.
The Guru Kelucharan Mohapagr Odisha Research Centre headed by the CM has not met since 2004.
In response to Ray’s question, Health Minister Pratap Jen informed the house that the State Health Mission has not met since May 2015. The mission had met for a total of eight times between 2005 and 2015.