After the popularity of the KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced commencement of ‘KALIA Chhatra Brutti’, under which scholarships for higher education would be provided to the meritorious children of the farmers who are included in the KALIA scheme.
He made the announcement at a congregation of more than one lakh people while launching the KALIA scheme for Keonjhar district at Pandapada under Ghatgaon block.
Addressing the gathering, the CM said, “I want your (farmers’) children to prosper and excel in future, for which I have started the ‘KALIA Chhatra Brutti’ programme.”
Under the scheme, the State Government would bear the educational expenses of the children of the KALIA beneficiary farmers pursuing courses in Government colleges, official sources said.
Minister Badri Narayan Patra, MP Shakuntala Laguri, District Planning Board Chairman Hrushikesh Naik, SDC Chairman Ramrai Munduyia, Bimbadhara Biswal and BJD district president Ashish Chakrabarty, among others, were present at the CM’s Keonjhar rally.