Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Saturday approved a proposal of the Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department to organize Gram Panchayat (GP) level awareness camps under the ‘Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha’ (AONO) initiative in 6794 GPs of the State.
For inclusive development of Rural Odisha, the State Government had earlier launched the initiative “Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha”.
According to an official press release, to carry forward the transformative journey of Rural Odisha, it is necessary to build upon the current initiatives to augment rural infrastructure leading to accelerated growth as well as to preserve the rich cultural heritage of the State, Government has now decided to organize GP level awareness camp in 6794 GPs of the State under “Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha”.
Under the AONO intervention, inclusive development of rural Odisha will be prepared at the GP level which will include the development of the Primary Schools, Religious, Community Based Projects, Mission Shakti Gruha, and miscellaneous including digital transformation projects.
Under the plan, Local felt need based projects shall be taken up convening GP Level meeting with local people / community organization /public representatives /line Department Officials and other stake holders etc.
The shelf of projects will be received from the inhabitants of concern GP, PRI Members , SHG members, members of various community organizations, line Department Officials etc. shall be compiled in consultation with GP and shall be placed in the GP level meeting for finalization.
After finalization, the plan will be submitted to PR & DW Department for Government approval. The time line for conduct of GP level meeting will be from 15th January to 1st week of February 2024.
Apart from finalization of the Plan in the GP level meeting, IEC activities will be taken up on various schemes of Government for generating awareness among the people.
An amount of Rs 3 lakh per GP for 6794 GPs will be provided for preparation of plan and IEC activities. The total requirement of funds will be Rs 203.82 crore for conducting these activities.
Preparation of the plan is under the initiative of ‘Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha”. For this, the approved budget of Rs 4000 crore is enhanced to Rs 4200 crore.
