Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has formally decided to pay an honorarium of Rs 30,000 per month to all the Padma award winners of the State.
With this decision, all the 55 living Padma awardees of the state will get an honorarium of Rs 30,000 per month.
It will cost Rs 2 crore to the exchequer per year.
