Bhubaneswar : On Friday the Odisha government has approved a special livelihood intervention package worth Rs 17,000 crore aimed at enhance the plights of migrant workers and the people affected greatly due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the rural areas.
Chief secretary Asit Tripathy said the livelihood intervention package will be implemented from June 2020 to March 2021.
This plan aims to generate employment in rural areas through sectors like agriculture, fisheries & animal resources development, MGNREGS, forest and handlooms and handicrafts.
The Odisha government also announced two industrial parks of 1,000 acres each at Dhamra in Bhadrak district and another in Dhenkanal district with an investment of Rs 6,000 to Rs 7,000 crore in each project. In dhamara it will be a textile park and a medical park in dhenkanal.