Padma Award Winners in Odisha To Receive Monthly Honorarium of INR 30,000 From State Government, District Collectors Directed To Gather Details
Bhubaneswar, January 16: The Odisha government will provide a monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000 to each of the Padma awardees of the state from the current month. The Odia Language Literature and Culture Department issued a notification to this effect on Thursday. In view of their outstanding contribution to society in various fields, the state government has decided to provide an honorarium of Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees, the notification said. All the Padma awardees of the state who are alive will receive the honorarium through direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode from January 2025, it said.
The government has asked collectors and culture officers of all districts to submit details of the Padma award winners (who are alive) including the district collector’s certificate, bank account details, IFSC code to the Directorate of Odia, Language, Literature and Culture as soon as possible. In March last year, the previous BJD government announced a monthly honorarium of Rs 25,000 for the Padma awardees from Odisha. However, it was not implemented yet, an official of the department said. Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi Felicitates Indian Men’s Hockey Team Players For Paris Olympics 2024 Heroics, Announces Cash Awards For Amit Rohidas, PR Sreehesh and Others.
Odisha Government to Provide Rs 30,000 Monthly Honorarium to Padma Awardees
Padma awardees of Odisha will now receive a monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000 from the month of January. State Odia Language Literature & Culture Department has issued a notification to this effect today.
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In November last year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had decided to provide Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees of the state. Accordingly, the formal notification was published on Thursday, he said. The Padma Award was introduced in 1954. The award is given to personalities for their outstanding contribution in the fields of arts, education, science, sports, social work, public service, medicine, literature, etc. Ferrari Accident in Odisha: Driver, Passenger Survive As Supercar Crashes on NH-16 in Khordha (See Pic).
As per the Padma Awards website of the Ministry of Home Affairs, till now, the President has conferred Padma awards on 105 eminent personalities from Odisha, which includes 90 Padma Shri, 11 Padma Bhushan and four Padma Vibhushan.
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