BHUBANESWAR: Even though the Centre had launched the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) way back in 2000 with the objective of providing all weather connectivity to villages, in many instances funds earmarked for the scheme did not yield the desired result.
In the era of liberalization and privatization, a sizeable number of mineral processing industries are coming to invest in the mineral rich state of Orissa. As a result, there is large involuntary population displacement of the marginalized sections including tribal.
Sukinda Valley, Orissa is known for its chromite ore deposits. The open cast mining for chromium is being carried out since 1950. The extraction of chromite has mostly been carried out by open cast and at few places by under ground mining methods.
With property prices skyrocketing across the country, there are suspicions that the government is covertly leveraging its sez policy to benefit realtors
