A zero for Odisha regardless of Rs 1.25 lakh crore in investments? BJD slams Niti Aayog report

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Pointing out a number of discrepancies within the Niti Aayog’s rankings for 2020-21 based mostly on efficiency beneath the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the ruling BJD on Saturday demanded that the evaluation must be made on the panchayat degree to get an actual image of the bottom state of affairs.

Stating that a number of schemes launched by the Odisha authorities within the well being and agriculture sectors haven’t been taken into consideration, BJD Rajya Sabha member and nationwide spokesperson Amar Patnaik mentioned that the shortfall in efficiency when it got here to the central schemes might have been missed.

Schemes like Mamata and Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana within the well being sector have been praised on the worldwide degree, Patnaik mentioned, including, there was no point out of those within the Niti Aayog report. Instead, the report was ready and the state’s efficiency was assessed based mostly on central schemes, he added.

Referring to the zero given to Odisha within the Ease of Doing Business, Patnaik mentioned that the state attracted funding proposals value over Rs 1.25 lakh crore since February 2020 regardless of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was greater than what Maharashtra had attracted. Stating that the state was given 92.08 per cent marks within the Ease of Doing Business within the 2019 report, Patnaik requested how come it grew to become zero a yr later.

Quoting one other evaluation from the report displaying that Odisha was not doing sufficient in preventing anaemia in ladies, adolescents and kids, Patnaik mentioned that the state has secured the second rank within the Mission for Making India Anaemia Free. The report ought to have taken this into consideration whereas making its evaluation, he mentioned and added that on a number of different parameters, there are enormous discrepancies.

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Besides, he requested how web connectivity of a state can come down in 2020 compared to 2019? Odisha had obtained 123 marks within the 2019 report for web providers which has been lowered to 44 marks within the 2020-21 report.

Targeting BJP for doing politics over such a vital difficulty, Patnaik mentioned that there must be a dialogue based mostly on the report of the NITI Aayog to make sure additional improvement within the State. 

Patnaik additionally criticised BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi for not concerning these essential points in her media convention earlier through the day.