special category status

New Delhi: BJD's Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra on Wednesday once again raised Odisha's demand for special category status, notwithstanding the Centre's rejection to the proposal in Parliament. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in…

New Delhi:  Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur on Monday made it clear that the Centre has no proposal for granting Special Category Status to Odisha. Replying to a question by the BJD MP of…

New Delhi: The Centre has turned down Odisha's demand for special category status. Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told news agency ANI on Thursday that the status of special category no longer exists since the 14th Finance…