Odisha Reconstitutes 30 District Planning Committees

Bhubaneswar, Odisha - The Odisha government has reconstituted District Planning Committees across all 30 districts, appointing four ministers and 26 ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislators as chairpersons to bolster decentralized governance and grassroots development.

The move, approved by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and announced through an official notification from his office on Wednesday, assigns key political figures to lead planning efforts. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari will chair the committee in Deogarh, while Works Minister Prithviraj Harichandan takes charge of Gajapati. Ministers Nityananda Gond and Krushna Chandra Patra have been named for Rayagada and Sambalpur, respectively.

Among the MLAs appointed are Ashok Mohanty for Angul, Laxman Bag for Bolangir, Padmalochan Panda for Balasore, Ashwini Kumar Sarangi for Bargarh, Sitanshu Sekhar Mohapatra for Bhadrak, Kanhai Charan Dang for Boudh, Chhabi Mallick for Cuttack, Simarani Nayak for Dhenkanal, Purna Chandra Sethi for Ganjam, and Amarendra Das for Jagatsinghpur. Additional appointees include Tankadhar Tripathy for Jharsuguda, Fakir Mohan Naik for Keonjhar, Prasanta Kumar Jagadev for...