- The per capita loan burden in the odisha state has more than doubled in the past 12 years and has reached `22,827.54 by the end of January of the current financial year.
- As many as 11,763 rape cases were registered in the state during the last four years (2018 to 2021), Minister of State (MoS) for Home, Dibya Shankar Mishra told the Assembly Monday.
- As many as 1.32 crore unorganised workers in Odisha have so far registered themselves with the eSHRAM portal, Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav told the Lok Sabha Monday.
- While speaking on the Finance Bill, 2022, BJD MP Amar Patnaik said, “We are in the age of technology but 6,999 villages out of 25,000 in Odisha are without internet connection.” “It requires 2,500 mobile stations/towers to achieve this target.
- CM Naveen Patnaik Monday announced the disbursement of outstanding 20 per cent arrears, partaking to salary revision under the 7th Pay Commission, for state government employees. As many as 4 lakh employees will receive the arrears along with their March salary, a CMO statement said.
- Petrol price today crossed ₹ 100 a litre mark in Delhi after rates were hiked by 80 paise a litre and 70 paise in case of diesel, taking the total increase in rates in one week to ₹ 4.80 per litre.
- India recorded 1,270fresh coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the the total number of cases to 4,30,19,453. According to Union health ministry data, the active cases declined further to 16,187.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that he has been in "very close contact" with India and other countries including Turkey, China and Israel on mediation efforts towards bringing an end to the war in Ukraine.
- Islam is not hostile to the concept of family planning and it is mere "propaganda" that Muslims can overtake Hindus in terms of population numbers, former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi said on Monday.
- Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurated the renovated temple of Lord Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy in Yadadri. Along with his cabinet and family members, he participated in special 'pujas' at the temple.
- The Narcotics Control Bureau today sought 90 more days to file a charge sheet in the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case. The anti-drugs agency was supposed to file the charge sheet by April 2 in the case where film star Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested along with 19 others.
- The government has not given any farm loan waiver to farmers in the last five years and this year so far, Parliament was informed on Monday
- After the BJP MLAs returned the iPhones distributed to all legislators in Rajasthan Assembly on Budget day, Speaker CP Joshi on Monday said the phones were given for IT-enabled working of the House and directed the members to use them.
- Every order is passed for some reason and just because it is not to someone's liking does not mean that it is "without reason", the Supreme Court said on Monday.
- The government on Monday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to provide legal sanction to the police to take physical and biological samples of convicts as well as persons accused of crimes, amid uproar by the opposition.
- In an unusual incident, a youth from Salem city in Tamil Nadu has brought his dream bike worth Rs 2.6 lakh and paid the entire amount in Re 1 coins on Saturday.
- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday launched a doorstep ration delivery scheme in the state.
- In order to create new job opportunities and additional livelihood avenues through industrialisation, the State-Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) approved proposals for 12 projects envisaging investments of around Rs 2,071 crore. The proposed projects will create employment opportunity for more than 3,535 persons.
- The Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme of the Odisha Government has been extended by three years. A proposal in this regard was approved at a meeting of the State Cabinet.
- As per advance estimates made for the financial year 2021-22, the state is likely to register 10.1 per cent growth compared to 8.8 per cent growth in national economy, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here Monday
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