Bhubaneswar: With an aim to preserve and spread the history and culture of Odisha and enrich Odia language, the state government constituted a ‘Heritage Cabinet’ which will be headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The state cabinet at a meeting December 26 last year in Puri had decided to set up a ‘Heritage Cabinet’. The department of parliament affairs issued a notification in this regard, an official said here Wednesday. There are eight members in the Cabinet. Besides Chief Minister, ministers of finance, Odia language, literature & culture and tourism, handlooms, textiles & handicrafts, SC, ST development, higher education, school & mass education and electronics & IT have been appointed as its members.
Chief Secretary is the secretary of the cabinet while secretary of Odia language, literature & culture is its convener. Secretaries of all six departments will be special invitees on the cabinet. It will take policy decisions and give advice.
Another aim of the panel is to study, research and preserve Odia language & culture and work in tandem with institutes of repute. The cabinet will prepare and approve short-term and long-term plans to maintain harmony among Odia language, literature and culture. In 2016, the state government had formed an agriculture cabinet to fast-track policy making.
State govt forms ‘Heritage Cabinet’
