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The red corridor, also called the red zone or according to the Naxalite–Maoist parlance the Compact Revolutionary Zone, [1] is the region in the eastern, central and the southern parts of India where the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency has the strongest presence.
The Odisha Rural Housing & Development Corporation or ORHDC, was established on 19 August 1994 as a Public Sector Undertaking of Government of Odisha.Odisha Rural Housing & Development Corporation (ORHDC) acquired a certificate for Commencement of Business from Registrar of Companies, Orissa, on 23 September 1994.
View of the banks of the Daya River from a top Dhauli Hills, the presumed venue of the Kalinga War. Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) is one of the 28 states in the Republic of India. Odisha is located in the eastern part of the Indian peninsula and the Bay of Bengal lies to its East while Chhattisgarh shares its border in the west and north-west.
The status of the Orissa Tributary States, the largest of which were Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Baudh, and Nayagarh, was unclear until 1888, when the Secretary of State for India accepted the view that they did not form part of British India, and modified powers were handed over to the Orissa chiefs under the control of a superintendent. [4]
On 1 December 1944, the status of this agency was raised to that of a first-class residency. These states were grouped into three political agencies, under the "Resident" in Calcutta . The headquarters of the Orissa States Agency was at Sambalpur , the headquarters of the Chhattisgarh States Agency was at Raipur and the headquarters of the ...
Odisha had a rural unemployment rate of 8.7% and an urban unemployment rate 5.8% calculated based on the current daily status basis in the 68th National Sample Survey (2011–2012). [16] The per capita income of the state was ₹ 98,983 ( US$ 1,531) in 2013–14. [ 17 ]
In 1950, the Central Act, R.T.C. Act (Act No. 64 of 1950) was enacted, which required creation of Road Transport Corporations under respective state governments and so came into existence Orissa Road Transport Corporation (ORTC). OSRTC was created w.e.f. 15 May 1974 and the assets and employees of State Transport Services were transferred to OSRTC.
He was the last ruler of the Boudh State and on 1 January 1948, the state merged with the Orissa province. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 15 ] Both Boudh-Kandhamal was part of Ganjam District for some time and later on Boudh became a sub-division of the newly created District of Boudh-Kandhamal when kamdhamal was separated from Ganjam.