Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the formation of the new ‘Department of Mission Shakti” on June 1 which will have new detailed modification.
According to the report, the Odisha Government took the decision to newly create department and later will start functioning with effect from the date of issue of the notification and henceforth the parent department, Department of Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti will be renamed as ‘Department of Women & Child Development.
The new Department- ‘Department of Women & Child Development will function in the Lokaseva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar with the functioning of its different branches at their respective existing places in Mission Shakti Bhawan, Pokhariput and OLM Buildings, SIRD Campus. Administrative control and management over ‘Mission Shakti Bhawan”, Pokhariput will vest with the new Department of Mission Shakti from the date of the Notification.
All other infrastructure and assets under the disposal of Directorate of Mission Shakti and NULM related to SHG activities in the State, District, Block, GP and Village level shall be under the administrative control and management of the new Department of Mission Shakti from the date of the notification.
Along with this, the new department will also deal with many other subjects like – Mission Shakti, Odisha Livelihoods Mission (OLM), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY), National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) and Self Help Groups (SHG activities dealt by SUDA)
Tukuni Sahu, Minister of Department of W & CD has been allocated the business of the new department as notified by P.A. Department and Sujata R. Karthikeyan, Commissioner-cum-Director, Mission Shakti has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, Department of Mission Shakti.
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