Overview
- On January 1, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi issued the 15-point directive and handed it to newly appointed Chief Secretary Anu Garg for implementation.
- District collectors were instructed to fast-track approvals and remove procedural bottlenecks for investment and development projects to accelerate industrialisation.
- The government set a two-year deadline to fill all vacant posts to bolster administrative capacity and service delivery.
- Officials were told to use Article 311 and Odisha Service Rules to act against corrupt or inefficient personnel, including compulsory retirement, with regular reviews mandated to keep projects on schedule.
- All official notices, notifications and correspondence must be in Odia, and the Nabakrishna Chaudhary Development Research Centre was directed to strengthen evaluation as a centre of excellence.