Bhubaneswar, Oct 7 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday sanctioned an additional grant of Rs 175.5 crore for the Special Development Council (SDC).
With this, the SDC will receive a total grant of Rs 351 crore. The money would be utilised for the conservation of language, art, culture and heritage of tribals.
5T Secretary V K Pandian gave this information during interaction with the Chairpersons of SDC here.
The additional fund sanctioned today will be made available to SDC along with the normal grant sanctioned for this year.
The state government has constituted SDC for nine districts—Koraput, Malkangiri, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, Keonjhar, Kandhamal, Sundergarh and Nabarangpur.
