SME Times News Bureau | 10 Jan, 2019
Fifteenth Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh on Wednesday said that
though Odisha had achieved a higher growth rate, it often remained
significantly volatile.
He said Odisha had the unique challenges of high poverty and low per capita income.
In
order to maintain a higher growth trajectory, the state had to act for
poverty eradication initiatives and had to go a long way to raise per
capita income, said Singh.
He said Odisha had made significant
progress in reducing poverty although poverty numbers were still higher
than the national average.
Singh said the state had to work on
health, education and agriculture for accelerating growth. The
Commission, however, lauded overall financial management of the state
and disaster management.