Bhubaneswar: A High-Level Study Mission from Nepal lauded the successful implementation of food security provisions in the State of Odisha. The high-level interactive session was held in State Lokseba Bhawan under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, members of the Team delved into the details of Odisha's planning, execution, and monitoring of food security programmes.

According to an Odisha Government statement, the high-level study team came to Odisha to learn about the state's unique techniques and strategies for providing food security for all poor and vulnerable people. "No poor will go hungry is the motto of our Government and Governance," Chief Secretary Mahapatra told the Nepal team.

Food security and consumer welfare, women and child development, agriculture and farmers' empowerment, scheduled tribe and scheduled caste development, social security and disability empowerment, water resources, Panchayati Raj and drinking water, housing and urban development all work together to make this motto a reality on a long-term basis, Mr. Mahapatra said. "The state is implementing a national food security scheme, a state food security programme, and social security measures for the elderly, the disabled, and the poor," he added.

With the implementation of technology, database ground-truthing, data sanitization, and dynamic data monitoring on a real-time basis, Odisha's public distribution system (PDS) has recently been upgraded to a higher level.

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