Odisha Government to Scrap Non-Performing Schemes to Optimize State Resources

25 Apr 2026, 07:22 by Vinay Kakkad · KalingaTV

The Odisha government’s moving fast to optimise it’s finances. They’re scrutinizing old schemes which are ineffective and planning to channel that money into programs that actually make a difference. Over three days, officials from 23 departments dug into all kinds of active projects, checking each one’s purpose, how the funds were used, and whether people really benefited. Their main objective is to Trim down programs that haven’t gotten budget allocations for three or four years or ones that just haven’t delivered real results.

A significant focus of this restructuring involves the potential termination of several projects introduced by the previous administration shortly before the 2024 elections. A lot of those are on the chopping block. To cut back on confusion and wasted effort, the government’s also looking to combine a bunch of small, scattered projects into bigger, more focused state or central programs. Take the women’s development schemes under the Mission Shakti department—those are being consolidated into one larger initiative, the Subhadra Yojana, to make sure support actually reaches the women who need it.

To keep everything moving, every department has to send in a full report within two weeks, ranking all their programs as high, medium, or low priority based on what’s working and what’s not. These reviews then go to the Planning and Convergence Department, which will make the final calls on what stays and what goes.