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00:00showcase the vibrancy of the Indian diaspora and their achievements abroad.
00:04The exhibitions are being organized to spotlight the contributions of the Indian diaspora and
00:09how they have acted as a vehicle for promotion of Indian culture, values and ethos abroad.
00:17With this, I would like to thank you all for your patient hearing and I will be happy to
00:23answer your questions if any at the end. Thank you.
00:28Thank you, sir. I now invite Chief Secretary, sir, to make his opening remarks. Sir, over to you.
00:35Thank you. We are very thankful to the Government of India for hosting the 18th Rabasi Bhartiya
00:44Diwas Convention at Bhubaneswar. Organized by the External Affairs Ministry in collaboration
00:51with the Government of Odisha, we have been working to make this event comfortable and
00:57pleasurable and also impactful for all the delegates, especially the Rabasi Bhartiyas
01:03who would be visiting Bhubaneswar for this convention. We have identified about 21 tourist
01:10sites nearby in Bhubaneswar, in Puri, in Qatar, up till Jajpur and have made special arrangements
01:18for the guests to visit these places. We have also introduced 5 double-decker buses
01:24and 10 hop-on, hop-off buses where delegates can make use of in seeing the city and around the city.
01:32We have also a lot of activities. The people of Bhubaneswar have come forward and actually owned up
01:39this convention and you will find that things like food festival at Khao Gali,
01:46Patha Utsav, Park Utsav, Night Flea Market at Ekamra, Heart has been set up and a lot of
01:52programs which will run concurrently. For example, the Adivasi Mela at Exhibition Ground,
01:58Chilka Bird Festival at Mangla Jodi, Raja Rani Music Festival, Mukteshwar Dance Festival,
02:04Flower Show at Ekamra Kanan, International Odissi Dance Festival, Food Fest at Khao Gali
02:11and similar programs besides the one which are being organized in the convention premises itself.
02:17We are very glad that in keeping with the strategy of Purvoday, Odisha has been selected for the program
02:27and from the citizens of Odisha and the state government, we wish all the delegates to have a pleasurable and enjoyable stay at Bhubaneswar.
02:38Thank you very much.
02:41With that, we open the floor for questions.
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02:49Excuse me. We have a question here. First let me call out and then please raise your hand so that I can point out to you.
02:56Amrit, you go here.
02:58My name is Amrit Talsing. I am from Delhi, India. My question is for Secretary CPV.
03:03Sir, what is the objective of the Parvasi Bhakti Devas and why Odisha this time?
03:17My question is, my total budget of the function, total budget, what is the budget?
03:25The budget, who will give? Central government or state government?
03:29If state government will give, then what benefit state government will get in future?
03:37You have a question here?
03:39Yeah, yeah.
03:53Sir, this is Sanjeev Kumar Rai, senior reporter, ETB Bharat.
03:57Excuse me. We have a question there. I will come back to you.
04:01Sir, this is Jaijati Mohanty from Nandigos TV. I would like to know from the dignitaries,
04:06there is a threat of new virus and new affecteds also found in different states.
04:11Is there any precautions taken for this event, sir?
04:17Thank you. We have that question. Please go ahead.
04:20Sir, how do you find the Odisha canvas for the NRIs to paint their story?
04:26And the second question is, if you will see, is Odisha more investment friendly as compared to other states
04:38as given that the state has a very much tremendous potential of land, mines and resources and tourism also?
04:48Sir, we can take these questions and then we will come back.
04:52But I have a small little question.
04:54Please, we will come back to your question.
04:56Okay, fine.