CHENNAI – 15 Nov, 2026 Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan today announced five lakh pucca houses for poor families in Odisha under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Gramin. Addressing a state-level program of the scheme in Balangir in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. The program also witnessed the foundation stone laying for a new agriculture college in Balangir. Deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister Ravi Narayan Nayak, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Mukesh Mahaling, Member of Parliament Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, and local legislators Naveen Kumar Jain, Laxman Bag and Rupa Mishra were among those present.
