Odisha does not qualify for Special Category Status: Montek
May 22, 2013  22:17
In a major setback to the Naveen Patnaik government, the Planning Commission has made it clear that Odisha does not qualify for the grant of Special Category Status, triggering a war of words between the ruling BJD and the Congress.        

"You will appreciate that under the existing criteria for approval by the National Development Council, Odisha does not qualify for grant of Special Category Status," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said in a letter to Patnaik
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