Bhubaneswar, June 1 -- Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved the formation of the new 'Department of Mission Shakti".

As per the decision of the Government, the newly created department, the will start functioning with effect from the date of issue of the notification and henceforth the parent department, Department of Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti, will be renamed as 'Department of Women & Child Development'.

The notification in this connection was issued by the government that detailed all the modalities of the new creation, which are as follows:

The new Department will function in the Lokaseva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar with functioning of its different branches at their respective existing pl...