Mohan Charan Majhi

ମୋହନ ଚରଣ ମାଝୀ

Chief Minister

BJP Odisha

Career

Odisha CM since Jun 2024 (1st term as CM); BJP MLA since 2004

Role

Chief Minister

Current Role

Since Jun 2024 · Present

Born

1957 · Age 69

Education

MA, Utkal University

Terms in Office

Odisha CM since Jun 2024 (1st term as CM); BJP MLA since 2004

About

Chief Minister of Odisha (born 1972) Mohan Charan Majhi is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Chief Minister of Odisha from May 2024. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Keonjhar in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also represented the same constituency from 2000 to 2009 and from 2019 to 2024. He served as the chief whip of the BJP in the Odisha assembly from 2019 to 2024. In the year 1997, he entered politics as a Sarpanch..

Projects & Initiatives 4 ongoing

Subhadra Yojana

ସୁଭଦ୍ରା ଯୋଜନା

Ongoing

Budget₹55,825 crore (5-year outlay, FY2024-25 to 2028-29) · Odisha Cabinet/Budget

ReachGovt. reported: 1 crore+ women enrolled (~1.06 crore applications); ₹10,000/year (₹5,000 each on Raksha Bandhan & Women's Day, 8 Mar) via Aadhaar-linked DBT + Subhadra Debit Card, women aged 21-60.

Since 2024 · Financial assistance scheme for women in Odisha, disbursing ₹50,000 over five years through a voucher-based system. Flagship BJP welfare promise fulfilled within months of coming to power.

Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana

Inherited Ongoing

Continued under a new name (formerly Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana). BJP government merged it into Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana alongside Odisha's adoption of Ayushman Bharat in early 2025.

Carried forward from Naveen Patnaik · 2000–2024

CM-Kisan Yojana

Inherited Ongoing

Continued under a new name (formerly KALIA (farmer support)). Merged into the CM-Kisan Yojana in the BJP government's first budget (2024).

Carried forward from Naveen Patnaik · 2000–2024

Mission Shakti (women SHGs)

Inherited Ongoing

Continued by the current government. SHG mission continued; the new Subhadra Yojana for women was launched alongside it.

Carried forward from Naveen Patnaik · 2000–2024

Manifesto promise tracker

Headline manifesto commitments of the current government, with a sourced status. We track only whether each promise was kept — not its merits.

BJPBJP · manifesto 2024

2 Delivered

Delivered Since 2024

₹50,000 over five years to eligible women (Subhadra Yojana)

Subhadra, launched September 2024, pays ₹10,000 a year (in two instalments) to eligible women aged 21–60 — the state’s largest women-centric DBT scheme.

Verified Jun 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

Delivered Since 2025

Bring Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY) to Odisha

Odisha — which had not adopted PM-JAY under the previous government — became the 34th state/UT to implement Ayushman Bharat in early 2025.

Verified Jun 2026 · newsonair.gov.in

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