Odia language mandatory on signboards of shops

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill making Odia language mandatory on signboards of all shops and commercial establishments. The Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Bill, 2018 and its rule provides for all shops and establishments to comply within a month or pay fines between ₹1,000 and ₹5,000 for a first violation and rising to between ₹2,000 and ₹25,000 for the second.