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Bhubaneswar: Twenty-three probations of Odisha Financial Service (OFS) visited the office of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) and the Bhubaneswar Operations Centre (BOC), the state-of-the art integrated city operations and management centre, as part of their exposure visit to understand the financial aspects of the Smart City Project. The OFS probationers were briefed about the financial and corporate governance details by Chief Financial Officer of BSCL Arabinda Routray and Company Secretary Ajay Kumar Majhi. The proposal was submitted in 2015 and the Temple City topped the Smart City Challenge in early 2016 competing with 99 other cities across the country. The OFS probationers were also exposed to other aspects of finance like taxation, audit and accounts during their visit to BSCL. They were also given to understand number of projects taken up under the Smart City Proposal and their groupings under the area-based development, pan-city and smart solutions modules prescribed under the Smart City Mission guidelines..