Out of the 110 industrial proposals involving a total of Rs 2,93,905 crore received in the two ‘Make in Odisha’ (MIA) conclaves held in Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar in the year 2016, 57 projects worth Rs 1, 45,595.63 crore have been approved by the State Government so far.
Industries Minister Niranjan Pujari informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of Congress MlA Naba Kishore Das on Friday.
According to the information, 11 companies that had given consent in the Bengaluru MIA in August 2016 to put up industries in the sectors of food processing, healthcare, gems and jewellery, manufacturing, metals and minerals, power and renewable energy and textile and apparel have been approved thought the Single Window system. The projects would come up at a total investment of Rs 80,377.58 crore.
Out of 103 companies consented in the Bhubaneswar MIA in December 2016, 34 companies have taken approvals to establish industries in various sectors. These projects, approved though the Single Window, would come up at a total cost of Rs 26,467.34 crore. Besides, five healthcare projects worth Rs 1006.43 crore have been sent to the Health and Family Welfare Department and four other projects worth Rs 44 crore have been approved through the DlSWCA. Other three projects worth Rs 37,678.28 crore have been undertaken by the public sector companies.
These apart, four proposals worth Rs 12,992.43 crore are being reconsidered and four other proposals of Rs 1109.11 crore are at the primary level of consideration.
Approval of 57 projects that constitute 52 per cent of 110 investment proposals received through the two MIA indicates a success of the mission, claimed the Minister.