Odisha has taken remarkable initiatives to be an investment destination. With successful management of cyclones, it has opened new avenues of investment. The State is now ready for a higher-level of industrial development in the post-Covid scenario.
This is what Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan said chairing an interactive meeting between Central and State Government departments through videoconferencing on Saturday. He advised departments to work in tandem over the ongoing and upcoming proposals through different sectoral meetings.
Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy outlined the present state of industrialisation in Odisha along with the future road map for Center-State collaboration. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary Guru Prasad Mohapatra along with senior officers from industry-related Ministries presented various central schemes and projects aimed at industrial promotion.
“We can assure hassle free business ecosystem for the investors along with expeditious grounding of the projects. State has set higher growth trajectories for development of industrial infrastructure. Sectoral industrial parks with delineated land bank are in ‘ready to move’ condition for the investors. We need to develop more infrastructure and industrial townships around the industrial clusters,” said the Chief Secretary.
Industry Secretary Hemant Sharma said, “Along with strategic coastal location, major ports and mineral deposit, State has developed industry-ready land bank of 505 sq km in different locations. Being a power surplus State with 17,600 MW of production, Odisha assures quality power supply to investors. The State has also abundant availability of skilled manpower in post-Covid scenario.”
He also briefed the policy frameworks for promotion of industries in different sectors like mining and metals, petrochemicals, chemicals and plastics, textiles and apparel, IT, ITes and electronics manufacturing food processing and tourism. Skill Development and Technical Education Secretary Sanjay Singh, Secretary to Chief Minister, VK Pandian, and IPICOL MD Dr Nitin Bhanudas Jawale were present.