Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Prafulla Samal gave away State Export Awards to 24 companies at a special function held here on Thursday.
While the Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda got the best export award in the large-scale category, the RB Agarwalla and Co was honoured as the best one among exporters in the micro and small category.
Trophy and Certificate of Merit was given to the top six exporting companies namely, Jay Bharat Spices, Cuttack for exporting spices, Falcon Marine Exports, Bhubaneswar for exporting frozen shrimps, Indian Rare Earths, Matikhal, Ganjam for exporting limonite, garnet and thorium nitrate, Hindalco Industries, Sambalpur for exporting aluminium ingot/sow and Infosys Limited, Bhubaneswar and Suyog Computech, Bhubaneswar for exporting IT software.
Similarly, Certificate of Excellence was given to 14 exporting companies like Terra Block Machinery, Bhubaneswar, Jindal Stainless, Jajpur, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Paradip, Odisha State Cooperative Handicrafts Corporation, Bhubaneswar, Divya Multigrains, Bhubanewar, Sreeragam Exports, Bhubaneswar, LSM Trading and Exports, Bhubaneswar, IMFA, Bhubaneswar, Ferro Alloys Corporation, Bhadrak, Balasore Alloys and Tata Steel, Keonjhar, Mindtree, Bhubaneswar and Learnitude Technologie, Bhubaneswar.
Besides, Special Certificates were given to the JP Handloom Nuapatna, Cuttack and BL Goyal, Kantabahanji, Balangir. On this occasion, Minister Prafulla Samal called upon the exporters to continue the tempo of growth in exports and thereby creating employment in the state.
Export value from the State, which was merely Rs1,982 crore in 2015-16, has gone up to Rs 52,500 crore in 2017-18.
On this occasion, Mallick also distributed letters of appointment to the 16 newly recruited Assistant Managers (Project) to be posted at different DIC offices.
Among others, MSME ACS LN Gupta was present.