The second Inter-Ministerial Committee meeting held under the chairmanship of Minister of Industries Niranjan Paujari at the State Secretariat on Thursday reviewed the implementation of investment projects in the State.
The meeting reviewed the progress of all 124 investment intents received during the Investors’ Meets held at Mumbai, Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar last year. The State had received investment intent of Rs 3,64,864 crore during these meets. Out of these 124 intents, proposals so far 62 projects (50% of the intents) have been received. Out of these 62 proposals, 49 have already been cleared by the State level Single Window Clearance Authority in less than four months, it was officially stated after the meeting.
Industries Principal Secretary Sanjeeb Chopra said the State received significant investments in sectors like food processing, petrochemicals, chemicals and plastics, infrastructure and logistics, renewable energy, tourism and healthcare. The Government wants to diversify and broad-base the industrial development in various focus sectors in line with the Vision-2025 set out by the Chief Minister.
The committee focused on grounding and implementation of these projects in a time-bound manner. The review revealed that more than 15 industrial projects are expected to have their groundbreaking and inauguration in coming three to four months, the official release said.
Minister Pujari focused on reaching out to more investors and inform them about the competitive advantages of Odisha for emerging as the ‘manufacturing hub of the East’.
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Minister Prafulla Samal, Steel & Mines and Energy Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick and Chief Secretary AP Padhi and Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan along with Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of concerned departments participated in the discussions.