Beating all odds of the Covid-19 pandemic, the State Government has brought in new investment proposals of around Rs 1,19,214.72 crore envisaging employment opportunities for over 54,131 persons since February because of its enabling policy and ‘ease of doing business’, said an official relase on Tuesday.
This was known from a Single Window Clearance Authority meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy wherein Industries Principal Secretary Hemant Sharma presented the details for discussion. Tripathy directed the IPICOL for a realistic assessment of the land and water that the industries actually need. He also wanted to explore possibilities of advanced technical intervention for harvesting large quantity of rainwater and its recycled use.
The meeting gave in-principle approval to four investment proposals of worth Rs. 464.72 crore envisaging direct employment opportunities for over 873 persons.
The proposals approved in the meeting included the following:A medium density fibreboard (MDF) unit with an annual capacity of 72,000 cubic meters to be set up by Galax Industries Pvt Ltd at Malipada of Khordha district with an investment of Rs 93 crore and direct potential employment for over 310 persons.
A 120 KLPD grain-based distillery and a 4-MW cogeneration power plant in Khordha and Nayagarh, respectively, by Globus with an investment of Rs 151.72 crore and employment for over 300 persons.
A pellet plant of 1.6 MTPA capacity at Lathikata in Sundargarh district by Envirocare Infrasolution Pvt Ltd with investment of Rs 100 crore and employment for over 195 persons. A 4-MTPA slurry pipeline project at Koira in Sundargarh by Envirocare Infrasolution Pvt Ltd with investment of Rs 100 crore and employment opportunities for 68 persons.