The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) on Friday approved five investment proposals worth Rs 922 crore envisaging an employment potential for 2,650 persons. The proposals were approved in the SLSWCA meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy here.
It was decided that the IDCO would allot land for all industrial units approved by district level single window clearance authority of various districts. For the purpose, the General Manager of respective DIC would work as the nodal point for IDCO at district level. MD IDCO and Principal Secretary Sanjaya Singh present in the meeting said that IDCO would provide necessary logistics and staff support to the DICs.
The proposals approved in the meeting were from tourism, steel, food processing and IT and ESDM (Information and Technology and Electronics System Design and Manufacturing) sectors.
In the ESDM sector, the committee approved the proposal of a Odisha based ESDM company for setting up a manufacturing unit for production of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) of capacity 1,44,000sq mtr at EMC park (Infovalley) in Khordha district with a total investment of Rs 96.80 crore providing employment to about 425 people.
In the food processing sector, the proposal of a State based leading exporter of sea food products for enhancement of its unit capacity located at Deras Sea Food Park, Khurdha with additional investment of Rs 85.94 crore and employment potential for 580 people, was approved.
In the tourism sector, the proposal a national level leading company for setting up an amusement park in the district of Khurdha was approved. It would provide employment to around 500 people at an investment of Rs 107.10 crore. In the same sector, approval was also accorded to an Odia entrepreneur for setting up a 4 star hotel at Bhubaneswar with an investment of Rs 59.08 crore, which would provide employment for 167 people.
The approved proposal in the steel sector was from one of existing sponge iron producers of Odisha to expand its 0.05 MTPA plant to 0.283 MTPA integrated steel plant in Keonjhar district with a total investment of Rs 573.41crore providing additional employment of 978 people.