The State Government has spent a total of Rs6,52,26,727 for holding investor meets in and outside the country during the last two financial years till September 2016.
Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra informed this in the State Assembly while responding to a question of BJP MlA Dilip Ray on Thursday.
The Minister said a total of 43 companies had consented to invest Rs1,61,629 crore in Odisha at the investors meet held in 2015-16 and 20160-17 till September. By now, only one company, the Gitanjali
Gems ltd, has got a SlSWCA approval to set up a Rs209-crore project at Ramdaspur in Cuttack district.
Investor meets were held at Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Rourkela, Rayagada, Brahmapur, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ziamin (China), Tel Aviv (Israel), london and Santa Clara (USA), informed the Minister.