Odisha CM appeals to entrepreneurs and industry leaders to become partners in Odisha's growth story
Bhubaneswar, June 8 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday appealed to the entrepreneurs and industry leaders to become partners in Odisha's growth story.
During an interaction with several prominent industry leaders, MSME entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, and start-up sector leaders, ahead of the first anniversary of his government, the Chief Minister urged the industry captains & entrepreneurs to grow with Odisha & join the journey of making Odisha an industrial powerhouse.
The Chief Minister said his government will focus on four key priorities to ensure faster approvals, seamless coordination, and real-time progress monitoring.
He said his government would bring new policies that unlock emerging sectors, and offer global competitiveness, expand the land bank and industrial infrastructure, to meet future demand and revamp the single window system, and develop a modern, integrated project tracking platform.
In addition, the government would also work to deregulate and simplify burdensome rules and processes to ensure faster approvals, seamless coordination, and real-time progress monitoring.
Majhi said foundation for a Samrudha Odisha 2036 will be laid in the next four years. We will build on our leadership in mining, metals, and green chemicals with strong support from partners like IOCL, JSW, JSPL, Tata Steel, AMNS, Vedanta, Hindalco, and Adani.
The government is also strengthening, port-based industrialization, through new terminals, jetties, and container handling capacity across the Paradip-Dhamra-Gopalpur stretch, he added.
The CM said, "One year ago, the people of Odisha, placed their faith in us, to build a future, that is inclusive, aspirational, and transformative. Today, as we reflect on this first year, we do so with pride, in our progress and renewed commitment to the journey ahead.
The presence of the Prime Minister at the Utkarsha Odisha event made all the difference. Over 150 MoUs were signed, generating ₹16.7 lakh Crore of investment intent and an employment potential for more than 12.9 lakh people. Over the last year alone, 206 large projects were approved, nearly double the average of the previous five years. These represent, a total investment value of over ₹4.5 lakh Crore and an employment potential of nearly 2.9 lakh jobs."
He said, "Since Utkarsha Odisha, 56 projects have already been taken up for ground-breaking and inauguration, with a combined investment of over ₹1.78 lakh Crore, and employment potential for 1.1 lakh people. These numbers reflect not only our speed, but scale and substance.
Adding that this growth has been spread across 20 diverse sectors from traditional strengths like mining, metallurgy and metal downstream to emerging opportunities in chemicals, food processing, apparel and textiles, renewable energy equipment, electronics, and tourism, he asserted that Odisha is no longer just the minerals and metals hub of India, it is fast becoming a diversified industrial powerhouse.
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