Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi today met several prominent industry leaders, MSME entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs and start-up sector leaders ahead of the first anniversary of the BJP government in Odisha.

During the interaction, the Chief Minister thanked the entrepreneurs and industry leaders to become partners in Odisha’s growth story. He highlighted how Odisha is becoming a fulcrum of industrialization and the measures the state government has taken to help industries in catering to the international markets. 

Majhi urged the industry captains and entrepreneurs to grow with Odisha and join the journey of making the state an industrial power house, while citing the state government’s focus on job creation.  

"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 Prime Minister at the Utkarsha Odisha event made all the difference. His call to investors to put their money in Odisha was highly rewarding for us.  Over 150 MoUs were signed, generating Rs 16.7 lakh crore of investment intent with 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 Rs 4.5 lakh crore and an employment potential of nearly 2.9 lakh jobs,” said the Chief Minister.

Since Utkarsha Odisha conclave, 56 projects have already been taken up for ground-breaking and inauguration, with a combined investment of over Rs 1.78 lakh crore, and employment potential for 1.1 lakh people. These numbers reflect not only our speed, but scale and substance, he added.

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“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. Odisha is no longer just the minerals and metals hub of India, it is fast becoming a diversified industrial powerhouse,” he further said.

According to Majhi, the new government in Odisha done more in this one year than the past five years put together—through quiet, focused, and committed action. Looking ahead to the next year, the state government will focus on four key priorities: 

  1. The government will bring new policies that unlock emerging sectors, and offer global competitiveness.

     2. It will expand our land bank and industrial infrastructure, to meet future demand. 

     3. The state government will revamp its single window system, and develop a modern,  integrated project tracking platform.

    4. It will work to deregulate and simplify burdensome rules and processes. 

These steps will ensure faster approvals, seamless coordination, and real-time progress monitoring, said the CM.  

The state government will lay the foundation for a Samrudha Odisha by 2036 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. We are also strengthening, port-based industrialization, through new terminals, jetties, and container handling capacity, across the Paradip-Dhamra-Gopalpur stretch,” Majhi stated.

MSME & Fisheries and ARD Minister Gokula Nanda Mallik, Industries & Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Sampad Chandra Swain and Development Commissioner cum Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg among others were present on the occasion.

Industry Department Additional Chief Secretary Hemant Kumar Sharma delivered the welcome address while Industry Department Director Prashant Kumar Reddy proposed the vote of thanks.