On 30 May 2023, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched various projects to the tune of Rs 3,600 crore in Odisha that are likely to create employment opportunities for 9,200 persons.
The CM inaugurated 4 key industrial units and laid foundations for 17 projects at the 17the phase of the ground-breaking and inauguration ceremony for new industrial units. The projects span across diverse sectors like in Cement, Food Processing, Agro Processing, Plastics, Power & Renewable Energy, IT & ESDM, Steel Downstream, Textile & Apparel, and Tourism in various districts.
Of the projects inaugurated include Shiva Cement’s clinker expansion capacity by 1.32 mtpa and cement capacity by 1.05 mtpa. The project involved an investment of Rs 1,523.24 crore and will generate employment to 600 persons. Another food processing unit of Gadre Marine Export Pvt. Ltd. was also inaugurated, which involved Rs 68.11 crore-investment and generate employment to 405 persons.
Of the projects for which ground-breaking ceremony was held include, CtrlS Datacenters Ltd’s proposed new data center facility with investment of Rs 152.25 crore will provide employment to 110 persons. Projects of Centuary Fibre Plates Pvt. Ltd. – Unit-IV and Mayfair Hotels & Resorts Ltd. also inaugurated. These projects entail investments of Rs 103.5 crore and are likely to generate employment opportunities for approximately 360 people in the state. Project Units of HIL Limited and Rarean Fluid-Tech Pvt. Ltd. were inaugurated, in Balasore and Khurda respectively. HIL Limited will be manufacturing AAC blocks and cement sandwich panels, with an investment of Rs 63.24 crore and generate an employment opportunity for 265 persons. Rarean Fluid-Tech Pvt. Ltd. is likely to invest Rs 49.50 crore in the state providing employment opportunities to about 97 persons.
The ground-breaking ceremony for Luminous Power Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was held at Angul with an investment of Rs. 481.96 crore that will generate employment potential to 1,156 people. They will manufacture Fuel Cells, ACC, Power Storages and Solar Batteries. Ground-breaking of two Textile and Apparel units was also held, namely SAPL Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Cotton World (Unit-2), both at Kurukhi, Puri that will generate employment to around 4,200 persons, with an investment of Rs 100 crore.
Apart from these projects, ground-breaking ceremonies for Bio Agro Energy Pvt. Ltd., Indalc Spirits Pvt. Ltd., Ratnamani Metals and Tubes Ltd., IFB Agro Industries Ltd., Rourkela Sponge LLP, CMR Aluminium Pvt. Ltd., Prabhukrupa Estates & Properties, Mangalam Tank Pipe and Sanitary, Niyo Polymers Pvt Ltd., Renewable Envirogic Pvt. Ltd., and Shyam Beverages were also held in different districts.