‘Make in Odisha Conclave 2018’ jointly organised with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is one of the largest investment summit held in India recently. The major focus and agenda of the Make-In-Odisha summit 2018 is all about reforming the key investment policies resulting major boost for economic development opportunities.

1. I N F O R M I N G P E O P L E

2. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, today
inaugurated one of the largest investment
summits in India summit, ‘Make in Odisha
Conclave 2018’ jointly organised with the
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FICCI) at the Janata Maidan,
Bhubaneswar.

3. The inaugural ceremony was attended by
Anil Agarwal, Chairman of Vedanta
Resources Plc; Natarajan Chandrasekaran,
Chairman, Tata Sons, Mukesh Ambani, CMD
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL); Kumar
Mangalam Birla Chairman, Aditya Birla
Group; William P. Davis, Exxon Mobile; T.K
Chand, CMD NALCO, Satish Pai, CEO,
Hindalco; Ritesh Agarwal, CEO,OYO Rooms;
Anil Kumar, Steel Authority of India Limited
(SAIL); Sajjan Jindal, MD, JSW Group.

4. Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, State Bank of
India (SBI), Sanjiv Puri, MD, ITC; Naveen
Jindal, Chairman, Jindal Steel and Japanese
Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu was
leading the Team Japan in MiO.

5. Aditya Prasad Padhi, Chief Secretary and
other senior State Government officials and
delegates from several countries.

6. Chief Minister Mr.Patnaik said stress have
laid down the Odisha Industrial Development
Plan: Vision 2025 with a target of attracting
investment of INR 2 Lakh 50 Thousand Crore
and creation of 30 Lakh job opportunities in
6 identified focus sectors by 2025.

7. “We have recently launched a progressive
Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing
Policy to capitalize on the competitive
advantages of Odisha’s existing eco-system
to attract investment in this high potential
sector”, said he.

8. Targeting port-led development, State have
been planning a chain of ports along the
East Coast Economic Corridor. Apart from
Paradip and Dhamra, we are developing
deep-water ports at Subarnarekha and
Gopalpur, a riverine port on Mahanadi River
and a chain of 12 other non-major ports.

10. He said that State has built an excellent
infrastructure an 18-storeyed World Skill
Centre in Bhubaneswar.
Odisha Skill Development Authority shall
manage the World Skill Centre with technical
support from ITEES, Singapore.

11. This Centre will function as the centralized
hub with all 71 Government ITIs as spokes
for implementation of the Odisha Skill
Development Project - an ambitious INR
1400 Crore project. More than one lakh 50
thousand trainers and trainees will be
trained in the next 4 years under this Project.

12. Odisha has one of the most progressive
Start-up policies. During last 18 months, 310
Start-ups have been registered and 40 of
whom have already been provided with
assistance. We aim to be among top three
start-up hubs in the country by supporting at
least 1000 start-ups by 2020. With 10 agro-
climatic zones and a progressive Food
Processing Policy, we offer immense
opportunities in the food-processing sector.
We have also put in place a number of policy
mechanisms to promote entrepreneurship in
the Agriculture Sector.

13. With quality healthcare infrastructure and
services on our priority agenda, my
Government has joined hands with diverse
stakeholders resulting in collaborations with
a large number of hospital chains and
healthcare providers. The largest public-
private-partnership program of the country
in the Health Sector is now being rolled out
in the State, entailing an investment of
Rupees 1300 Crore across 25 locations, said
Chief Minister.

14. Chief Secretary, Mr.Padhi said, Odisha has
emerged as a preferred investment
destination not only in India but also across
the world.
State have taken significant steps of
reforming key investment policies stating
the intent of State Government to enhance
growth in the state, encouraging innovation
and sustainable development.

15. He said State have focused on enhancing
ease of interface for investors at Single
Window Clearance system and Ease of
Doing Business in Odisha, hence providing
a welcoming experience to investors.
Over the past few months, several national
road shows were conducted in the country
highlighting opportunities Odisha has to
offer as a preferred investment destination.

16. Odisha have availability of raw materials,
uninterrupted power supply, skilled
workforce, among many other facilities and
we invite you to explore these opportunities.
We also thanks Japan who joined us as a
country partner and is willing to work
towards the economic development of the
state, said Mr.Padhi.
Mukesh Ambani, CMD Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) said Reliance Jio has already
invested Rs 6,000 crores in Odisha. An
additional investment of INR 3,000 crores in
Odisha will be from Reliance Jio.

17. Sanjiv Puri, MD, ITC, said Investment
friendly policies, good Governance, robust
infrastructure, mineral resources and
agriculture resources and access to the
market has made Odisha a complete
investment destination. ITC is committed to
working together with Odisha in the
socioeconomic development of the state.”

18. You Can Find Us
On...
https://www.facebook.com/Tathya/
https://twitter.com/tathya

19. THANK YOU
Visit Us For Latest Odisha News Updates
http://www.tathya.in/
I N F O R M I N G P E O P L E