Various industry leaders pledged massive investments in this state
The ‘Make in Odisha Conclave 2022’ is making waves with a slew of industry leaders pledging massive investments in the state during the event.
Market NewsEdited by Rahul Karunakar (with inputs from PTI)
Updated: December 02, 2022 8:10 am IST
The ‘Make in Odisha Conclave 2022’ in Bhubaneswar, an investors summit is making waves with a slew of industry leaders pledging massive investments in the state during the event.
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- The Odisha government said the current edition of the business summit has generated 145 investment offers valued more than ₹ 7.26 lakh crore. According to Hemant Sharma, the Industry Secretary for Odisha, if the investment plans worth ₹ 7,26,128.45 crore are carried out, more than 3.20 lakh people will have access to jobs.
- Representatives from several corporate houses, including LN Mittal, Anil Agarwal, Sajjan Jindal, TV Narendran, Naveen Jindal, Karan Adani, and Praveer Sinha, as well as delegations from 11 nations, attended the third edition of the business summit.
- Adani Group, which is headed by Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani, will invest ₹ 60,000 crore ($7.39 billion) over the course of the next ten years in the mineral-rich state of Odisha, said a top executive.
- “Our continuing commitment to Odisha is showcased in our planned capital investment that will exceed ₹ 60,000 crore over the next ten years. I anticipate this will create tens of thousands of direct and indirect jobs,” said Karan Adani, Chief Executive Officer of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone.
- The JSW Group alone committed an investment of ₹ 1 lakh crore in the state, an official said.
- According to Tata Steel’s MD & CEO T V Narendran, the company would continue to invest in Odisha, which has 25 per cent of all of India’s steel manufacturing capacity and has received over ₹ 75,000 crore in investments. “The Tata group of companies, and more specifically Tata Steel, has invested over ₹ 75,000 crore in Odisha in the last five years. We will continue to invest to support the growth in Odisha,” said Mr Narendran.
- ArcelorMittal Executive Chairman Lakshmi Niwas Mittal announced during the plenary session of the conclave a 24-million-ton facility in Odisha in a JV (joint venture) with Nippon Steel.
- Anil Agarwal, the Chairman of Vedanta Ltd, said that his company is the largest investor in Odisha with a total investment of ₹ 80,000 crore and plans to add another ₹ 25,000 crore to the proposed Jharsuguda aluminium park.
- According to Essar Capital’s Director Prashant Ruia, the business will invest roughly ₹ 52,000 crore in Odisha to build a number of projects, including a 14 MT pellet plant and a 7.5 MT crude to petrochemical unit.
- According to him, the company seeks to establish the CTC in collaboration with an international player. Mr Ruia added that his company is making large investments in Odisha in the energy, mining, and metals sectors. He claimed that Odisha is experiencing double-digit growth and an amazing industrial and social development.
Source: NDTV-Business