Industry Odisha Bureau, May 7: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday wound up his three-day business trip to Gujarat after securing investment commitment of worth Rs 48,330 crore from the western region of the country.
The Odisha Investors’ Meet in Ahmedabad, Mundra, and Vadodara witnessed 132 meetings.
The government has received 71 investment intents (8 MoUs and 63 Investment Intention Forms) accounting for a total investment potential of Rs 48,330 crore, with projected employment generation of over 67,838 jobs.
Reiterating the government’s focus on execution and investor facilitation, the Chief Minister assured industries of proactive support through Odisha’s GO-SWIFT single-window clearance mechanism and dedicated handholding support systems.
The focused sectoral discussions enabled detailed deliberations on investment opportunities, policy support, logistics advantages, and industrial partnerships, officials said.
On the last day of the trip, the Chief Minister attended the Odisha Investors’ Meet Roadshow in Vadodara which witnessed participation from over 200 industry leaders, business associations, and institutional stakeholders
“Western India has already led India’s industrial rise. Now, for Viksit Bharat, Eastern India must rise and Odisha is ready to lead that transformation,” said Majhi while addressing the investors in Vadodara.
Positioning Odisha as the growth engine of Eastern India under the vision of Purvodaya, he invited leading industries from Gujarat to expand their footprint in Odisha and become partners in the state’s next phase of industrial growth.
Calling Odisha the “Gateway to India’s Fastest Growing Trade Corridors,” he highlighted the State’s strategic advantage in connecting industries to East Asia, South-East Asia, and Indo-Pacific markets through major ports at Paradip, Dhamra, and Gopalpur.
The Gujarat outreach concluded with strong investor response, high-level industry engagement, and significant investment commitments across sectors including metal downstream, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, rare earth value addition, green energy equipment, infrastructure, logistics, food processing, apparel & textiles, IT & ITES, ESDM & semiconductor, lab grown diamonds, plastics, tourism, aerospace & defence, capital goods, and power.
Highlighting Odisha’s industrial ecosystem, the CM said the State offers a strong combination of raw material availability, modern infrastructure, port-led logistics, policy stability, and fast project execution systems. He noted that Odisha is steadily transforming from a resource-based economy into a value-added manufacturing and advanced industrial hub.
He said Odisha is well-positioned to contribute to India’s next phase of clean energy growth. He further underlined the State’s emergence as a railway manufacturing and supply-chain hub with expanding opportunities in engineering, fabrication, wheel, axle, and component manufacturing.
He further said that Odisha is not merely offering an investment destination, but a long-term growth partnership built on trust, execution, speed, and stability.
