Industry Odisha Bureau, Oct 12: To woo investors, the Odisha government led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has made an expenditure of over Rs 100 crore in organizing 12 events including Utkarsh Odisha- Make in Odisha Conclave 2025.
According to official figures, the State has organized 13 events like Make in Odisha conclave, investors’ meet and roadshows in Odisha and outside the state since June 2024, when the BJP Government came to power.
Of the 13 events, the government has spent Rs 101.03 crore in organizing 12 programmes. The expenditure details of the latest visit of State Delegation to UAE has not yet completed, sources said.
According to the data, the Odisha government has spent over Rs 85 crore in hoisting Utkarsh Odisha- Make in Odisha roadshows in New Delhi, Mumbai and Singapore and the Utkarsh Odisha- Make in Odisha Conclave 2025 in Bhubaneswar.
Another Rs 1.53 crore was spent for the event organizing in New Delhi for an investors’ roadshow and signing of MoU with India Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL).
Similarly, Rs 2.26 crore utilized for organisation of the Odisha Pharma Summit 2025 in Bhubaneswar and another Rs 1.96 crore and Rs 1.83 crore were spent for hoisting Investors’ Meet in Hyderabad and Kolkata, respectively.
The Odisha government has organized Enterprise Odisha in Rourkela this year and it has provided a fund of Rs 3 crore for the event.
Besides, an amount of Rs 2.44 crore has been utilized from state exchequer for hoisting the Odisha Investors Meet in Ahmadabad in Gujarat while an expenditure of Rs 2 crore made for the Odisha Food Pro 2026 held in New Delhi in recent months.
If the expenditure of State Delegation led by the CM will be taken into account, the figure would again go up.
Since June 2024, the State has able to attract an investment of over Rs 22.5 lakh crore, of which some were grounded and others are in different stages.
