State nod to 18 industrial projects

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Thursday approved 18 industrial projects worth Rs 3,457 crore that will generate 14,436 employment opportunities. The approval was given during the 118th meeting of the state-level Single Window Clearance Authority.
Official sources said 10 out of these investment proposals were received during the Make in Odisha Conclave-2022. During the meeting, the state government also recommended two industrial projects to the high level clearance authority (HLCA). The approved projects have been spread across a range of sectors, including metal downstream and ancillary, pharmaceutical, food processing, cement, textile and apparel, information technology and food and agro processing.
A statement issued by the state government mentioned that the approved projects will be set up in Jajpur, Khurda, Koraput, Cuttack, Sundargarh, Bhadrak, Sonepur, Balangir and Boudh districts. The committee has given a go ahead to nine projects in the metal sector, five projects in agro and food processing sector and one project each in textiles, cement, IT and pharmaceuticals sectors, reads the statement.
It also said further that Odisha is emerging as the leader in the metal downstream and ancillary sector. This claim was further strengthened today when the SLSWCA approved nine projects. tnn