Odisha CM Majhi’s Gujarat investor outreach gets Rs 48,330 cr investment push
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday returned with investment intents worth Rs 48,330 crore from his high-profile investor outreach in Gujarat.
The multi-city roadshow covering Ahmedabad, Mundra and Vadodara generated 71 investment proposals, including eight MoUs and 63 investment intents. The proposals, taken together, have the potential to create more than 67,838 jobs across diverse sectors.
The commitments span a broad industrial spectrum, including metal downstream industries, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, green energy equipment, infrastructure, The commitments span a broad industrial spectrum, including metal downstream industries, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, green energy equipment, infrastructure, logistics, food processing, textiles, IT and ITES, semiconductors, rare earth value addition, aerospace and defence, tourism, plastics, and power.Pitching Odisha as the growth engine of Eastern India under the Purvodaya vision, Majhi invited leading industries from Gujarat to expand their footprints in Odisha. He highlighted the state’s strategic advantage of being the trade gateway to East Asia, South-East Asia and Indo-Pacific markets through the major ports at Paradip, Dhamra and Gopalpur.
A major focus of the outreach was Odisha’s emerging clean energy and engineering ecosystem.
Majhi underlined the vast opportunities in solar manufacturing, integrated green energy supply chains, railway equipment manufacturing, fabrication, and industrial compproduction.
He also highlighted raw material availability, port-led logistics, and ease of doing business through swift clearances under the GO-SWIFT single-window mechanism. The state is transitioning from a resource-driven economy to a value-added manufacturing and advanced industrial base, he added.
Addressing investors in Vadodara, Majhi said Western India had already led India’s industrial rise. “Now, for Viksit Bharat, Eastern India must rise, and Odisha is ready to lead that transformation,” he said.The overall Gujarat outreach witnessed over 132 structured engagements, including B2G meetings, four sectoral roundtables, and two large investor roadshows attended by more than 700 industry representatives and institutional stakeholders.
Industries Minister Sampad Chandra Swain said Odisha is increasingly being viewed as a natural industrial expansion destination for companies looking to strengthen their footprint in eastern India. The state’s industrial strategy is anchored in execution, policy stability, skilled manpower, and long-term growth partnerships, he added.