Bhubaneswar: Odisha secured investment intents worth Rs 48,330 crore during a three-day roadshow ending Thursday in Gujarat led by CM Mohan Charan Majhi, signing eight MoUs and 63 investment intent forms with a projected 67,838 jobs, officials said on Thursday.Addressing mediapersons in Vadodara, Majhi termed the visit “highly productive”, citing strong investor sentiment towards Odisha. “With vast mineral reserves and a long coastline, the state holds immense possibilities under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Purvodaya vision,” he said.Reiterating the govt’s focus on execution and facilitation, he assured industry of proactive support through the GO-SWIFT single-window system and dedicated handholding mechanisms.The outreach across Ahmedabad, Mundra and Vadodara saw over 132 engagements, including high-level one-on-one B2G meetings and four sectoral roundtables.Two investment roadshows at Ahmedabad and Vadodara drew over 700 participants, reflecting strong interest from industry and institutional stakeholders. Discussions centred on sectoral opportunities, policy support, logistics advantages and industrial partnerships.The roadshow drew commitments across sectors, including metal downstream, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, rare earth value addition, green energy equipment, infrastructure, logistics, food processing, textiles, IT & ITES, ESDM and semiconductors, lab-grown diamonds, plastics, tourism, aerospace and defence, capital goods and power.“Western India has led India’s industrial rise. For Viksit Bharat, Eastern India must rise, and Odisha is ready to lead that transformation,” Majhi said at the Vadodara meet, which saw participation from over 200 industry leaders and associations.Positioning Odisha as a growth engine under the Purvodaya vision, the CM invited Gujarat-based industries to expand into Odisha. Calling it the “gateway to India’s fastest-growing trade corridors”, he highlighted connectivity to East and Southeast Asia via Paradip, Dhamra and Gopalpur ports.Majhi said Odisha offers a strong mix of raw material availability, modern infrastructure, port-led logistics, policy stability and fast project execution, and is transitioning from a resource-based economy to a value-added manufacturing hub.He also underscored the state’s push in clean energy manufacturing, particularly in solar value chains, and its emergence as a railway manufacturing and supply-chain hub with growing opportunities in engineering and component production.Industries minister Sampad Chandra Swain said Odisha is emerging as a natural industrial expansion hub for Eastern India under the Purvodaya vision. He highlighted infrastructure, skilled workforce and policy stability, adding that the state offers “a long-term growth partnership built on trust, execution, speed and stability” with a roadmap towards Samruddha Odisha by 2036 and Viksit Bharat by 2047.
