With abundance of mineral resources, long coastline, inland waters, the
varied bio-diversity of its forests and a rich cultural heritage, Orissa
is soon to become a privileged destination for industrial investment.
In the past few years the govt. of Orissa has been encouraging industrial houses to for the establishment of new industrial
units in backward areas of the state. Since Independence 49 large Scale
industries have been setup in public and Private Sector in the state,
of which most of them are mineral based. Apart from that there are many
small and medium scale industries located in various parts of the state.
Recently a large number of companies have signed MoUs to set up their steel plants in Orissa.
Industrial PolicyThe Government of Orissa has formulated a liberal industrial policy known as “Industrial
Policy 2001”. The policy focuses on various avenues where Orissa has
the expertise e.g., minerals, Tourism, IT and Village Industries etc.
Areas of industrial growth - Mineral processing and value addition
- Downstream industries in steel, aluminum & petro-chemical sectors
- Chemicals & fertilisers
- Agro & food processing industries
- Handicrafts & handloom
- Export oriented industries
- IT industries
List of major industries investing in Orissa - INDAL
- Infosys Technologies Ltd
- AES Corporation
- Balasore Alloys Ltd (BAL)
- Bargarh Cement Ltd (BCL)
- Paradeep Phosphates Ltd (PPL)
- Pohang Steel Company (Posco)
- Reliance Energy Ltd (REL)
- Satyam Computers Ltd
- Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL)
- National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO)
- National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
- Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
- Tata steel
- Tata Refractories Ltd (TRL)
- Utkal Aluminium
- Vedanta Resources Ltd