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Jaya Jagannath,
Stepping
into the portico of 2008, our mother land Orissa has carried along a
great honor of achievements and reputation of being the fastest
growing state of India during the year 2007. For the year 2007, it
seems Lord Sri Jagannath and goddess Laxmi had favored Orissa.
Results of an extremely efficient governance, in last 365 days,
Orissa was gifted with
Investments pumped
in during last 365 days : Rs. 178435.52 Crores
Ores and Minerals on
trade during last 365 days : 196.92 million tones
Power sector boom up
during last 365 days : 37250 Mega Watts
News highlights 2007
: ( in reverse chronological order )
• Orissa invests Rs 600 cr
to minimise T&D losses
• Orissa develops power
transmission system with Rs 600 cr
• Nalco investsRs 409 cr
to upgrade mines, refinery
• Orissa to get its first
shipyard worth Rs 2,200 crore
• Infosys donates 1 crore
to IIIT, Bhubaneswar
• UN to spend USD 24
million for development in Orissa
• Orissa Govt. cleared Rs
120-crore sugar factory in Koraput region
• Navayuga group to set up
12 million tonne steel plant at Astaranga
• Orissa No – 1 investment
desitnation in India, attracts Rs558 billion : ASSOCHAM study
• FACOR investsRs 2500 cr
for expansion in Orissa
• Nalco achieved net
profit of Rs 439.73 crore
• Rourkela Steel Plant to
double production with an expansion worth 10,000 crores
• Ship factory at Dhamra
to cost 2,200 crores
• Centre plans 4,000MW
power plant in Orissa
• Orissa Sponge plans Rs
225-cr pref issue
• LIC AUM to cross Rs 100
cr in Orissa
• 100-bed facility for
Care Hospital with cost of Rs 15 crores
• Orissa Govt to build
Drama auditorium at cost of Rs. 12 crore
• Cuttack to get Rs 2,000
crore for facelift under JNNURM
• State to demand Rs.
1,000-crore allocation in railway budget
• SAIL invests49,000
crores in Orissa
• Essar Steel
invests15,000 crores in Orissa by January
• SAIL quotes Rs 12,300
crore for Nilachal Ispat Nigam in Orissa
• 14 million tonne cargo
handling capacity all-weather port at Puri
• UMPPs plans 9,000 MW
mega power plant in Orissa
• NALCO profits Rs 2,381
crore for 2006-07
• Rs 594 crore
infrastructure development of Cuttack city under ISDP
• ADB funds Rs 1,200 crore
for Integrated Agriculture and Water Management project in Orissa
• Orissa gets Rs 1346
crore for rural dev programme
• Centre releases Rs.
256.91 crore to Orissa for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
• Over bridge at cost of
Rs 144 crore to come up at Cuttack
• Gram panchayats to be
linked with computers with Finance Commission grant of Rs 83 cr
• Ayush Hospital investsRs
13.5cr in Orissa project
• AP Govt to pay 1.55 cr
as outstanding dues to Orissa
• Orissa govt. provided Rs
1,119 cr to improve road infrastructure
• Hindustan Construction
bags Rs 168 cr Tata Steel order
• Centre okays Rs 50 lakh
for development of Chausathi Yogini temple
• Kerala to build Rs
4,000-cr thermal station in Orissa
• Orissa targets Rs
6,000cr revenue
• Rs. 50 crores for Orissa
Tourism
• 1000 km NH in Orissa to
be made double lane
• RSP modernisation
programme at cost of Rs 9,869 crore
• Orissa announced Biju
Gram Jyoti Yojana, 10,000 villages to be electrified
• World Bank to fund Rs
1,400cr for Orissa roads
• Orissa Govt. nod to
projects worth Rs 7,225 crore
• Orissa equipped to
generate 20000 MW of power
• Jindal Stainless
investsRs 5,600-cr for expansion of Orissa plant
• ACC's Orissa unit
capacity to go up to 2.14mt
• Orissa Govt to collect
additional Rs 1000 crore from VAT, entry tax
• Jindal Steel to set up
250 MW power plant at Kalinga Nagar
• OMC presented cheque of
Rs 30 crore to CM
• Hyderabad firm plans Rs
6,000cr port at Astaranga
• State Govt. sanctioned
12 crore for Bhitarkanika, Satkosia sanctuaries
• BIG 92.7 FM to launch FM
radio station in Bhubaneshwar
• PPT set to handle 106.40
Million tonne cargo by 2012
• 51 Steel companies sign
MoU in Orissa
• Finance minister Ghadei
presented Rs 14,000-cr vote-on-account
• UGC grants Rs 96 cr for
girls hostel in Orissa
• Economy grew at 7.3
percent, revenue surplus after 22 yrs in Orissa
• ADB to provide $200 m
for irrigation projects
• Nalco to contribute Rs 5
cr for renovation of "Ananda Bazaar" at Sri Jagannath Temple
• NTPC to set up 4000 MW
coal-fired ultra mega power plant in Orissa
• Orissa Govt to get Rs
800 cr from Japan bank
• Allocation for Orissa
goes down; gets only Rs 606 crore
• Planning Commission
grants Rs 5105 cr to Orissa
• Foreign tourist inflow
to Orissa increase by 13 percent
• Paradip port handles
record 33.12 million tons of cargo
• State raked Rs 270 crore
from sales of kendu leaf
• Jindal Steel net jumps
50% by setting 6 million tonne steel plant, Orissa
• NEW ULTRA MEGA POWER
PROJECT with a capacity of 4,000 mw will come up in Orissa
• State got extra revenue
of Rs 3,500 cr: Experts pointed out
• Centre allocates 199 cr
for Sadak Yojana in Orissa
• million sports complex
in Orissa
• BHEL plans Rs 3,200 cr
investment for expansion in Orissa
• McNally Bharat bags Rs
923.1 mn order from Utkal Alumina International
• Rs 2,000 cr port to come
up at Kirtania in Bhograi
• Orissa targets to take
IT exports to Rs 2,500 cr in 5 yrs
• SAIL expands with 6 more
projects worth Rs 670 Cr
• 21 pvt medical colleges
get NOC
Regards
Nilachakra
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