Jaya
Jagannath,
( Attached : Newseum Orissa 2008 links )
Pushing India towards a Sustainable Intensive economic Growth,
Orissa emerged atop with 558 Billion investment to implementation
cycle setting benchmarks to a dream destination for
investors and Wonderland for any Corporate. Orissa sets pathway to
world economy with an extremely proactive Government, effective
regulatory framework with single window project clearance system,
transparent investor oriented policies, abundant resources,
excellent infrastructure, Industrious mindset, investor friendly
climate, Skilled and globally recognized workforce, World class
education infrastructure, rail road air and marine connectivity.
Today Orissa has caught the eyeball of global investors, corporate,
industrialists and economists. Thanks to Captain Honorable CM Sri
Naveen Patnaik for authoring
Team Orissa.
Key Milestones during year 2008 :
Total investment during 2008: Rs. 6,76,068.66 Crores
Corporate Sector : 58 Industries yielding more than 75 million tonne per
year, 3 Ultra mega power projects, 49
Steel plants delivering 70 metric tonne, 4 aluminum complexes, 15
mtpa mega petrochemical complex at Mega Petroleum, Chemicals &
Petrochemicals region, 13 Thermal Power stations, Integrated
Textiles Park, Auto complex at Choudwar,
IT, Software and Telecom : 36% growth in IT thru an IT corridor,
15 SEZs and 3 STPIs at Bhubaneswar, Rourkela and Berhampur totaling
25 Software IT giants, touching Software exports to 60 Billion
rupees, 6 lakhs IT jobs in just 3 yrs.
Projects & Investments during 2008: 38% of manufacturing projects, 23% increase in industrial deliveries
and 17% of total projects announced in India were accounted to
Orissa thus flowing in 11% of total investment of the country.
Education Infrastructure : IIT, AIIMs
cadre Medical hub, IIHT, Nuclear Medicine
Centre, 9 Universities, 88 Engineering/MCA colleges , 18 Medical
colleges with SOA varsity including IMS, Sum Hospital, Tata Institute
of Mathematics, Vedanta world-class technical university with
1,00,000 students intake per annum in 95 disciplines, Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar Spiritual University, Bhakti-Vedanta Academy.
Communication System : 13 Airstrips and 16 Helipads, 4 sea ports.
Eye catching achievements & Facts :
Kalpana Das from Orissa Becomes the first Oriya to reach Mount
Everest.
Pragjyoti Samal from Bhubaneswar became the first woman to win a
crore in an Indian television reality show.
Padmini Rout from Orissa became World chess champion in under 14
group.
Orissa tailor registers into Guinness Book of Records.
Keshab Swain of Orissa created world record by breaking 72
coconuts in 60 seconds.
East Coast Railway constructed worlds highest electrified track
in Orissa.
IIT-Bhubaneswar start academic session from Bhubaneswar.
Bharat Biotech to develop Biotech-Pharma-IT park in Orissa
Nuclear Medicine Centre inaugurated in Bhubaneswar
World-class railway station in Bhubaneswar by Chinese technical
experts.
Orissa to use Global Positioning System to track naxalites
6 lakhs IT jobs for Orissa youths in just 3 yrs.
KIIT Among Top 18 Private Colleges in India
NALCO granted with Navaratna status.
C- DAC developed software in Oriya.
Facelift for Barabati Stadium at a cost of Rs. 56 crores.
Private investments under implementation in Orissa now total about
US$125 billion which is about seven times the states annual gross
domestic product (GSDP). This makes it likely that Orissa will enjoy
high double digit growth, faster than the rest of India, for several
years to come.
Orissa ranks first in respect of total envisaged investments in
India.
Orissa No. 1 investment destination in India; attracts Rs. 558 Bn.
6 million tourists visited Orissa (growth rate >19%), Foreign
tourists 50,000 (growth rate 21%).
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