Odisha CM on three-day visit to Mumbai, will meet investors

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday went on a three-day trip to Mumbai where he is scheduled to attend an investors' meet, months ahead of the Make-in-Odisha Conclave.

Patnaik will hold discussions with major industrialists from different sectors and woo them to invest in Odisha, officials said.

Among the leading industrialists the chief minister is scheduled to meet are Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Vedanta's Anil Agarwal and Mahindra Group's Anand Mahindra, they said.

The investors' meet will be held at Hotel Trident, while the one-on-one meetings are scheduled to be held at The Oberoi, they added.

Patnaik is also scheduled to visit the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and attend the ceremony to ring the opening bell, officials said.

Earlier, similar meets were held in Dubai and New Delhi.

The state has already organised road shows in Mumbai, inviting investments in IT, metal downstream, renewable energy, chemicals, plastics and advanced electronic manufacturing sectors.

The third edition of the Make-in-Odisha Conclave, scheduled to be held from November 30 to December 4, aims to showcase the manufacturing prowess of the state and investment opportunities across sectors.

The earlier two editions were held in 2016 and 2018. In 2016, the state received investment proposals of over USD 30 billion and in 2018, investment intents valued at over USD 50 billion were received.

Chief Secretary SC Mohapatra on Tuesday evening met some of the investors in the western metropolis, ahead of the chief minister's programmes.

Mohapatra told them that they could easily take benefits of ''incomparable and enabling'' policies, arrangements, unique subsidy supports, and hand-holding institutional support from inception to commissioning of projects.

The chief secretary also appraised business groups about the wide range of opportunities available in various sectors for investments.

Representatives of around 15 companies, including IMP Power, ThyssenKrupp India, Crisil Ltd, Rochem Separation System and NALCO, interacted with the chief secretary.

They also expressed their intents to invest in Odisha, said an official statement.

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