By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: “ I extend a warm welcome to industry leaders ;investors and all delegates present here for the 3rd edition of the Make in Odisha Conclave. I am happy to welcome our country partners – the Ambassadors of Japan and Norway, and the Consul General of Germany, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said while addressing business leaders at the second day of the Make in Odisha conclave atJanata Maidan here on Thursday.
‘Odisha is destined to become a trillion-dollar economy in the near future. We will emerge as the gateway to East and South East Asia. I invite you to come and invest in a New Odisha.Come Join the Juggernaut,” Patnaik said.
‘Welcome to the Land of new opportunities! Welcome to Odisha! Odisha is fast emerging as a major investment destination in the country. We are a progressive state with clear focus on transformation in all sectors. Stable governance is the cornerstone of peace prosperity and progress. We have an unprecedented mandate from the electorate due to our continued performance over the last two decades,” CM Patnaik said.
“Our citizen centric governance model has set global benchmarks. Initiatives like Mo Sarkar and 5T charter give dignity and respect to our people. Our inclusive development agenda emphasizes on education, health, skill development, agriculture, womens empowerment, tribal development and so on . Mission Shakti comprising 70 lakh women is a unique empowerment initiative . Our health assurance scheme BSKY is a milestone in the public health sector. Participatory governance ensures that gains are shared across all sections of the society. We have been able to reduce poverty by 50%, while doubling the farmers income over the last two decades, he said.
‘Our fiscal prudence and economic management has been appreciated across the country . We are one of the few states with adequate revenues to undertake large scale infrastructure projects. Our investor-friendly initiatives and transformatory governance has put us on a journey of progress and prosperity. I invite each one of you to come join us on this journey. I assure you that our government will run the extra mile to make you comfortable in our state. We will walk along your side and make sure your dreams as an
entrepreneur are realized. Odisha’s prosperity is interlinked with new investments. We completely understand this and therefore, we welcome you from the core of our hearts. We offer you better than the best. Our new Industrial Policy provides the support and incentives which are beyond the best in the country. We are launching new policies in the sectors of Tourism, renewable energy, apparel and textile, food processing, exports and so on . We will continue to work with eachone of you and understand the requirements of your sector and provide the best of support systems,” Patnaik said.
‘As you all know, Odisha is a major force in the field of mining and mineral-based industries. The State has attracted major investments in Steel and Aluminum projects and will emerge as the global hub in these sectors by the turn of this decade.However, we are ambitious to develop Odisha in other sectors too. We are making huge capital investment in improving our transport infrastructure – expressways, railways, airports, sea ports. We are a pioneer in electricity reforms and have successfully created the framework and investment towards providing quality affordable energy. Our focus on creating quality education through high schools’ transformation, world class higher educational institutions, Skilled in Odisha program the World Skills Centre, providing quality affordable health care systems will enable social capital and support the industries with highly qualified human resources,’ he said.
