The Odisha government
approved nine investment proposals worth Rs 1.53 lakh crore. The projects are
expected to generate over 27,030 employment opportunities
It will be the second AMNS India Ltd steel plant as the Odisha
government had already given the go-ahead for a 24 MTPA integrated steel plant
in Kendrapara district with an investment of Rs 1.02 lakh crore (Bloomberg)
A month after the Make in Odisha conclave, the Odisha
government on Thursday approved nine investment proposals worth Rs 1.53 lakh
crore, including a proposal of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AMNS) India Ltd to
set up a 7 MTPA (million tonnes per annum) steel plant in Jagatsinghpur with an
investment of Rs 38,000 crore.
Among
others, the Naveen Patnaik government
has also approved projects across sectors like green energy and equipment,
metals and minerals, paper and IT infrastructure, which will generate over
27,030 employment opportunities.
In
other sectors, a proposal of ACME Clean Energy Private Limited, entailing an
investment of Rs 58,209 crore was also approved to set up a green hydrogen
plant and a green ammonia plant with a capacity of 1.1 million MT, at Kujanga,
Jagatsinghpur. The company would also set up a captive solar plant of 4500 MW
in Koraput and Kalahandi districts.