Industry Care Meeting Held With Jagatsinghpur Based Industries

Bhubaneswar: A two-day Industry Care Meeting of Jagatsinghpur district was concluded today under the chairmanship of Asit Tripathy, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The meeting was attended by more than 44 Jagatsinghpur based industries.

Many senior officials from the Industries and MSME departments of the Government of Odisha were on a two days visit to Paradip, one of the busiest logistics and industrial hubs of the country to formally engage with the industrial units and to address their issues on a high priority basis. During the first day of the visit, the team visited the existing and upcoming industrial parks of the region such as IDCO land at Siju, Paradip Plastic Park and PCPR and inspected the recent developments. Meetings were also held with the senior officials of the Paradip port Trust and IOCL as a part of the Industry aftercare initiative.

On the second day of the visit, the team led by i Asit Tripathy met more than 44 large-scale and MSME industries of the region including JSW Utkal Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India, Adani Wilmar, IFFCO, Essar Minmet and Container Corporation of India among others. The event started with a welcome address by Hemant Sharma, IAS, Principal Secretary Industries Department and was followed by an address by Asit Kumar Tripathy, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

A detailed discussion was held on issues related to land, power, logistics and policy with the participated industries. These issues will be now vigorously monitored by the Department of Industries. The team also discussed with the District level officers from various departments such as agriculture, fisheries and Mission Shakti and asked them to help the local entrepreneurs in scaling up the projects and increase their incomes.

Senior officials from the department of MSME including Satyabrata Sahu, Principal Secretary, MSME Dept, and Md Sadique Alam, Director of Industries, interacted with the industries in a session held on MSME. These initiatives provide a unique opportunity for MSMEs to directly interact with the senior officials of the Government of Odisha and on-site resolutions helping them solve their long-pending issues and concerns.

Bhupendra Singh Poonia, MD, IPICOL highlighted the District Investment Promotion Agency (DIPA) initiative which is streamlining the last mile investment and aftercare process at the district level.