Dikhyaa Mohanty 
On Saturday, October 8, 2022, the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) of the Government of Odisha met for the 113th time, with Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra presiding. 10 industrial projects totaling Rs 1923.60 crores were authorized by the committee, creating jobs for more than 5,170 persons in the state.
Projects from a variety of industries, including power and renewable energy, chemicals, IT&ESDM, food processing, oil and gas, metal downstream, technical textiles, tourism, and infrastructure were authorized during the conference. Odisha will see the implementation of the authorized projects, with 4 of them going up in Khordha and 1 each in Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Balasore, Keonjhar, and Angul.
The SLSWCA approved M/s Luminous Power Technologies Private Limited’s request to establish a manufacturing facility in the Angul Aluminium Park for advanced chemistry cell (ACC) batteries, fuel cell batteries, power storage batteries, and solar batteries with a proposed investment of Rs 481 crores, creating jobs for more than 1,150 people in the state.
The committee also gave a nod to the proposal of M/s Silox India Private Limited to set up a chemical manufacturing unit in the Paradeep Industrial Area. The unit is expected to produce 25000 MTPA Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate, 2000 MTPA Zinc Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate & 15000 MTP Metal Salts of Cobalt, Nickel, Magnesium, Lithium, and Zinc. The unit is being set up with an investment of Rs 500 crore and is expected to generate employment opportunities for over 800 people in the state.
The committee also approved the investment of Rs 265 crore of M/s Happiest Minds Technologies Limited in setting up a software development centre facility offering IT services at O-Hub in Info-valley SEZ, Bhubaneswar. The project is expected to create over 1500 highly skilled job opportunities in the state.
In the Hospitality sector, the committee approved M/s MGM Resorts Pvt. Ltd.’s 5-star Hotel Hyatt Regency with an investment of Rs 180 Crores. The project will be coming up in the New Marine Drive Road, Puri. The committee also approved M/s Oil India Limited’s Oil and Gas exploration units with an installed capacity of 10KLPD each in Astaranga, Puri and Patkura, Kendrapada. OIL will be investing over Rs 108 crores in the state creating employment opportunities for over 115 people in these two locations.
In the agro and food processing sector, the Rs 150 crore worth aqua feed manufacturing facility with an annual capacity of 1,80,000 MT proposed by M/s IFB Agro Industries Limited was also approved by the committee. The project will be set up in the Somanathpur Industrial Estate, Balasore with an estimated employment potential of over 270.
