New Delhi, June 30 (KNN) The Odisha government has been able to attract investment intentions worth Rs 21,000 crores during the Odisha Investors' Meet held in Dubai on Wednesday.

Investment proposals were majorly received by the State across sectors such as infrastructure, hospitality, logistics, chemicals, food processing, Textiles and Apparel including Technical Textiles, Seafood processing, ESDM, Logistics and Clean Energy.

The event was jointly organised by the FICCI and the Embassy of India in UAE. The event was attended by more than 150 companies based out of the UAE and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region from various sectors.

Leading industry associations from the region including Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC) also participated in the event.

While addressing the event, the CM Naveen Patnaik Highlighted Odisha's human resource advantage. He said, “We have made good investments in setting up technical and professional institutes at all skill levels - ITIs, Polytechnics, and engineering and management colleges. Eleven of India's top 100 Industrial training institutes are in Odisha.”

“ With the assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Institute of Technical Education Services (ITEES), Singapore, the Government of Odisha has recently established the World Skill Centre in Bhubaneswar to prepare the Odia workforce for modern and new age industry, “he added.

A team from Odisha also conducted one-on-one B2G meetings with major companies of the region such as LuLu Group, NBTC Group, Sharaf Group, Twenty Fourteen Holding and Tablez Group, ERAM Group, Sobha Group, Arab and India Spices LLC, Tabreed, etc. 

The Chief Minister also announced that the state would be conducting the third edition of its flagship Global Investors Meet - "Make in Odisha 2022" from November 30- December 04, 2022, at the state capital Bhubaneswar, India.   (KNN Bureau)