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Odisha gets investment proposals worth Rs 3,900 cr in IT, electronics sector
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SME Times News Bureau | 14 Nov, 2018
The Odisha government has secured investment proposals worth over Rs
3,900 crore in the electronics manufacturing, telecommunications and
Information Technology (IT) sector during the ongoing investors' summit,
a state Minister said here on Wednesday.
"Total investment
proposals were of the order of Rs 3,900 crore from six companies," state
Electronics and Information Technology Minister Chandra Sarathi Behera
told reporters here at the second edition of the 'Make in Odisha
Conclave'.
Reliance Jio committed Rs 3,000 crore, while the rest
came from five entities representing electronics manufacturing, a state
official said.
"Reliance's proposal is expected to materialise
before the next edition of the conclave and 80 per cent of the other
investment proposals would likely be acted upon in two years," the
official said.
The state is witnessing a 15 per cent year-on-year growth in Information Technology, and looking at exports of Rs 4,000 crore.
The
state has a low attrition rate in the country, state Electronics and IT
Department's Principal Secretary C.J. Venugopal said.
According to the Minister, the government has decided to put aside Rs 1,000 crore in the budget every year to support IT growth.
Venugopal
said that the state government signed a pact with the University of
Chicago and is also setting up a Fabrication Lab in Bhubaneswar in
collaboration with Fab Foundation.
"We are also setting up a Characterisation Lab and a fully capacitated incubator to facilitate start-ups," he said.
Speaking about the possibility of Foxconn setting up a unit here, he said, "We had a preliminary discussion."
Minister
Behera said the state, in partnership with Oracle India, will be
setting up an academy in the city to help students become IT-ready.
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