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A number of mega-industrial projects in sectors like steel, alumina, oil refining, fertilizers, etc. involving large investment are in the pipeline. Directories

POSCO, a South Korean steel giant, entered into a MoU with Government of Orissa to set up a steel plant having a production capacity of 12 MTPA with an investment of about US $ 12 billion. The flagship Aditya Birla Group plans to setup a 1 MTPA Alumina refinery with smelter. Orissa Mining Corporation set itself a production target of 51.20 lakh tonnes of minerals.

In order to support massive investments, top priority was accorded to improvement in infrastructural facilities. For creating quality infrastructure development in IT sector, an export promotion industrial park set up at Bhubaneswar.

Full medical care has been extended to the industrial labourers and their family members through a network of ESI hospitals and dispensaries. Child labours employed in hazardous jobs were released.

Information Technology
The State is making significant strides in Information Technology sector. All these companies are expected to directly employ about 5000 software professonals. The Oriya language pack under the programme "Technology Development for Indian languages" to enable Oriya Language computing completed.

Transport. The total road length in the state was 2,37,332 km. The state has 2,287 km railway route including 91 km of narrow gauge. The expansion and modernisation of Bhubaneswar Airport is in progress. Direct link is available from Bhubaneswar to places like Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Nagpur, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Paradeep is the only major port of the State. Gopalpur has been developed as an all-weather port.

Agriculture
It contributes 28% of the net domestic product of the state. 65% of the total work force directly or indirectly engaged in agriculture. Rice is the principal food grain and its production. Sugarcane cultivation has been widely accepted by the farmers.

Localities: Rourkela Sonapur

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Sources: India.gov.in