Deputy CM KV Singh Deo highlights potential of Odisha in 4th CII East India Summit
Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo participated in the 4th Confederation of Indian Industries, East India Summit 2025 held today at Hotel Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai of Maharasthra.
Mumbai: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo participated in the 4th Confederation of Indian Industries, East India Summit 2025 held today at Hotel Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai of Maharasthra.
The East India Summit of the Confederation of Indian Industry is a flagship initiative focused on unlocking the vast economic potential of Eastern India. The Summit highlights the exclusive state specific sessions, policy roundtables and dialogue platforms between investors and government representatives.
Singh Deo in his keynote address said that, Odisha offers an investible proposition with mineral endowment, deep water ports, robust rail & road linkages, availability of land, and natural resources for the port-led industrial growth.
Odisha is building integrated industrial ecosystems, export-oriented manufacturing corridors with logistic and market access as strategic priorities. Odisha is open for strategic partnerships- anchor manufacturing, advanced technology, greenfield value chains. As the Prime Minister says, this is the right time to invest in East India, Deputy CM invited industrialists to invest in Odisha.
Deputy CM also said that, our government has grounded a record number of 56 projects, representing investment of Rs 1.78 lakh crore & creating a job potential of 1.11 lakh, and aiming to generate one lakh new jobs, ensuring inclusive growth.
The CII East India Summit served as a catalyst for transforming the region into an economic power house. The other participants include, Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar Samrat Choudhary, Industries Minister, Bihar Nitish Mishra, Finance Minister, Chhattisgarh O P Choudhary, Chairman, CII Eastern Region Shashwat Goenka, Chairman, CII Western Region, Rishi Kumar Bagla, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, MSME Department of Odisha, D Prasanth Kumar Reddy, administrative officers, investors, industrialists, entrepreneurs from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal.

