Odisha bets on Speciality Steel to join advanced steel making countries like Japan, South Korea

Bhubaneswar, September 24: Odisha Industries secretary Hemant Sharma on Friday emphasised that the newly inducted Product Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme on Speciality Steel will improve the production capacity to 60 MTPA from 18 MTPA and invited various steel companies to set up their units in Odisha to produce Speciality Steel. Speaking at the webinar on “Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Speciality Steel Industry of Odisha” jointly organised by industry body FICCI and IPICOL, Industries Department highlighted the strategic importance of Odisha for the steelmakers such as the abundance of mineral and human resources, high quality industrial and logistic infrastructure, advanced policy framework and most importantly the stable governance. The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 6,322 crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for speciality steel that is expected to attract investments of around Rs 40,000 crores and Odisha being a leader in the steel sector will further extend the necessary help to the downstream industries to multifold the production. In the webinar attended by the leading steelmakers across India, MD IPICOL, Bhupendra Singh Poonia said that we are doing reforms and taking proper measures to make the state more industry-friendly and has also invited all the companies to visit and explore the investment opportunities in Odisha. A presentation on the PLI scheme and the advantages of Odisha for the downstream industry was also given to the potential investors.