Bhubaneswar, Dec 24: Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) A.S. Sahney met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Lokseva Bhawan today and discussed progress of various ongoing and upcoming projects in Odisha.
During the discussion, it was decided that the IOCL and Odisha Government will sign a memorandum of understanding for the Naphtha Cracker Project at Paradeep in January.
Naphtha Project in Paradeep has received in principle approval and IOCL will invest over Rs 61 thousand crore for the project. It is likely to be one of the largest projects in the sector in the country. The State Government is an equity holder of this project, and will earn dividends in addition to taxes.
It was also decided that, the foundation for the upcoming yarn project of IOCL at Bhadrak will also be laid in January. Rs 4352 crore will be invested for this project. It was informed that once the project is completed, various large scale garments manufacturing units will come up in the area. Both the projects will create huge employment opportunities for the youth.
Besides, it was informed in the meeting that the ongoing Px-PTA (Para-xylene Purified Terephthalic Acid) project will be commissioned by June 2025. Several other ongoing and upcoming projects of IOCL were also discussed. These include a floating solar project and ethanol project in the state.
Industries Minister Sampad Chandra Swain, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, Additional Chief Secretary to CM Nikunja Bihari Dhal, Industries Secretary Hemant Sharma participated in the discussion. IOCL Executive Director Abhijit Chakraborty and CGM Dhananjaya Sahoo accompanied Chairman IOCL.
