Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday announced to set up an exclusive industrial park for women investors in the state. Along with this, he also announced a special cell for women investors in EPCL. The Chief Minister made these announcements while interacting with women investors at the Utkash Odisha 2025 Conclave today.
The Chief Minister attended the Women’s Business Leaders Round Table on the second day of the conclave today and interacted with successful women entrepreneurs of the state and the country. Heads of Odisha-based companies like Ruchi Food Line, Milk Mantra, Luminous Power, Jivada Ventures, Indulge Private Limited participated in this round table meet.
In his address, the Chief Minister praised the successful women entrepreneurs saying, “Women have proven many times before that they can do more than men. Many people do not know how to ride a bicycle, but our women are piloting fighter planes today.”
He said that women entrepreneurs are getting an additional 10 per cent subsidy under the Chief Minister’s Agricultural Enterprise Scheme. “Our government is working on women empowerment and will continue to do so.”
“Our government has paved the way for women to become entrepreneurs. We made an outlay of more than Rs 75,000 crore in the Budget for the welfare of women. The Subhadra Yojana is one such initiative to empower women. Subhadra Yojana has made it possible for many women to launch small businesses, the Chief Minister said.
