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Prominently poised as a mineral-rich state on India's eastern coast, Odisha has laid out an ambitious plan to attract investments worth Rs 1.2 trillion (approximately USD 14.1 billion) over the next decade in a bold attempt to establish itself as India's next major petrochemical hub.
According to reports from NDTV Profit, the state, with the Bay of Bengal port town Paradip at its centre, plans to radically shift its economic trajectory and strengthen India's self-reliance in chemical production.
The flagship project in this industrial drive is Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.'s (IOCL) proposed dual-feed naphtha cracker facility at Paradip in...