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Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL), a Tata Steel subsidiary, is poised to become one of the largest employment generators in Odisha, with a promise of creating 14,000 direct jobs through its ambitious steel plant expansion. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi laid the foundation stone for this expansion project earlier this week.

Backed by a capital infusion of Rs 61,769 crore, the expansion project will significantly scale up NINL's production capacity from its current 1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 8.52 MTPA in the first phase.

Located in Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district, the NINL plant will not only serve as a major empl...