Following is an excerpt from https://odishabytes.com/jspl-to-set-up-c...s-paradip/ 

Quote:JSPL To Set Up Container Manufacturing Unit In Odisha’s Paradip
By OB Bureau On Apr 6, 2021

Paradip: Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) has expressed its interest to build a container manufacturing unit here.

Chairman of JSPL Naveen Jindal on a visit to Paradip Port discussed the project which is a part of the company’s commitment to Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in Odisha.

The first of its kind project in Odisha, the port-based container manufacturing unit will be built over 100 acre of land which will be provided by the port authorities, company sources said on Tuesday.

An effort is underway to have the NTPC medical college being taken over by AIIMS to become the 2nd AIIMS in Odisha. Following are some news items on this:

• 25th Nov 2020 https://www.livemint.com/news/india/odis...29275.html 
  
• 26th Nov 2020 https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/...28247.html 
  
• 19th Jan 2021 https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/...52103.html 
  
• 31st March 2021 https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/state-...rgarh.html
  
• 3rd April 2021 https://sambadenglish.com/2nd-aiims-in-o...rgarh-mch/ 
  
• 3rd April 2021 https://pragativadi.com/2nd-aiims-in-odi...rgarh-mch/ 
  
• 4th April 2021 https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/state-...rgarh.html 
  

Facebook Collection on Healthcare, hospitals, medical coll., AIPH, IIPH, Public Health U is 
at  https://bit.ly/2Bl6DJe

Few years ago the CM, Naveen Patnaik, had promised that an XIMB campus will be established in Rourkela. Various news items on this has been collected at http://naveen-babu-rkl.orissalinks.com/ .

Following is an excerpt from https://tathya.in/?p=6288 .

Quote:Phulbani: ...  Accordingly on the direction of Chief Minister Mr.Patnaik, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra and 5T Secretary  V K Pandian and Secretary Works Krishan Kumar visited Kandhamal today  to review the progress of construction of the Medical College and Hospital in Phulbani.

Special Secretary to CMO R Vineel Krishna and other senior officials were also in the High Level Team, where Engineer- In- Chief Bijaya Chandra Tripathy briefed Top Officials about the progress.
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The State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister, Mr.Patnaik  had  approved the proposal in December 2020 to set up a Medical College in Phulbani. The medical college at Phulbani will have 100 seats and hospital with 500 beds. The project has been taken up at a cost of Rs 450 crores and is expected to be completed within 30 months.

Chief Secretary directed the District Administration to provide all support especially the availability of construction material for timely completion of the project.

He appreciated the beautiful location for the project and suggested that plantation to be taken up in the adjacent hills and the water resources department to plan for the drainage systems and water conservation structures.
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The campus will have facilities for 300 seated boys hostel, 150 seated girls hostel, 650 capacity auditorium, 100 seated Resident doctors hostel, quarter for doctors and staff.

See from 34:06 minutes for the next 3 minutes. Modiji, as the PM, promised medical college and super-speciality hospital in Rourkela.

Following is excerpted from https://tathya.in/?p=5909 .

Quote:Odisha Tops Steel Production
By Tathya Correspondent - March 22, 2021

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has turned out to be in the forefront of the States so far Crude Steel production is concerned and is improving its position continuously.
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While in 2017-18, Odisha had produced 1, 69, 68,000 Tons of Crude Steel, Jharkhand produced  1,71,13,000 Ton.

However Jharkhand was able to produce 1,72,38,000 Ton in 2018-19, while Odisha produced 1,92,99,000 Tons in 2018-19.

Similarly Odisha produced 2, 02,53,000 Tons of Crude Steel, while Jharkhand was lagging with 1,72,09,000 Tons of production of Crude Steel.

Odisha during the period of April-February 2020-21 has produced 1,94,44,000 Tons of Crude Steel, while Jharkhand has been able to produce 1, 41,66,000 Tons of Crude Steel.

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And Odisha continues to be largest producer of Crude Steel Production in the country.

In fact Odisha will be producing 100 Million Tons of Steel by 2030 as per the latest estimates is concerned because the State is attracting huge investment in Steel Sector.

National Steel Policy envisages production of 300 Million Ton Steel by 2030.

According to Vision 2030, Development of Downstream Units in Metal Sector envisages to achieve more than 50 Percent value addition to the primary metal produced in the State.

Presence of Major Steel Makers like SAIL, TATA Steel, JSL, VISA Steel, MESCO and AMNS India will improve Odisha position in Crude Steel production.

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While Crude Steel production in the country is on rise, import of finished steel is coming down.

During 2017-18, country imported 74,83,000 Tons of Finished Steel, during 2018-19 India went for 78,35,000 Tons of Finished Steel Import, which went down in 2019-20 to 67,68,000 Tons and it further went down to 42,52,000 Tons in 2020-21.

Export of Finished Steel from India is on rise as in 2018-19 it was 63,61,000 Tons, which went up to 83,55,000 Tons in 2019-20 and it further went up to 94,92,000 Tons in 2020-21.

Following is an excerpt from https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/other...315222820/ . Also appears in many other sites such as https://www.sify.com/sports/jsw-sports-i...ajchd.html .

Quote:JSW Sports in collaboration with Odisha govt to launch comprehensive grassroot program for swimming

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 15 (ANI): With an aim to develop a robust culture for swimming and produce world-class swimmers from the state, JSW Sports in collaboration with the Sports and Youth Services Department, Government of Odisha on Monday announced the launch of a comprehensive Grassroot Program scheduled to commence from April 1.

The Grassroots Swim Program will be rolled out in eight locations -- Bhubaneshwar, Sambalpur, Balangir, Boudh, Sonepur, Angul, Ganjam and Mayurbhanj under the umbrella of the Odisha Government's pact with JSW Sports to create a High-performance Centre and provide international standard coaching in the state.
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"This is a very comprehensive program designed by the experts from JSW Sports with whom the Odisha State Government has signed a MoU to develop High-Performance Centre for swimming in the state. In order to build a robust culture of swimming and to identify talent from various districts in the state, a well-planned Grassroots Program will be launched starting next month onwards in eight locations. Coaches who will be deputed in these locations have now been trained and certified following a 4-day course," stated Vineel Krishna, Special Secretary, Sports & Youth Services Department, Government of Odisha.
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Elaborating on the strategic plan to develop swimming in Odisha, Rushdee Warley, CEO of Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), the High Performance Centre established by the JSW Group, said, "This is the start of a range of activities we are planning in partnership with the Odisha Government to develop a high performance ecosystem for aquatic sports in the state. The focus will be on starting at the grassroots, teaching a life-skill and identifying talented swimmers early, who can then be transitioned through the ranks of our structured High-Performance system for the sport." (ANI)

In the 2021 central budget there was a mention that the central government plans to designate 9 higher education hubs in the country. Following is an excerpt from https://www.universityworldnews.com/post...2075752727 about this. 

Quote:Government proposes nine higher education hub cities
Shuriah Niazi  12 February 2021

The Indian government plans higher education hubs in nine cities, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced during her budget speech last week.

Sitharaman unveiled a proposal to set up formal ‘umbrella structures’ to capitalise on ‘research synergies’ between research institutions, universities and colleges, while also maintaining internal autonomy of institutions.

Nine cities will have a ‘higher education cluster’ each, for better collaboration among institutions and assisting collective development without limiting their individual autonomy, Sitharaman said in her address to parliament.

Sitharaman named the southern city of Hyderabad in Telangana state as an example, with 40 major institutions. 
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Although the other clusters have not been named, experts said in addition to Hyderabad they are likely in Delhi, Bangalore and Pune.

Better coordination

Sitharaman said higher education clusters would ensure better coordination, resource sharing, and collaboration for teaching and learning, as well as research and development. It will allow good private and public universities in a particular city to collaborate and encourage partnerships across institutions.
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Under the budget, the government is proposing ‘Glue Grants’ – a reference to large scale collaborative project awards in the United States to enable consortia of multidisciplinary research teams to solve major medical and biomedical problems – to create the umbrella structures for the clusters, the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the government of India said in its commentary on the budget.

University leaders said they were waiting for more details so that the intention and purpose of establishing university clusters could become clearer.

But moves are already underway to set up science and technology (S&T) clusters in some states, spearheaded by the PSA.

“The PSA office is leading this initiative and has planned to support six clusters – Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Delhi, Jodhpur, Hyderabad and Pune – with a seed grant,” Ashok Ganguli, deputy director for strategy and planning at IIT Delhi, told University World News.

“Four mega-city S&T clusters are being planned in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune, based on the large number of institutions and knowledge resources and industries available in these regions,” Ganguli said, adding that the ultimate aim is to bring knowledge partners “out of silos” and transfer intellectual resources and laboratory research to solve societal problems through industry collaborations and start-ups.

Ganguli said the concept of S&T city clusters is to “leverage the strength” of each academic institution in a region to connect among themselves, to promote academia-industry efforts to develop products, processes and platforms, to target burgeoning issues of the city and the region, and to engage with local authorities, state and central government agencies to solve specific issues on the ground.

Chetan Singai ... told University World News that higher education clusters would not be the same as S&T clusters as the latter focus on innovation and links with industry and government agencies, rather than higher education.

“But it should be possible for S&T clusters and higher education clusters to come together.

... acknowledged there would be some “horsetrading” between state governments and the central government over the allocation of the nine clusters.
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University World News Asia Editor Yojana Sharma contributed to this article.

Following is an excerpt from https://www.financialexpress.com/lifesty...a/2212958/ .

Quote:The revival of Asia’s largest Sericulture Farm in Odisha
Updated: Mar 15, 2021 3:36 PM

India is the second-largest producer of silk yarn in the world after China. In 2017-20, the Indian government allocated Rs 2161.68 crore under its Central Sector Scheme 'Silk Samagra' to promote silk production.

By Dr Yatharth Kachiar

... In collaboration with the TATA Steel Foundation, the district administration in Jajpur (Odisha) is reviving Asia’s largest sericulture farm at Sukinda. ... 
A small district in Odisha, Jajpur is also home to Gopalpur Tassar Fabrics, one of the country’s leading Tassar producing centres. The famous Gopalpur Tassar fabrics, known for their artistic hand spun and hand reeled yarns, received Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the central government in 2009. After its revival, the Sukinda sericulture farm spread in an area of 298 hectare will act as a demonstration park and leading sericulture hub in the country. It will have world-class spinning and reeling facilities, a cocoon bank, and a high-quality plantation for silkworm rearing, as per the district officials. Advanced technology such as geofencing and drone technology is being used to ensure proper demarcation, monitoring, tracking, and capturing of plantation activity in a phase-wise manner.
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(The author is an independent researcher. She is also a Doctorate from JNU, New Delhi. Twitter: @YKachiar . Views expressed are personal and do not reflect the official position or policy of the Financial Express Online.)