Doing business in Orissa which is also know as Odisha is a state located on the east coast of India. Its capital is Bhubaneswar. It has a population of 36,804,660 with an area of 60,118 miles. Orissa is bordered by the states of West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Andra Pradesh.
Economy
Doing business in Orissa: India’s topmost IT consulting firms, including Mahindra Satyam, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), MindTree Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Infosys have large branches in Odisha. In Agriculture, rice, jute, sugar cane, coconut ,and oilseeds are the main crops. Orissa has a lot of mineral resources such as chromite, coal, limestone, and steel. Therefore, Orissa is home to steel mills, paper mills, fertilizer industries, cement plants and glass industries. Rourkela Steel Plant was the first integrated steel plant in the Public Sector in India.
Tourism and Transportation
Popular tourist destinations in Orissa are the Jagannath Temple of Puri, The Sun Temple of Konark, The Lingaraja Temple of Bhubaneshwar, Ashoka’s famous Rock Edict at Jaugada and the Barabati Fort of Cuttack. Among the 11 major ports in India, Orissa own one port called Paradeep, which mainly export minerals and metalogical products. For Air travel there are 13 air strips and 16 helipads available in Orissa. And there is around 1453 miles of railroad tracks.
