Purvodaya Mission
  1. Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan unveiled the Mission Purvodayaon 12th January 2020 in 
  2. The Mission Purvodaya is aimed at the accelerated development of eastern India through the establishment of an integrated steel 
  3. The focus will be on eastern states of India (Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal) and the northern part of Andhra Pradesh which collectively holds 80% of the country’s iron ore, ~100% of coking coal, and a significant portion of chromite, bauxite and dolomite reserves.
  4. The objective of this hub would be to enable swift capacity addition and improve the overall competitiveness of steel producers both in terms of cost and 
  5. The Integrated Steel Hub would focus on capacity addition through easing the setup of Greenfield steel 
  6. Transformation of logistics and utility infrastructure would change the socio- economic landscape in the 
  7. Development of steel clusters near integrated steel plants as well as demand 
Latest Context on Mission Purvodaya
  • 50000 crore Mega Steel plant in Odisha – ArcelorMittal-Nippon Steel India and the Odisha government signed a pact for setting up the 12 million tonnes integrated steel plant in Kendrapada district of the Odisha state. This mega steel plant in Kendrapada will bring a new wave of economic development and employment generation in Odisha.
  • The mission is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of driving growth of eastern India and will contribute to achieving National Steel Policy’s envisioned capacity of 300 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) by 2030.
Mission Purvodaya Key Facts
  1. Japan is the partner country that will guide India in making the Indian steel ecosystem bigger both in qualitative and quantitative 
  2. The Ministry of Steel in partnership with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Government of Japan and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) organized a workshop on “Enabling Procedures for Increase of Steel Usage for the Growth of Economy”.
  3. Japan and India have also launched the India Japan Steel Dialogue to ensure the sustainable growth of the steel sector. Iron ore exports from India, particularly Odisha, helped Japan in becoming a leading economic 
  4. Odisha is the highest steel producing state in the country, hence, Odisha is going to be the nerve centre of Mission Purvodaya in steel and Kalinganagar will be the hub of the clusterization program involving entire eastern 
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