• One of the biggest producers of iron and steel in India, Orissa accounts for about 32.9 per cent of all the iron ore deposits in India. It is home to iron and steel plants of POSCO, Arcelor Mittal, Tata Steel, Bhusan Group, Jindal Group, Essar Steel, Hindalco, Vedanta, Aditya Aluminium, L&T Dubal, etc.
• Orissa is one of the few pioneering states to reserve 30 per cent jobs for women in all the government departments and public undertakings.
• Paradeep Port in Jagatsinghpur district, a major port of India, handled 38.52 million tonnes of cargo in 2006-07 of which 24.85 million tonnes (MT) were exports and 13.65 MT were imports.

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