| Area | Facts |
|---|
| Minerals | Odisha leads India in chromite (nearly all, Sukinda), bauxite (Koraput, Panchpatmali), iron ore (Keonjhar, Sundargarh — Joda-Barbil), manganese, coal (Talcher, Ib valley — Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd, Sambalpur) |
| Industry | Steel hub (RSP Rourkela, Kalinganagar — Tata Steel, JSPL Angul), aluminium (NALCO, Vedanta Jharsuguda, Hindalco), Paradip refinery (IOCL) |
| Ports | Paradip (major port, 1966), Dhamra, Gopalpur |
| Agriculture | Rice is the main crop; Hirakud dam (Mahanadi, 1957) — longest earthen dam; Odisha is a leading producer of kewda, cashew, turmeric (Kandhamal, GI tag) |
| Fisheries | Chilika (largest brackish water lagoon in Asia); shrimp exports |
| Handloom | Sambalpuri, Bomkai, Kotpad, Berhampur Patta (GI tags) |
| Schemes | Subhadra (women), Madhu Babu Pension, CM-KISAN, Mission Shakti (SHGs), Gopabandhu Jan Arogya, Mo School, Odisha Shikshanet (free Wi-Fi in colleges) |
| Vision | "Samruddha Odisha" — $500 billion economy by 2036 (centenary of statehood) and $1.5 trillion by 2047 |