Modi to inaugurate IIT Bhubaneswar, flag off Rs 145 bn projects.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate IIT-Bhubaneswar on Monday as also a basket of projects involving a cumulative investment of over Rs. 145.23 billion in Odisha, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said recently.

The prime minister is to visit Bhubaneswar on December 24.

"The investment is a continuation of the special focus on the state by the central government under Prime Minister's vision of Purvodaya which envisions rapid socio-economic development in states like Odisha to unleash their true potential and bring them at par with the most developed states in the country," he said.

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