Odisha is undertaking cluster-based approach for promoting 60,000 start-ups in 2015-16. Cluster development has been adopted as a strategy for enhancing competitiveness and capacity building of micro and small enterprises.
Odisha has a target of generating 0.4 million jobs by promoting 0.15 million enterprises in the MSMEs (micro, small & medium enterprises) sector during 2015-19. The MSME department is giving final touches to an entrepreneurship development policy.