As per the recent PIB release there are 4 public sector companies in Odisha. Following is an excerpt from that PIB.

As per the registered offices, as on 31.3.2009, there were 4 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) functioning in the state of Orissa. The financial performance of theseCPSEs for the year 2008-09 is given below;

 

 (Rs. in crore)

SI. NO.                  Name of CPSEs                            Net Profit/(-)Loss

 

1.                           Mahanandi Coalfields Ltd.                     1718.03

2.                           National Aluminium Company Ltd.          1272.27

3.                           Orissa Drugs & Chemicals Ltd.              (-) 0.61

4.                           Utkal Ashok Hotel Corporation Ltd.        (-) 1.39

 

The Government has been taking steps, for the upgradation and modernization ofCPSEs on a case to case basis. The Government has constituted the Board for Reconstruction of Pubic Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) to advise the Government on the proposals submitted by the concerned administrative Ministries / Departments for strengthening, Modernization, revival and restructuring of CPSEs.

 

I am not sure why SAIL Rourkela, NTPC etc. are not the above list. My guess is perhaps because their head quarters are not in Odisha. It is important to have the HQs in Odisha as big decisions are often made in the HQs. It has helped with respect to MCL announcing to establish a medical college in Talcher. (I wonder how the progress is.) On the other hand it has not helped much with respect to NALCO. They only give peanuts to Odisha.

In any case we wondered how does Odisha compare to other states in terms of hosting public sector units. Upon investigation we came across the following list at http://goidirectory.nic.in/psucentral.htm. (A bigger list is at  http://www.amritt.com/India-Public-Sector-Companies.html.)