By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, March 1, 2017 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched Startup Odisha Helpline (1800-345-7100) to facilitate entrepreneurship among youths in the state.

“I hope this Helpline will provide a platform to our youth, incubators and other stakeholders to address their issues,” Patnaik said while launching the Helpline.

Orissa government’s MSME department signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Invest India, the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of the Union Ministry of Commerce.

“I am sure that partnership between Startup Odisha Initiative and Startup India Hub run by Invest India will help us in achieving the ‘Mission-1000 Startups’ by the year 2020 and help our youth in realising their dreams,” the CM remarked adding that the MoU would usher global perspective and provide access to the best practices in the field of Startups and other MSME sectors.

The MoU will facilitate knowledge exchange, access to funding and networking between Odisha Startups and the global Startup ecosystem. Invest India will also extend knowledge support for development of the MSME Sector in the state with focus on food processing, agro-processing and spices sector.