New Delhi: The Odisha minister for information and public relation(I & PR), Raghunandan Das, inaugurated the Odisha Pavillion in the India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan, here on Thursday.

The theme of this year’s Pavillion is ‘Ease of Doing Business’. Information about Odisha’s industry friendly ecology and investment opportunities are being available in the Pavillion. The Odisha show has been organised by I & PR department in association with the departments of skill development and technical education, MSME and State-owned IPICOL. Stalls by Utkalika and Boyonika are exhibiting the art and crafts and handlooms of Odisha. A stall for exhibition of filigree works has also been opened in the Pavillion.

Adviser I & PR department Manas Ranjan Mangaraj, Odisha resident commissioner at New Delhi Sanjiv Kumar Mishra, director I & PR Krupasindhu Mishra, additional director Niranjan Sethi, joint director Bipin Bihari Bariki, deputy director Rabindra Kumar Nayak, exhibition coordinator Rabi Narayan Behera and former MLA Rabindra Kumar Bhoi were present in the inaugural ceremony.