Odisha, which claims that cost of doing business in the state is 10-20 per cent less than its neighbouring states, remains bullish on the petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment region at Paradip, national investment and manufacturing zone at Kalinganagar and electronics manufacturing cluster in Bhubaneswar. The state is also aspiring to be a major coastal economic zone with a coastline of 480 km, Chopra said. With the advantage of strategic locations, Odisha has also narrowed down its focus on the logistics sector. “We are trying to give logistics a status of industry to promote private logistic parks in the state. For which we may have to amend the existing policy to give the logistics sector a status of industry,” Chopra said. He also said the state has been making efforts to bring investments from automotive players but it “has not made much headway”. Odisha has set a target to attract 2.5 lakh crore investments with an employment of 30 lakh new jobs by 2025. (IANS)