Odisha Adds Apparel Manufacturing Capacity As Projects Gain Pace
28 July 2026: Odisha is adding manufacturing capacity across garments and textiles through a mix of operating factories, newly opened campuses and projects still awaiting execution. The state seems on the way to becoming a larger apparel base in eastern India.
– Page Industries has commissioned a 650,000 sq ft apparel facility at Ramdaspur in Cuttack. A second unit in Khurda, with a reported INR 250 crore investment, has had its foundation laid. Page Industries’ Cuttack operation includes a raw-material warehouse and dedicated lines for innerwear, socks and elastics. Odisha’s Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Department has described the Ramdaspur facility as an investment of around INR 750 crore.
– Epic Group opened its Trimetro Manufacturing Campus in Khordha on 29 April 2026. The company says the USD 100 million, 40-acre campus can make 20 million garments a year and create 10,000 jobs. Epic’s project is a recently commissioned garment campus. The company describes Trimetro as India’s first fully net-zero carbon and net-zero water garment manufacturing facility. Epic Group founder and chairman Ranjan Mahtani said, “We believe that industrial progress and environmental responsibility go hand in hand. The Trimetro manufacturing campus is the embodiment of this belief a model for how manufacturing can grow sustainably while contributing to the well-being of people and the planet.” Designed as one of India’s most future-ready garment manufacturing facilities, the campus will produce 20 million garments annually for global markets, the company said in a statement. The project was supported in part by International Finance Corporation through a $100 million debt financing package provided in 2024, which included a sustainability-linked loan and a green loan with sustainability-linked features, it said.
– MAS Holdings plans to begin production at its Bhuinpur facility in 2026 and says it will develop the 60-acre site with partners over the next decade.
The investment pipeline is also growing. In November 2023, Odisha’s high-level clearance authority approved Welspun Living’s proposed integrated textile and logistics facility at Choudwar, with an INR 3,050 crore outlay and employment potential of 20,210. Those are approved-project figures, not confirmed current jobs.
More recently, the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority approved Nandraj Textiles’ INR 168.64 crore apparel unit in Khordha, projected to create 10,306 jobs, and Shahi Exports’ INR 145.50 crore knitted-garment unit in Sambalpur, projected to create 1,840 jobs. Both should be reported as approvals, not operating factories.
Policy support remains part of the story. Odisha’s Apparel and Technical Textiles Policy 2022, covers capital, employment and market-development incentives. A 2025 amendment raised the employment-cost subsidy to INR 7,000 a month for each eligible female worker and INR 6,000 for each eligible male worker for five years from commercial production.
There were several announcements prior to this as well. KPR Mill is setting up a large-scale garment manufacturing unit in Khordha, Odisha, with an investment of Rs.350 crore. The facility aims to produce 46.8 million pieces annually and is expected to create 5,000 direct jobs. Phase I of this expansion involves an investment of roughly Rs.500 crore to add 50 million pieces of capacity by FY28.
– Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. has invested in multiple apparel manufacturing facilities across Odisha to boost domestic production and provide women-led employment, operating under the state’s “Make in Odisha” initiative. Its Bhubaneswar unit, located in the Mancheswar Industrial Estate, was ABFRL’s first apparel manufacturing facility outside of Bengaluru. Approved at an investment of Rs.114 crore, the group set up a second apparel manufacturing unit at Tikiri in Rayagada. Designed with an annual capacity of 36 lakh (3.6 million) pieces, this facility aims to create job opportunities for nearly 2,750 people, predominantly women from the region.
Odisha is assembling the factory, policy and planning base needed for a bigger export-oriented garment industry. Whether it becomes eastern India’s leading hub will depend on how quickly approved projects turn into reliable production, jobs and exports.
Growth Drivers ….
Key Reasons for the state’s explosive growth in this sector include ..
· Cost Competitiveness: Odisha offers a highly cost-effective environment. Leading apparel brands have found their operational costs to be highly competitive when compared to traditional hubs and even international manufacturing centers like Bangladesh.
· Labour and Employment: The state boasts a large, young, and educated workforce. It provides strong female employment Odisha to become Textile Capital of Eastern India by 2030 and offers built-in training support via institutions like NIFT and ATDC.
· Policy & Infrastructure: The state government provides robust support through the Odisha Apparel and Technical Textiles Policy, providing plug-and-play infrastructure and attractive financial incentives.
