Bhubaneswar, Aug. 2 -- Odisha Cabinet on Saturday cleared a proposal to introduce the Odisha Development Authorities (Amendment) Bill, 2026 to amend the existing Odisha Development Authorities Act, 1982 for constituting Economic Region Development Authorities.

These Economic Region Development Authorities will be empowered to govern multi-district economic corridors, allowing the state government to seamlessly notify and establish future economic regions without the need to pass fresh legislative enactments every time.

Once the amendments are formally approved by the Odisha assembly, the state will constitute its first official City Economic Region: the Bhubaneswar-Kataka-Puri-Paradeep Economic Region (BKPPER).

Developed as a pilot pro...