BHUBANESHWAR: The state Cabinet today cleared eight sector specific policies that it hopes will help reap dividends at the gala Make in Odisha programme later this month.The policies seek to make doing business in the state in the areas of MSMEs, tourism, apparel, handloom, pharmaceuticals, biotech, food processing and renewable energy easier and exciting.From November 30 to December 2 Odisha, which banked on its rich mineral deposits for investment in the past decade, will woo other investors – such as apparel makers, tourism and pharma - that employ more people per crore invested.Kumar Mangalam Birla, Gautam Adani, L&T’s AM Naik, SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya and Videocon’s Venugopal Dhoot are expected to attend the conclave, as will Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. ScanDisk CEO Sanjay Mehrotra will also be in visiting.The conclave is being organised in partnership with the Government of India’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and CII.The Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government has undertaken considerable outreach with road shows in Delhi, Kolkata, Pune and Hyderabad to ensure the event is a success, his Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra said on Tuesday.At two such events, one in Mumbai and another in Banagluru, the government claims to have received “investments intentions” of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 90,500 crore respectively. Just how much of this will result in commitments is not known yet.However, Industry Secretary Sanjeev Chopra isn’t concerned.“The purpose of our outreach is not to convert it into MoU announcements at the conclave. Weknow the history of MoU driven events. We are telling investors give us a proposal and we will clear it in 30 days, if it’s a green or non-polluting investment you will get clearances in 15 days,” he told ET.Chopra cited the Rs 65 - 70 crore investment proposal from Adita Birla Fashion that Kumar Mangalam and Patnaik are expected to announce on December 1, which was cleared in three days.Patnaik and Birla will be attending the ceremony to announce this on December 1.The three days will also see the formal announcement of the first private industrial park in the state being set up by Gitanjali Gems at Ramdaspur near Cuttack and the inauguration of Shahi Exports’ textile unit in the state.Odisha will also sell its identified investment regions including the Kalinganagar National Investment and Manufacturing Zone which produces nearly 15mt of steel.A Petroleum, Chemicals, Petrochemical Investment Region at Paradip will have IOCL’s refinery as anchor industry.Odisha is also looking to develop a downstream aluminium park next to Vedanta’s Jharsuguda smelter.