Surakshit Odisha
Energy Transition, Mineral Governance & Disaster Resilience
Conceptual Framework & Mandate
Safeguarding Odisha’s citizens, public infrastructure, and natural resources against climatic disruptions, while spearheading India’s clean energy transition and ensuring that mineral extraction translates into tangible local community prosperity.
Security is multi-dimensional: climatic, energetic, physical, and economic. Surakshit Odisha moves from reactive disaster response to predictive resilience engineering, ensuring state assets and frontline habitations remain indestructible in the face of global climate volatility.
Key Focus Areas & Action Domains
Energy Transition & Green Hydrogen
Powering India’s renewable future through solar parks, pumped hydro storage projects, offshore wind exploration, and green hydrogen/ammonia production hubs.
Sustainable Mineral Wealth & Value Addition
Transparent digital mineral governance, ethical mining practices, mandatory in-state value addition, and environmental restoration of legacy mining zones.
DMF & Community Mineral Reinvestment
Institutionalising District Mineral Foundation (DMF) and OMBADC funds for permanent drinking water, healthcare, and educational infrastructure in mining-affected habitations.
Disaster Management & Resilient Infrastructure
Maintaining world-standard zero-casualty cyclone readiness, underground coastal power cables, early warning dissemination, and disaster-proof public shelters.
Public Safety & Cyber Resilience
Citizen-centric policing, cyber-crime response grids, emergency response support systems (ERSS), and coastal security infrastructure.
The 6 Thematic Pillars of OCID
Each pillar anchors a key chapter of the Odisha Vision 2036 framework, connecting academic research with line department execution.