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Home » Odisha Modernizes Building Bye-laws to Enhance Investment Opportunities

Odisha Modernizes Building Bye-laws to Enhance Investment Opportunities

Reforms in-line with the state’s focus on Systematic Deregulation Approach

Yajati Rout by Yajati Rout
March 12, 2025
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Odisha, notified key amendments to Odisha Town Planning and Improvement Trust (Planning and Building Standards) Rules, 2021 and Odisha Development Authorities (Planning and Building Standards) Rules, 2020.


These amendments bring key relief for standalone and flatted factories, specifically the MSME sector and IT/ITeS enterprises in the state.

The notified amendments increase economic freedom and ease of doing business in Odisha. The amendments remove the requirement of ground coverage, reduce parking and setbacks, and increase the base Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for factories and IT/ITes. As a result, plotted and flatted factories can achieve a footprint of over 70%, flatted factories can accommodate twice the number of units as before, and IT/ITeS enterprises can build more in a lesser number of floors.

To attract large-scale commercial development along wider roads, incentives have been provided in the form of relaxation in Floor Area Ratio (FAR). Specifically, the base FAR for commercial developments on roads with a width of 18 meters (60 feet) or more has been increased to promote large-scale commercial growth.

For all industrial buildings, restrictions on ground coverage and the requirement for purchasable FAR or TDR have been completely removed. The parking requirement for industrial buildings has been reduced from 8% to 30% to allow more industrial areas to be constructed.

The Economic Survey 2024-25 recommended that “Enhancing economic freedom for individuals and small businesses is arguably the most important policy priority to define and bolster India’s medium-term growth prospect…” It also noted that land lost per factory in Odisha due to restrictive building norms was higher than in other states and recommended suitable revisions. These steps are in line with the Economic Survey’s call for revising building norms to promote ease of doing business and reduce the cost of regulation, intending to boost job creation and economic growth.

In this regard, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja said that Deregulation is an idea whose time has come. These regulatory reforms will promote ease of doing business, foster innovation, help embrace new technologies, and become a source of competitive advantage for Odisha. He added that the state is focusing on bringing ina fundamental change in the relationship between the regulator and the regulated, with the state shifting from the role of regulator to being a facilitator.

Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development, Usha Padhee, stated that the Housing and Urban Development Department recognizes the need to adapt global best practices to local contexts and to engage stakeholders in participatory decision-making to build trust and address resistance. These amendments in building regulations will substantially reduce bureaucratic hurdles, thus improving ease of doing business and stimulating economic activity.

MSMEs are key beneficiaries of these reforms. The land lost to building standards has been reduced by 60% for MSMEs, creating greater opportunities for job creation and growth. With these reforms, Odisha has emerged as a leader in industrial land optimization, reducing compliance burdens while ensuring robust growth opportunities for entrepreneurs, startups, and global investors.

The reforms make Odisha a frontier state in the ease of setting up factories by enhancing the usability of industrial plots. The state is committed to initiating more such building reforms to ease operations for entrepreneurs and promote greater investment for ‘BikasitaOdisha’.

Tags: BuildingReformsEaseOfDoingBusinessEconomicGrowthIndustrialDevelopmentInnovativeRegulationsInvestmentITeSMSMEsodishaUrbanDevelopment
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