Bhubaneswar is an administrative, information technology, education, and tourism city. Bhubaneswar was ranked as the best place to do business in India by the World Bank in 2014. It has emerged as one of the fast-growing, important trading and commercial hubs in the state and eastern India.

The elements of Bhubaneswar’s economy ranges from agriculture, horticulture, sericulture, metal and minerals sector, engineering, and agro-based industries to enabled services as well as handloom industry.