List of approved / ongoing Forest Diversion proposals :
| Sl. No. | Project | Area in Hectares | Owner/ User Agency |
| 1 | Basada & Mithida Iron Ore Lease | 1560.00 | Nilachal Ispat Nigam Ltd |
| 2 | Tomka Iron Ore Mine | 416.38 | Mid East Integrated Steels Ltd |
| 3 | Roida I Iron Ore MIne | 102.40 | Mid East Integrated Steels Ltd |
| 4 | Bhuyan Roida Iron Ore Mine | 74.785 | Mr S D Sharma |
| 5 | Salijanga Quartz Mine | 3.838 | P N Sahoo |
| 6 | Iron Ore Mine | 4.516 | N K Paul |
| 7 | Swarnachuda Stone Quarry | 17.000 | N N Panda |
| 8 | Kodingamali Bauxite Plateau | 447.25 | M/s Aditya Aluminium Ltd |
| 9 | Alumina Refinery at Rayagada | 43.565 | M/s Aditya Aluminium Ltd |
| 10 | Ferro-Alloys Plant at Jajpur Road | 25.000 | M/s Pradhan Industries Ltd |
| 11 | Oraghat Iron Ore mine | 82.961 | M/s Rungta & Sons Pvt Ltd |
| 12 | Slurry Pipe Line (250 km) | - | Stemcor |
| 13 | Steel Plant | 10.000 | MSP Mettalics |
| 14 | Raikela Iron Mine | 69.606 | M/s C P Sharma |
| 15 | Oraghat Iron & Manganese Mine | 5.888 | Sayed Abdul Halim |
| 16 | Dularigaon Graphite Mine | 126.242 | M/s T P Minerals (P) Ltd |
| 17 | Conveyor Belt, Access Road of Alumina Refinery | 33.73 | Vedanta Alumina |
| 18 | Banspani Iron & Manganese Mine | 37.868 | M/s S C Padhi |
| 19 | Bhitarmda Iron Ore Mines | 3.10 | R C Das & Sons |
| 20 | Thermal Power Plant in Kharagprasad | 24.00 | Lanco Babandh Power Pvt Ltd |
| 21 | Conveyor and other corridors | 2.00 | Utkal Alumina Int. Ltd |
| 22 | Power Plant in IDC Kalunga, Sundargarh | 11.23 | Nixon Steel & Power |
| 23 | Manoharpur coal block and MGR system in Sundargarh & Jharsuguda | 162.06 | Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited. |
| 24 | Talabasta Fireclay Mine | 40.469 | M/s Manishri Refractories & Ceramics Pvt. Ltd. |
| 25 | Gopalprasad Opencast Project | 100.032 | MJSJ Coal Limited |
| 26 | Alumina, Captive, Smelter , Township & etc. | 1181.69 | M/s RSB Metaltech Pvt. Ltd. |
| 27 | Baitarni West Coal Mine | 56.657 | Baitarni West Coal Company Limited |
| 28 | Smelter & CPP Project | 119.264 | M/s Aditya Aluminium |
| 29 | Gurubeda Iron Ore Mine | 49.776 | M/s S C Padhi |
| 30 | Talabira opencast project | 1034.136 | M/s Aditya Aluminium for MNH Shakti Ltd |
| 31 | Malda Mn Mines (CA Land) | 375.00 | Tata Steel |
| 32 | Bamebari Mn Mines (CA Land) | 891.403 | Tata Steel |
| 33 | Kanther – Koira Iron & Manganese Mine | 13.27 | B. S. Mishra |
| 34 | Katasahi & Kulharudukela Manganese Mines | 9.7004 | S N Paul |
| 35 | Manoharpur Coal Block | 200.465 | Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd. |
| 36 | Railway Merry Go Round | 159.616 | Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd. |
| 37 | Dip-side Manoharpur Coal Block Exploration | - | Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd. |
| 38 | Proposed Transmission Line | 4.981 | Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd. |
| 39 | Radhikapur Coal Block (Utkal-F) | 230.0899 | Tata Sponge |
| 40 | Mahulsukha Manganese Mines | 399.838 | M/s Aryan Mining & Trading Corporation Ltd |
| 41 | Narayanposhi Iron & manganese Mines | 349.254 | M/s Aryan Mining & Trading Corporation Ltd |