Seeking to give further fillip to industrial
growth by attracting greater investments, Tamil Nadu Government on Friday
unveiled a new industrial policy, an exclusive policy for automobile sector and
the phase-II Vision 2023 document.
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, rolling out
the new policy initiatives at a function in Chennai also witnessed signing of
16 MoUs between MNCs and the state envisaging a total investment of Rs 5,081
crore. This is the second major initiative unfolded by the State Government
after AIADMK returned to power. The government had released the Vision-2023 document in March 2012, setting a target
of attracting investments to the tune of Rs 15 lakh crore. Jayalalithaa also
unveiled Automobile and Auto-components Policy, the Biotechnology Policy and
also launched a new website for the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development
Board.
She said her government would strive to
ensure double digit industrial growth
rate in the coming years, from the existing 6.13 per cent and added that
the experts' concerns in the first volume of Vision 2023 document has been
addressed in the Phase-II document. She said 17 MoUs were signed between the
State Government and MNCs for investments worth Rs 26,000 crore soon after
releasing the Vision 2023 document. With the signing of on Wednesday's 16 MoUs
to bring in investments of Rs 5,081 crore, the total MoUs signed rose to 33,
envisaging total investments of Rs 31,706 crore with capacity to generate 1.60
lakh jobs.
