Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. It also shares a maritime border with Sri Lanka.
Tamil Nadu is the 2nd largest economy and one of the fastest growing States in India. On the global scale, Tamil Nadu is ranked as 35th largest economy on PPP basis (larger than the economies of countries like Romania, Ukraine, Vietnam, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.) The State is one of the major growth engines of the country with an average growth rate of over 9% in the last 9 years. It is also one of the top three FDI destinations in India. It stands first in terms of number of factories, numbering about 40,400.
Tamil Nadu currently has 20 industrial parks which are established and maintained by SIPCOT in places like Hosur, Cheyyar, Ranipet, Bargur, Siruseri, Cuddalore, Thoothukudi, Irungattukottai, Sriperumbudur, Manamadurai, Oragadam, Pudukottai, Pillaipakkam, Nilakottai, Vallam-Vadagal, Gangaikondan, Gummidipoondi, Perundurai, Thervoykandigai, and Mappedu. It also has 12 new industrial parks in various stages of development. The State has 78 Special Economic Zones and 30,000 acres of land bank available for industrial development.
Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. The capital city is home to some of Fortune 500 companies including: Ford, Delphi, Visteon, Hyundai, Daimler Nokia, DELL, Flextronics, Nissan, Toshiba, Yamaha, Mitsubishi and Komatsu. The city has India’s largest electronics cluster (located in Sriperumpudur).
Tamil Nadu is the most urbanised state in India with a power generating capacity of about 18200 MW, the second largest among Indian states. It boasts of the largest telecom bandwidth and tele-density in India with 14.8 tbps (3 submarine cables), and over 8.4% of total subscriber base. The State has the third largest highways and rail network, 4 modern sea ports, and 23 minor ports.
Tamil Nadu’s Vision 2023 document targets to place the state in the league of Upper Middle Income countries in terms of economy and social development.
Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. It also shares a maritime border with Sri Lanka.
Tamil Nadu is the 2nd largest economy and one of the fastest growing States in India. On the global scale, Tamil Nadu ...