#tamilnadu

from 2011 to 2021, we have been overtaken by TG, KA and GJ in this crucial metric: NSDP per capita as % of India's NNI.

MH is the only one among the big five doing worse...

If you squint and look, we may be doing better post-2021, moving up from GJ and closing in on KA.

#tamilnadu

#tamilnadu #fengal

Let each state do the best it can; Indian economy is not a chariot where all horses need to run at the same speed; it is a relay race where a fast sprinter can improve the team performance as well inspire their teammates;

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Moving people off of agriculture; moving people off of rural areas;

These are precursors, not only to economic development but also to human welfare

TN to develop greenfield port in Cuddalore district #tamilnadu

Pattabiram TIDEL to be inaugurated today

It’s not complicated

- High-skilled jobs for college grads
- Low-skilled jobs for vocational streams and school dropouts
- Re-skilling existing adults who are in the informal sectors will have only a marginal effect; this cannot be the driver of employment generation

A long way to go, for Chennai; from Knight Frank India Prime City Index 2024

To develop Chennai as an IT hub to rival Bangalore and Hyderabad is a bit difficult now because of the perception of it as a hot and non-cosmopolitan city; we should focus on Coimbatore as the next Pune.

Excellent articulation by TN government of our needs from the finance commission.

Chennai takes 2nd Spot in Absorbing GRADE A Industrial and Warehousing Space

‪Confused by GDP, GSDP, PPP (purchasing power parity) or not, per-capita or not... while comparing economies?