IANS | 08 Jan, 2024
Several MoUs with an investment intention of Rs.664,180 crore have
been inked between the Tamil Nadu Government and various industrial
groups, said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Speaking at the
valedictory function of the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet, Stalin
said the state has attracted investment proposals from varied sectors
like automobiles, Electric Vehicle (EV), aerospace, Defence, footwear
and others.
Stalin said the investment proposals can generate about 26.90 lakh direct and indirect employment opportunities.
He
also said the government will take special effort to convert the MoUs
into actual projects and a special group headed by Industries Minister
TRB Rajaa and senior officials will look into it.
Stalin said the
clearances will be given under a single window system. The Chief
Minister said the projects are proposed to be set up across the state so
that there is a distributed growth.
Giving an overall sector-wise
break-up of the MoU’s, Stalin said the investment from the
manufacturing sector was about Rs.3.79 lakh crore; energy Rs.1.35 lakh
crore; Information Technology and Digital Services Rs.22,130 crore;
MSMEs Rs.63,573 crore and others.
Some of the mega investment
proposals are from the Adani Group Rs.42,768 crore (Adani Green
Rs.24,500 crore, Ambuja Cements Rs.3,500 crore, Adani Connex Rs.13,200
crore and Adani Total Gas & CNG Rs.1,568 crore); Tata Power
Renewable Energy about Rs.71,000 crore; Chennai Petroleum Corporation
Rs.17,000 crore; Leap Green Energy Rs.22,842 crore; SembCorp Rs.36,238
crore; Salcomp Manufacturing India Rs.2,271 crore; Boeing (to set up
global capability centre) Rs.309 crore; Ashok Leyland Rs.1,200 crore;
Stellantis EV Rs.2,000 crore; Eicher Motors Rs.3,000 crore; Sify
Technologies Rs.2,500 crore; JAM Infra (Jindal Defence) Rs.1,000 crore;
Saint Gobain Rs.3,400 crore and several others.
