Chennai:
In a bid to realize Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s dream of making Tamil Nadu the best state in the country, bureaucrats and Industry began thrashing out roadmap for Vision 2025 document by holding consultative meeting here on Monday.
The meeting, which was inaugurated by Industry Minister S P Velumani, highlighted the need to develop infrastructure, build ports and shipyards, boost gas infrastructure by laying gas pipelines, developing city gas distribution in 25 cities besides setting up of rural business process outsourcing and setting up of a City Transportation Regulatory Authority on the lines State Energy Regulatory council.
Velumani said the state government’s prime focus will be to focus on creating job opportunities and giving a new lease of life to manufacturing sector besides laying special emphasis on biotech, nanotech and pharmaceuticals sector.
He said the consultative meeting would help chart a roadmap for Vision 2025 to make the state number one in the country.
Wooing the investors, the minister said that land acquisition for industries won’t be a problem as the government is planning to have a land bank for industries.
Additional Chief Secretary and chairperson and managing director of Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Susan Mathew said TIDCO is preparing a roadmap for energy, automative, heavy engineering, petroleum and petrochemicals, Information technology, Information Technology Enabled Services electronic hardware manufacturing and connectivity infrastructure.
Industry Secretary N Sundaradevan stressed on the need to boost the manufacturing sector and develop skills while Confederation of Indian Ichairman T T Ashok said that the state’s growth is below five per cent from the year 2005-2010 and there is need to compete with states like Haryana and Gujarat to regain the number one status.
He also highlighted the immense potential in healthcare, auto and automobile components, sunrise industries and aviation besides stressing on the need to boost infrastructure by improving the power scenario and laying out road network.
Prabhat Singh, director of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), said that the state will be facing a shortage of 30 million cubic metres of gas per day in the next five years and the state and GAIL is working to bridge the shortfall. A M K Sinha, Indian Oil Corporation’s director of planning and business development said Rs 4,320 crore Ennore Liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project with TIDCO will be commissioned on 2016 and meet the shortfall of LNG.
Information Technology secretary Dr Santosh babu stressed on the need for rural business process outsourcing and making it a cottage industry besides the state having an electronic hardware manufacturing facility. Chennai Metro Rail managing director K Rajaraman stressed the need for a City Transportation Regulatory Authority on the lines State Energy Regulatory council. Union joint secretary for chemicals and petrochemicals Neel Kamal Darbari and director of Engineers India Limited G D Goyal highlighted how the mega hydrocarbon facility in Cuddalore will result in creation of jobs
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