Tamil Nadu has received investment commitments of 2.07 lakh crore in 2025 following the signing of 270 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with domestic and overseas firms, Industries Minister T.R.B. Rajaa said. The agreements are supposed to create over four lakh jobs in the State in the projects associated with the agreements.
Recalling the performance of the year, Rajaa explained that 2025 was one of the good examples of the so-called Dravidian Model that yielded the outcome with specific execution. In a social media post on January 1, he stated that the high number of MoUs that were signed throughout the year were a sign of long term investor trust in the industrial ecosystem and policy environment at Tamil Nadu.
One of the attributes of the investment push, as opined by the Minister was that it was more geographically spread. In comparison to the past years when investments were clumped around Chennai, in 2025, investment conclaves and outreach programmes were conducted in other regions and therefore industrial growth became more evenly spread throughout the State.
Rajaa observed that the growth of TIDEL Neo parks had a major contribution towards decentralisation of the information technology sector. These parks assisted in filling the gap of IT and technology-based jobs to the potential youth in other smaller cities and towns without having to migrate to large urban areas.
Moreover, Tamil Nadu made a landmark by that the first-ever industry parks were created by the State Industry Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) in other districts, including the Tenkasi, Madurai and Thiruvarur. These new industrial parks are geared towards cementing manufacturing and related industries as well as generating local jobs and improving regional economies.
The Minister indicated that the mix of infrastructure creation, investor-friendly policies and regional outreach had helped the state of Tamil Nadu to be on the high investment pace by 2025. As projects are being handed over to implementation, the State believes that these investments will be converted into long-run economic growth and the creation of jobs in the years to come.
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