As many as eight districts in Tamil Nadu contribute almost 50% of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), said Vishnu Venugopal, Managing Director and CEO, Guidance Tamil Nadu, in Chennai on Tuesday. He was speaking at a session on ‘Tamil Nadu’s region-wise growth: A trend-setter’ at ‘Tamil Nadu Unlimited’, a one-day summit, organised by The Hindu in association with Guidance Tamil Nadu. He also pointed out that 15 districts contributed to over 50% of Tamil Nadu’s urbanisation. The State focused on capital intensive and employment intensive industries and was taking investments to all region. The Hosur belt had emerged as a electric vehicle hub, while Thoothukudi would emerge as a green hydrogen hub. Mr. Venugopal said the State was also taking advantage of the China plus one strategy and focused on sector like non-leather footwear. Sundararaman, managing director, Shiva Texyarn and chairman of The Southern India Mills Association, spoke about the emergence of the textile sector.
As many as eight districts in Tamil Nadu contribute almost 50% of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), said Vishnu Venugopal, Managing Director and CEO, Guidance Tamil Nadu, in Chennai on Tuesday. He was speaking at a session on ‘Tamil Nadu’s region-wise growth: A trend-setter’ at ‘Tamil Nadu Unlimited’, a one-day summit, organised by The Hindu in association with Guidance Tamil Nadu. He also pointed out that 15 districts contributed to over 50% of Tamil Nadu’s urbanisation. The State focused on capital intensive and employment intensive industries and was taking investments to all region. The Hosur belt had emerged as a electric vehicle hub, while Thoothukudi would emerge as a green hydrogen hub. Mr. Venugopal said the State was also taking advantage of the China plus one strategy and focused on sector like non-leather footwear. Sundararaman, managing director, Shiva Texyarn and chairman of The Southern India Mills Association, spoke about the emergence of the textile sector.