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The state has made tremendous progress in both social and economic
infrastructure. Education and healthcare levels in the state have risen
considerably. The State Government has encouraged private sector participation
in the process of infrastructure development. This has resulted in rapid
expansion of roadways, railways and capacity enhancement of the ports.
Social infrastructure
The state has successfully straddled investment in primary and higher
education. Its focus on primary education has ensured that as high as 99 per
cent of the state population has access to primary education.
Access infrastructure
Tamil Nadu has a long coastline with a number of ports and is well connected
to major trade centres. Road and rail transport are the principal modes of
transportation in the state. The Sethu Samudram project has been revived
to provide a continuous navigable sea route along the Indian Peninsula. This will
transform Tuticorin port into a transhipment hub similar to those in Singapore
and Colombo. The project will also contribute to the development of the proposed
13 minor ports in the state.
The state is endowed with a large water storage capacity and efficient canal
system. A desalination plant to be set up in Chennai is expected to augment
existing availability. Water harvesting facilities are being developed in and
around Chennai to check leakage of fresh water to the sea and replenish the
existing groundwater levels.
Source: www.tn.gov.in
Towards uninterrupted power supply
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The state has one of the lowest power tariffs for industrial and domestic
use. Investment in the power sector has been one of the highest among all states
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Total installed capacity of 1 1,383 MW
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The state is targeting a 30 per cent enhancement in its capacity by 2007
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One of the few states to articulate a policy for non-renewable energy
generation
Communications infrastructure
The state offers state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure for
high-speed large volume data transfer, video conferencing etc. The infrastructure
includes 2,138 telephone exchanges with an installed capacity of 4.6 million
lines.
Highlights:
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The world's biggest and India's first private submarine Optical Fibre Cable
project i2i network with a bandwidth of 8.4 tbps will make Chennai the
'Connectivity Gateway of India'
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A US$ 100 million project connecting Chennai and Singapore by submarine
cable will increase the bandwidth by 320 giga bits per second
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Among the top three states in the country in terms of
the total number of mobile phone connections at 1.06 million in 2003, which is
8.4 per cent of the total connections in the country
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The state's
tele-density is 8 against the
national
average of 5.1
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With 0.33 million subscribers, the state stands third
in terms of total number of internet connections
Financial infrastructure
Chennai is the financial capital of south India. The financial services
sector offers tremendous opportunities. All national and international banks
have offices in the state and are geared up to boost industrial investment.
Tamil
Nadu is in the top quartile in the country in terms of bank credit flow. The per
capita bank credit flow in the state is 54 per cent higher than the national
average.
Industrial infrastructure
Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd has taken the lead to set
up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district for export
production. Three agro-export zones are being set up in the state to boost
exports. Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) is one of the seven export
processing zones set up by the Government of India. The state had approximately
15 per cent of the 100 per cent Export Oriented Units (EOUs) present in the
country in 2003.
To provide an impetus to growth in the IT/ITES, biotech and industrial
sectors, the state has created industrial complexes and parks. There are 26
industrial parks in the state, five of which cater to biotech. IT parks such as
TIDEL Park in Chennai have proved to be highly successful providing office space
to a number of international software giants. Automobile giants such as Ford and
Hyundai have established operations at the Irungattukottai industrial park. A
number of private entities such as Mahindras have developed industrial parks.
The Mahindra Industrial Township provides facilities that are at par with the
best in the world.
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