Tamil Nadu’s Economic Fact Sheet

 

 

  

 

Tamil NaduFact file 

 

Capital	Chennai
Geographical area (sq km)	130,058
Administrative Districts (no)	32
Total population (mil)	72.13
Male population	36.15
Female population	35.98
Literacy rate (%)	80.3
Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) US$ billion	137
GSDP (Growth) 2004-2012	16.5%
Per Capita GSDP (2012)US$	1,414.4
Exports (2010-2011) US$ bil	9.8
FDI Inflows (2000-2013) bil	12.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross State Domestic Product (bil)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exports (US Billion)

 

 

 

 

 

FDI Inflow and Investment By Sectors (%)

 

 

 

 

 

Tamil Nadu Advantage

-4^th largest state of India and contributed 7.6% to India’s GDP

-ranks 3th in terms of investment

-ranks first among states in terms of number of factory and industrial workers

-Chennai is dubbed as “Detroit of India”

-ranks 2^nd in software exports

-key financial center in South India

-ranks 3^rd in India in terms of domestic tourist arrival and second in foreign tourist arrival 

 

Physical  Infrastructure

Road: US$ 500 million World Bank Funded project to upgrade road infrastructure and US$ 23 billion for improvement of highways (Vision 2023)

Rail: Mass-Rapid-Transit System (MRTS) in Chennai (25 km) under construction and US$ 27.5 billion key rail project (Vision 2023)

Airport: International Airport – Chennai (12.8 million passenger), Coimbatore, and Trichy and US$ 5.2 billion for developing a Greenfield airport near Chennai and upgrading other airports

Port: three major ports – Chennai (handles container cargo), Ennore  and V O Chaiambaranar (handles coal, ores and other bulk minerals)

 

Installed Power Capacity (MW)

       From total Installed power generation capacity, 9,914 MW was contributed by thermal power and renewable power contributed 7,491.2 MW. Hydropower and nuclear power contributed 2,182.2 MW and 524 MW of capacity.

 

Tamil Nadu Vision 2023 envisages an investment of US$ 39.6 billion to expand generation capacity by 30,000 MW.

 

Telecom

Wireless Connections  73,309,135

Wire-line Connections  3,006,439

Broadband subscribers 2,859,000

Major operators: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Bharti Airtel, Aircel Limited, Reliance Communications, Vodafone Essar, Tata Teleservices, Idea Cellular

Key Player in IT and ITes Industry

Mahindra System

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Infosys Technologies

HCL Technologies

Key Player in Auto Industry

          Ford Motor Company

Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL)

Mitsubishi Motors Corportation

Ashok Leyland