Even as a warm-up meet for the ‘Vibrant Gujarat Summit’ opened in the city on Thursday, the Tamil Nadu government announced its intent to showcase its “boundless (industrial) potential and ample endowments” at a two-day ‘Global Investors Meet (GIM)’ in Chennai from May 23, 2015.
Billed as the first such meeting by the government, the event would unveil the State’s strength in areas such as electronics and electronics hardware, textiles, agro and food processing, IT/ITES, automobiles and auto components, chemicals and petrochemicals, engineering and heavy engineering, besides Infrastructure, including roads and minor ports development, industrial parks and special economic zones, says an official release. The ruling AIADMK in its 2014-2015 budget had set apart Rs. 100 crore for the event.
The GIM has been planned as part of the government’s steps to translate former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s “Vision 2023” document into a reality.
An exhibition, which would display the State’s competitive strengths and investment opportunities, would be part of the meet.
