Lok Sabha Question No. 685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Industrial Development in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 685. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 06 th  DECEMBER, 2023.

## INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN TAMIL NADU

## 685.   DR. T. SUMATHY @ THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Union Government has any plans to associate and support the Global Investors Meet, 2024 to be held in January 7-8, 2024 in Chennai for international industry giants to enter India and major industrial units envisage tremendous expansion to make Tamil Nadu an overall knowledge economy in addition to being a manufacturing hub;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  efforts  made  by  the  Union  Government  to promote Industrial development in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the effective measures taken by the Union Government on seeking investments and developing talent in emerging areas like AI, ML, Data analytics, Robotics, Quantum  Computer,  Photonics,  advanced  electronics, UAVs  and  other advanced technologies in India, especially in Tamil Nadu; and
- (d) the proactive steps taken by the Union Government in creating the Industrial Policy to encourage the development of Industrial and manufacturing activities in Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): No  such  proposal for support  the Global  Investors Meet, 2024  has been received by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  from  the  State  Government  of  Tamil Nadu, till date.
- (b) & (d): Setting up of industry is primarily in the domain of State Governments. States adopt different policy measures to promote industrial development. The Government of India supplements the efforts of the State  Governments  with  various  measures. DPIIT implements the schemes  and  rolled  out various policy measure/initiatives  for overall development of industrial sector such as the Schemes for Investment Promotion,  Ease  of  Doing  Business,  Industrial Infrastructure  Upgradation Scheme, Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI), National Industrial  Corridors,  Startup  India,  Footwear,  Leather  &  Accessories Development Programme and Initiative of Promotion of Geographical Indication, One District One Product (ODOP) etc.
- (c): Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India is implementing  National  Mission  on  Interdisciplinary Cyber  Physical Systems  (NM-ICPS).  Under  the  Mission,  25  Technology  Innovation Hubs  (TIHs)  are  set  up  in  premier  institutes  of  national  importance across the  country  in advanced technologies including AI,  ML,  data Analytics,  Quantum,  Robotics,  UAVs  etc. One  of  these  Hubs,  IITM Pravartak  Technologies  Foundation  is  set  up  at  IIT  Madras  in the technology  vertical  of  Sensors,  Networking,  Actuators  and  Control. Human  Resource  Development,  Entrepreneurship  Development  and Skill development are some of the major components of the mandate of TIHs. These components aim at providing state of the art training and capacity building for creation of next-generation scientists, engineers, technicians  and  technocrats  in  the  field  of  advanced  and  emerging technology  verticals  including  Artificial  Intelligence,  Data  Analytics, Quantum, Robotics, AR & VR, etc.

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