What ails Tamil Nadu ?

It is the third largest economy in the country. On per capita income it ranks 10th nationally and an astounding 78 per cent of its population live above the poverty line. With a literacy rate of 73 per cent as against the national average of 64, school enrolment higher than that of even Kerala and 232 engineering colleges churning out graduates, it is poised to lead the skills-set race. Add a rare distinction, surplus power, to 92 per cent road connectivity and 42 per cent urbanisation and you have a picture investors would drool over. Yet Tamil Nadu ranks No. 3, behind Maharashtra and Gujarat, in terms of investment. Why would this be so? ( Courtesy : India Today )

India Today to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of its Tamil edition held a Conclave to discuss this issue. While most felt it was a perception issue and TN was not Marketing itself aggressively , the others felt that the Political parties needed to have consistent policies.

As IT,ITES,Auto firms increasingly seek Chennai , its better that TN Govt thinks about developing the Second tier cities too . All of them agreed on two things : The state needed a long-term Plan and needs to coin a slogan ( To attract tourists) .

How about " Gods come down to earth" as a Slogan ? ( I seem to have heard it somewhere , does it already exist ?)