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CII will come out with vision statement for southern States

Special Correspondent

It has identified the success story of each State

CHENNAI: As part of its plan to enable the southern States to achieve sustainable growth, the Confederation of Indian Industry will come out with an independent vision statement in January.

For this, the CII has identified the success story of each State so that it could be replicated by the others. It includes Tamil Nadu’s success in promoting Tier-II and Tier-III cities, Andhra Pradesh’s rapid strides in agro and agro-based products, Kerala’s growth in medical tourism Karnataka’s example of encouraging innovation and Puducherry’s livelihood enhancement. Consulting firms such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers (Tamil Nadu), KPMG (Kerala) and IIM-B (Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka) have been roped in to prepare a study that will involve all sections of society and will be applicable to all States, irrespective of the party in power. The CII will interact with its members, politicians, the media and schoolchildren before giving a final shape to the study.

Talking to reporters here on Monday, CII Southern Region Chairman and RPG Enterprises president and CEO Pradipta K Mohapatra said the rivalry among the southern States no longer existed. The southern region was ahead of others, so the focus was on going forward than comparison. Right now, the stress was on “Building People, Building India.”

According to Mr. Mohapatra, the main theme of the CII-South Region for 2007-08 will be, ‘The Southern Quantum Leap Forward’. The focus will be on skills development and employability, affirmative action, promotion of sustainable cities and corporate social responsibility initiatives.

Referring to Tamil Nadu’s success in promoting Tier-II and Tier-III cities, he said: “Four years ago, no one believed us when we said Coimbatore and Madurai would be the next IT destinations. The export earnings from Coimbatore are $250 million and would reach $1 billion soon. A private builder is developing 1.2 million sq ft. of IT space in Madurai, and more than 50 per cent of the space has been lapped up by 10 firms. Madurai has the capacity to employ 10,000 software engineers.”

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