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Marked for development: A view of an industrial area in Tuticorin. Tutiocrin: The Confederation of Indian Industry, Tuticorin district, is all set to come out with ‘Vision 2025’, a document to showcase the industrial potential of the district thereby attract investments from different parts of the globe, before August 31. The Madras Consulting Group, Chennai, has been commissioned to prepare the paper. They will contact a wide section of people, including students, administrators, politicians, councillors of municipalities and village panchayats, academicians, civil society organisations, trade union leaders and industrialists to give the vision a comprehensive spread. Speaking to The Hindu, V. Ramasubramanian, chairman, CII, Tuticorin district, said that the proposed document would make a mention of the scale of changes to happen in the district by 2025 and the projected requirement of capital expenditure. Methodologies to attain inclusive growth would be highlighted for ensuring social stability in the district. Mr. Ramasubramanian said that the document would carry separate chapters on action plans for development of the district in infrastructure, urbanisation, industrialisation and rural development fronts. To boost education sectorConsidering the growing importance of human capital, steps would be suggested to improve access to education, reduce drop-outs, increase the capacity of the higher education institutions in the district and bring innovations in the sector. “The gross enrolment ratio for higher education need to grow at least four times from the current levels,” Mr. Ramasubramanian said. Two-pronged study approachRaja Sankaralingam, vice-chairman, CII, Tuticorin district, said that a two-pronged approach would be adopted for the visioning exercise, consisting of ‘desktop research’ and ‘deliberative democracy’. Under ‘desktop research’ component, assessment and projection of socio-economic indicators would be carried out. Using ‘deliberative democracy’ method, aspirations of youth for the future of the district would be derived through interaction forums.
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