Tamil Nadu

Industrial Policy, SIPCOT Expansion & Mining Governance

New SIPCOT Industrial Parks & Industrial Infrastructure:
- Mudivaithanendhal SIPCOT (Thoothukudi): New 2,570-acre industrial park dedicated to clean and renewable energy industries.
- Sillanatham SIPCOT (Thoothukudi): Dedicated 1,294-acre E-Vehicle manufacturing industrial park.
- Avudaiyarkoil Mini-Textile Park (Pudukkottai): Mini-textile park with ready-built factory sheds.
- Sivakasi Pyrotechnics Common Facility Centre: Dedicated common facility for the fireworks industry.
- ‘Quantum Safe’ State Initiative: A strategic study under the National Quantum Mission to secure digital data infrastructure across financial institutions, GCCs, and space/defence clusters against quantum computing threats.
Tamil Nadu Mineral Resources Development Corporation Limited (TNMRDC):
- Establishment of a new Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Companies Act, 2013, to manage mining operations, mineral extraction, value addition, and marketing.
- Modernization & Oversight: Creating an Integrated Command and Control Centre for mineral tracking, deploying drone/UAV and satellite surveillance against illegal mining, establishing a 60-crore-year-old Plant Fossil Park at Gunduperumbedu and Vellarai, and developing mining tourism in abandoned quarries via PPP.

Vettri Tamil Nadu Super App
- Launch of the Vettri Tamil Nadu Super App to provide mobile access to 500 government services (including birth certificates, ration cards, and driving licence renewals).
- Vetri Tamil Nadu Web Portal: Public feedback and suggestion platform.

DRDO Missile Technology Transfer (ToT) Policy:
- Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the Transfer of Technology (ToT) of all DRDO-developed conventional missile systems to qualified Indian defence manufacturers to scale up domestic industrial production under Aatmanirbharta.