Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said
that, economic slowdown and last year's drought in the state had affected Tamil
Nadu's economy. But she expressed confidence of reversing the trend. In her
opening remarks at the Collectors' conference in Chennai, an annual stock-taking
exercise, Ms Jayalalithaa said slowdown has affected economic performance of
the state also.
She said, the severe drought
in the state during 2012 impacted growth particularly in the agriculture and
allied activities sector. There is a need to focus on making all efforts to
revive economic growth and put it back on a high growth trajectory.
Ms. Jayalalithaa said she was
"quite confident" that with sustained and focused efforts her
government was undertaking across all sectors, "the state would be able to
achieve the growth target for 2013-2014."
Ms. Jayalalithaa underlined
her government's commitment for an inclusive growth model covering all sections
of society including the "most vulnerable and marginalised" ones such
as Adi Dravidars, Tribals, BCs and MBCs, among others.
She exhorted the District
Collectors to live up to the image of being welfare officers.
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