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First Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet

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First Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet
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The state held its first Global Investors Meet at the Chennai Trade Centre, signing more than 100 investment MoUs.

The first Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet was organised by Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's government at the Chennai Trade Centre in 2015. The government signed more than 100 memoranda of understanding with investors, with announced investments of about Rs 2.4 lakh crore. The meet was intended to promote Tamil Nadu as a destination for manufacturing and other industries. Further editions were held in 2019 and 2024.

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