industrial investments in tamil nadu have revived despite political uncertainty and lack of concrete industrial policies the state which boasts of rich clusters of industrial manufacturing units in auto textiles electronics leather mining energy and it has potential investments pipeline of 19033 crore in 20172018 since 2015 there have been more than 46 proposals with cumulative investments of about 37381 crore but despite its potential tn still lags on many accounts and has slipped in terms of ease of doing business from 12th position to 14th in 2017 also the global investors meet in chennai in 2015 saw a tepid response lack of government incentives and sops to the industry is what is driving talent and investment out of tn and into neighbouring karnataka andhra pradesh and telegana say observers in 2018 they say the government should focus on five reforms to salvage the situation skill development besides the skill development council of indias initiatives the state government should take steps towards reskilling and upskilling both blue and white collar workers now that donald trumps policies on h1b visas will be sending more of our techies back home we must stop looking at it as the only gateway our engineers need to be absorbed back into traditional streams like automotive and manufacturing we also need more it workers in areas like cyber security in the wake of ransomware attacks like notpetya wannacry and locky in businesses in indiato cater to bluecollar workers iitmadras has a few initiatives for upskilling like a simulated environment to learn welding but for a majority of bluecollar workers acquiring new skills is a distant dream while the state has witnessed little industrial development due to a volatile government we have not updated our industrial policies in years and dont have a clear road map the government must focus on bringing down the unemployment rate and funding skill development of youngsters r narayanan advisor the indus entrepreneurswooing investors back while other states might be working towards startup india standup india in tn it would be the other way around stemming growth and curbing the entrepreneurial spirit resulted in the state slipping down in ease of doing business rankings in the past 36 months no permission has been granted for setting up hightension wires in tn which shows that no factories are coming up the bribe rate in the state is as high as 40 who will invest in tn if hisher project costs drastically multiply even before approvals come through industries which expressed interest in setting up shop here waited for three to four years before moving to karnataka telegana and andhra pradesh in those states all clearances are obtained through a single window clearance within 4045 working days tamil nadu should also work towards faster clearances m r venkatesh chartered accountant and industry observerdeveloping stagnant resourcesin terms of exports construction of the maduraituticorin industrial corridor maduravoyal elevated express highway and greenfield international airport in chennai will do a lot towards boosting tns economy many