10.83 % Growth By DMK Govt For Second Year
‘We built the foundation in three years. Delivered two consecutive years of double-digit growth,’ Stalin said in his message on X and thanked the people of Tamil Nadu for their work and trust, attributing the progress to them.
Chennai: Exultant over Tamil Nadu clocking 10.83 percent growth in 2025-26, close on the heels of the 11.19 percent recorded in the previous year, Chief Minister M K Stalin said the Dravidian Model was distinct and that it had been proven in numbers.
‘We built the foundation in three years. Delivered two consecutive years of double-digit growth,’ Stalin said in his message on X and thanked the people of Tamil Nadu for their work and trust, attributing the progress to them.
He said that it was only the beginning. With people’s support, the climb would accelerate and Tamil Nadu was not competing within India but would lead South Asia.
State Finance Minister T R B Rajaa said the two-digit growth for two years in a row was achieved without noise and without any propaganda. They were just plain factual numbers of 10.83 percent growth in 2025-27 following the 11.10 percent recorded in the previous year, leaving the national average of 7.4 percent far, far behind, he said.
While some were busy dividing people, Tamil Nadu was busy multiplying prosperity and it happened because governance in the State was driven by industry-first policies, social justice and a stable leadership under the Chief Minister, he said.
Making it clear that the ‘Dravidian Model’ does not speak but delivers, Rajaa said, ‘This becomes even more special when one factors the trade head winds and tariff wars.
Rajaa attributed the growth to the initiatives taken by Stalin for the development of manufacturing, services and the rebounding agriculture sectors, besides the industrial hubs and skilled workforce.
The State’s GSDP reached Rs 35.29 lakh crore at current prices with per capita income at Rs 4.08 lakh, which is only second to Karnataka, and the trend could push the State towards the goal set by the DMK government of becoming a US $ 1 trillion economy by 2030, outpacing India’s 7.4 percent national average.
