This is how Tamil Nadu grew under Jayalalithaa

Tamil Nadu is also known as ‘Detroit of India’ as it has 15.8% share in domestic production and 14.9% share in domestic sales.

Tamil Nadu is on top in terms of growth in live investments attracted by the irrigation sector. The investments in irrigation sector attracted by Tamil Nadu from both private and public sources increased from a meagre Rs 151 crore in 2004-05 to over Rs 2,400 crore in 2014-15.

As per the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion data, from April 2000 to March 2011, Tamil Nadu received $7.3 billion FDI inflows. From April 2011 to December 2015, it went up to $13.94 billion, and it shot up to $4.3 billion a short period between April 2015 and December 2015.

The state was the third-biggest contributor to India's GDP in 2014-15 at 8.16%.

On November 8, Ford Motors announced an investment of $195 million in a technology and business centre in Chennai over a five-year period.