The Export Preparedness Index 2022 and the National Import–Export Record for Yearly Analysis of Trade (NIRYAT) for 2022-23 released by the Union government, showed that the ‘Dravidian model of governance’ was leading the country, the DMK said on Thursday.
In a release, it also cited the National Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2023, which projected Tamil Nadu as leading the country in terms of post natal care of women. Tamil Nadu also led the country in institutional deliveries and ante natal care.
The annual report of the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry for 2022-23 has brought to light the fact that Tamil Nadu led the country by operating 50 Special Economic Zones (SEZ), the highest among the States, it said. “In Gujarat, which was under the Modi rule, there are only 21 SEZs.”