T.N. only State in India to achieve double-digit economic growth: CM Stalin

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) said Tamil Nadu stands tall as the only State in India to achieve double-digit economic growth rate in real terms during 2024-25 at 11.19%.

In a post on X, Mr. Stalin referred to a report published in The Hindu and said: “Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian model government stands tall as the only State in India to achieve double-digit economic growth. We proudly declared that Tamil Nadu led the nation with a growth rate of 9.69%. Now, that too has been surpassed. As per the revised estimates of the Union government, Tamil Nadu has recorded a staggering growth rate of 11.19% — the highest in the country,” he said.

“The last time we touched double-digit growth was in 2010-11, under the leadership of Kalaignar [M. Karunanidhi]. Today, the Dravidian model government, walking the path shown by Thalaivar Kalaignar, has repeated that feat. When we set the target of becoming a one trillion dollar economy by 2030, many raised their eyebrows. ‘It’s too ambitious,’ they said. But with growth like this, what once seemed distant is now well within reach,” he said quoting a couplet from Tirukkural.