Tamil Nadu sees over twofold jump in investments Updated: Updated: It received projects worth over 1 lakh cr. in 2020-21, only second to Maharashtra. Share Article It received projects worth over 1 lakh cr. in 2020-21, only second to Maharashtra. Fresh investments into Tamil Nadu more than doubled to over ₹1,00,000 crore during the pandemic-hit 2020-21, with the southern State witnessing the second highest investment outlay among all the States. Maharashtra, which got the highest investments in 2019-20, remained on top in 2020-21 as well. Tamil Nadu jumped from the ninth position in 2019-20, when 465 projects worth ₹47,833 crore were announced, to the second in 2020-21, with 573 projects worth ₹1,02,652 crore, as per data compiled for