Chennai Mar 18 PTI Welfare measures announced in the Tamil Nadu Budget presented by the Finance Minister of the State Palanivel Thiaga Rajan would help in its overall economic development an official of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations southern region FIEO-SR said on Friday FIEO-SR president A Sakthivel said the budget was futuristic with long-term vision of Chief Minister M K Stalin to reach USD 100 billion by 2030 The budget will help in creating a large number of job opportunities by attracting new investments and encouraging existing entrepreneurs to do more he said in a press release He congratulated the Chief Minister for steering the State through the path of progress irrespective of the challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic The Naan Mudhalvan Scheme envisaged by the Chief Minister will help industry to get right kind of talent pool for enabling industries to absorb the talents he said The proposed policy to strengthen the leather and footwear sector would also generate employment opportunities besides boosting exports he said While presenting the budget Rajan said a new footwear and leather industry development policy would be released to promote these employment-intensive sectors PTI VIJ NVG NVG