STATUS – GUJARAT STATE
Gujarat is one of the progressive industrial States on the map of our country. The State has a very wide industrial base comprising of large, medium and small scale units spread over the whole State & actively engaged in the manufacturing activities. Most of the establishments are doing good business even in the recession period. A number of important Public Sector Undertakings, State Undertakings and Departments are effectively operating in the State. Gujarat accounts for about 20% of India’s export with a strong presence in various sectors like Dyes & Intermediates, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Textiles and Engineering products. Gujarat is poised to substantially increase its share in total exports with the completion of 10 more Ports in Joint & Private Sector.
There exist a wide network of infrastructure for the industries. There are 25 Districts in the State of Gujarat which are well connected by road and rail with the neighbouring States and 22 Districts are connected by broad gauge railway lines to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Jaipur, Bhopal, Indore etc. The meter gauge lines especially in the Saurashtra region are being converted into the broad gauge.
During the last two years the industry situated in South Gujarat, Daman/ Silvassa suffered huge loss due to heavy rains and floods. Roads were damaged which affected transportation and regular production.
The major concentration of small scale units is at Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot, Bharuch, Surat, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Valsad etc. There are number of Industrial Clusters viz.
- Pharmaceutical Industry at Ahmedabad/Baroda
- Dyestuff & Dye Intermediate Industry at Ahmedabad
- Brass Parts Industry at Jamnagar
- Diesel Engine Industry at Rajkot
- Ship Breaking Units at Alang/Bhavnagar
- Ceramic Units at Thangadh/Surendranagar
- Wall Clock and Tiles Industries at Morbi, Rajkot
- Textiles/Jari industry at Surat
- Electrical Porcelain Industry at Surendranagar
- Refractory Industry at Wankaner, Rajkot
- Crockery Industry at Himatnagar
- Stone Processing Industry at Ambaji, Banaskantha
- Oil Mills at Rajkot
- Spectacle Frames/Lenses at Baroda
- Re-rolling Mills at Bhavnagar
- Salt & Salt Based Industries at Bhavnagar
- Ferrous Foundry Industry at Rajkot
- Diamond Industry at Surat
- Isabgul Industry at Unjha
- Machine Tool industry at Rajkot
- Metallic Utensils at Ahmedabad
- Textile Machinery parts at Ahmedabad
- Weights & Measures at Savarkundla
- Engineering Industry at Makarpura, Vadodara
- S.S. Re-Rolling Mills at Ahmedabad
- Ahmedabad Rice Flakes Industry, Ahmedabad
The State Govt. is making all out efforts to invite NRIs and entrepreneurs from other parts of the country to Gujarat State for establishing medium and large scale industries. The State Govt. has organised Global Investors’ Summit at Ahmedabad in which NRIs and Industrialists from other parts of the country participated. Investments were committed in Energy, Agro Industries, Marine, Engineering, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sectors.
The other thrust areas are Tourism, Coastal Development, Gems & Jewellery in which investments are also being made.
Details of small scale & large scale units in Gujarat are:
No. of SSI units as on 30.06.2006 : 3,12,041
No. of large & medium unit as on 28.2.2007:
(Status of Large & Medium units from 1983)
Sr.
No. |
Large & Medium
Industries |
No. of units |
Investment
(Rs. Crores) |
Employment |
1 |
Letter of indent issued |
10,687 |
4,22,458 |
17,61,937 |
2 |
Commissioned |
4,971 |
1,43,668 |
8,17,541 |
3 |
Under Implementation |
1,848 |
1,52,559 |
2,94,783 |
4 |
Dropped |
3,868 |
1,26,231 |
6,49,613 |
