Gujarat

Gujarat Tourism by Amitabh Bachan must see..

Saturday, July 25, 2009

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> > Be Very Proud to be "The GUJARATI".
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> > Our State of GUJARAT,
> > Situated in western India and bordering Pakistan ,
> > G ujarat is among India 's most prosperous states.
> >
> > Its per capita G DP is 2.4 times the Indian average.
> >
> > G ujarat 's G DP growth rate is 10.6% and India can not
> > achieve 8 percent G rowth rate without G ujarat getting
> > closer to 12% growth rate.
> >
> > If it was a nation it would have been 67th richest nation
> > in the world above many European and Asian economies like
> > Taiwan and Ukraine ...
> >
> > G ujarat holds many records in India for economic
> > development:
> > 20% of India 's Industrial Output
> > 80% of India 's Diamond Production
> > 9% of India 's Mineral Production
> > 50% of India 's Natural G as Production
> > 54% of India 's Crude Oil Production
> > 22% of India 's exports
> > 24% of India 's textile production
> > 45% of India 's pharmaceutical products
> > 35% of India 's Sponge Iron Production
> > 47% of India 's petrochemical Production
> >
> > The world's largest ship breaking yard is in G ujarat
> > near Bhavnagar at Alang.
> >
> > Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of
> > Reliance Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani
> > operates the oil refinery at Jamnagar which is the
> > world's largest grass roots refineries.
> >
> > G ujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal
> > electricity generation with national market share of over 8%
> > and second nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with
> > national market share of over 1%.
> > Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have
> > corporate offices in G ujarat
> >
> > Over 35% of the stock market wealth of India is with G
> > ujarati People.
> >
> > In recent Forbes magazine list of 10 richest Indian people
> > four are G ujarati - Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Azim Premji
> > and Tulsi Tanti Over
> > 60% of Indian Population in America is G ujarati.
> >
> > An average income of a G ujarati family in North America is
> > three times more than the average income of an American
> > family.
> >
> >G ujarat is having the longest sea shore compared to any
> > other Indian state
> >
> > G ujarat is having the highest no. of operating airports in
> > India (Total 12)..
> >
> > India 's 16% of Investment are from G ujarat ..
> >
> > G ujarat is having highest no. of vegetarian people
> > compared to any other state in India ..
> >
> > The first ALL VE G PIZZA-HUT was opened in Ahmedabad
> >
> > Ahmedabad – the commercial capital of G ujarat is the
> > seventh largest city in India ..
> >
> > Surat is the fastest growing city in the world.
> >
> > G andhinagar is the Greenest CapitalCity in whole Asia
> >
> > Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is
> > Asia's 1st and world's 45th ranked management
> > college located in Ahmedabad, G ujarat ...
> >
> > G ujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2
> > which is the least in India even after considering 2002
> > communal riots, stated by India Today 2005 report.
> >
> > G ujarat is having least crime against women among all
> > Indian states (excluding G oa ) where AP is 1st, Delhi is
> > 2nd , Bihar is 3rd , Zarakhand is 4th and UP is 5th.
> >
> > Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the
> > lowest in crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of
> > India as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.
> >
> > Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate - Ahead of Bangalore
> > ,Chennai, Hyderabad , Mumbai & Delhi.
> >
> > Ahmedabad is ranked 3rd in Policy Initiatives - Ahead of
> > Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta , Mumbai & Delhi.
> >
> > Ahmedabad is ranked 4th in Manpower - Ahead of Bangalore
> > ,Chennai, Mumbai & Delhi.
> >
> > Percent of man-days lost in G ujarat due to labor strike
> > are lowest in country - just 0.52%
> >
> > It is the first state to implement the BOT law for
> > encouraging private sector participation
> >
> > The first state to have to fully functional LN G terminal
> >
> > G ujarat has 33 approved SEZs
> >
> > G ujarat is the first state to interconnect 20 rivers
> >
> > It is the first state to provide uninterrupted 24hr 2 phase
> > electricity to all villages
> >
> > It is the only state with statewide gas grid
> >
> > It is currently implementing statewide water distribution
> > grid that will connect all 14,000 villages and all cities)
> >
> > It has largest e-governance network in Asia Pacific
> >
> > Its agricultural production has been increased four-fold in
> > five years (from USD 2 Billion in 2001-2002 to 7.5 Billion
> > in 2005-2006)
> >
> > In every corner of G ujarat , within the range of 25 KMs
> > there is a development going on.
> >
> > Operation WHITE FLOOD (MILK) was initiated in G ujarat by
> > Dr. Kurien which took India in 1998 (may be 1999) to become
> > highest milk producer in the world.
> >
> > Consumption of G OLD in G ujarat is highest in India ..
> >
> > Largest number of immigration & emigration is done from
> > G ujarat ...
> >
> > Also highest Numbers of passports are issued from G ujarat
> > ..
> >
> > Barodagas project - bringing natural gas to every home -
> > More than 35 years ago they installed pipelines to bring
> > natural gas to every kitchen. I think that was an amazing
> > feat.
> >
> >Gujarat based Sahajanand Medical Technologies was the first company in the entire Asia to develop the high precision medical device - the stent, which is used during Angioplasty of the heart blood vessels. SMTPL developed the indegenious technology and the benefits of which are being experienced by patients of 35 countries, including developed and developing markets.This clearly shows that even in areas which are highly technology oriented Gujarat based companies can develop and commercialise the same
> >
> > AMUL - NDDB & Dr. Kurian - another achievement for G
> > ujarat - it was just fantastic to see how they collected
> > milk early morning from every village in G ujarat . The
> > villagers would line up at 3 in the morning at the milk
> > collection centers!!! What a sight!
> >
> > According to a recent study by the Reserve Bank of India,
> > the country's central bank, G ujarat stood first in the
> > country with investments of US$17.8 billion in 2006-07 or
> > 25.8% of India 's total investment of $69 billion during
> > the year.The southern state of Andhra Pradesh stood a
> > distant second having attracted $6.1 billion in 2006-07.
> >
> > G ujarat moved up from second place in 2005-06 having
> > tripled its investments in a year..
> >
> > A report in Times of India describes the G ulf of Kutch as
> > India 's ' G ulf of Riches '. Four top business
> > houses - Reliance Industries, Essar G roup, Adani G roup and
> > Tata G roup, have invested about $34 billion along the G ulf
> > of Kutch's 700-kilometer long coastline. Other
> > corporate, which had invested over $3.26 billion since the
> > 2001 earthquake have investments worth another $19.5 billion
> > in the pipeline.
> >
> > Ten special economic zones (SEZs) near Jamnagar , a
> > 4000-megawatt power project and five private shipyards are
> > coming up. And massive expansion is being undertaken of the
> > Mundra and Kandla ports.
> >
> > G ujarat's 41 ports handle 80% of India 's port
> > traffic and 20% of its cargo.. It is estimated that by 2015,
> > G ujarat's ports will handle 39% of India 's cargo.
> >
> > Not only has G ujarat unseated Maharashtra as India 's
> > number one investment destination but also, it is
> > threatening to dislodge Mumbai, Maharashtra 's capital
> > and the financial and business capital of India, as the
> > trade gateway to the country.
> >
> > Mundra port where Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan
> > Petroleum are setting up giant oil storage capacities has
> > already emerged as India 's largest private oil storage
> > tank farm.
> >
> > Sixty percent of India 's coal imports enter via Mundra
> > port.. Mundra's importance is likely to soar further
> > with the completion of mega power plants being set up by
> > Adanis and Tatas.
> >
> > The volume of cargo handled by Mundra and Kandla ports
> > alone has outstripped that handled by Mumbai's ports -
> > the Mumbai Port Trust and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
> >
> > And now G ujarat is nursing ambitions of dislodging Mumbai
> > as India 's financial hub.. Its government recently
> > announced the setting up of an international financial
> > services center, the G ujarat International Finance
> > Tech-City with an investment outlay of $6 billion in
> > Ahmedabad.
> >
> > Forbes Magazine published list of Top 20 Self-Made
> > Business-Men from Asia .. The list includes 6 men from India
> > and out of 6 three are G ujarati - Tulsi Tanti, G autam
> > Adani and Uday Kotak.