USEFUL INFORMATION: GUJARAT ECONOMY
Economic Activity: Services- Manufacturing- 34%; Services- 37%; Agriculture -29%
Investor Profile: Govt. 47%; Foreign 3.6%; Indian 49%
Investment Strengths: Business friendly state policies, responsive local administration, extensive network of roads, ports, railways and telecom in most parts, well developed financial structure.
State priority areas: Infotech, Gems/ jewellery; Electronics, garments; food processing; leather
Cell phone/ 100 persons: 0.98
Railway track length /00 sq km: 2.7
MAJOR INDUSTRIES
- AGRO AND FOOD PROCESSING
- BIO TECHNOLOGY
- CHEMICAL AND ALLIED INDUSTRY
- DRUGS AND PHARMACEUTICALS
- ENGINEERING INDUSTRY INCLUDING AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
- GEMS AND JEWELLERY
- INFORMATION AND IT ENABLED SERVICES
- MINING AND MINERAL BASED INDUSTRY
- Textile industry AND APPAREL
- TOURISM