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Area: (sq. kms)
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196024
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Population:
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41309582
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Capital:
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Gandhinagar
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Literacy: (per cent)
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60.91
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Principal languages:
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Gujarati
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Districts:
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19
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Growth Rate: (per cent)
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20.8
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Density of population: (per sq. km)
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210
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Per Capita State Income at Current Prices (Rs.) (1990-91):
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6,425
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Index of Development of Infrastructure (1990-91):
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122
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Urban Population: (per cent)
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34.49
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Major Industries:
Textiles, soda ash, azodyes, salt nitrogenous fertilizers, viscose
filament yarn, cotton cloth, sulphuric acid, paper & paper
board, caustic soda, cement.
Major Crops: Tobacco,
cotton, groundnut, cumin sugarcane, mangoes, bananas, paddy,
wheat, and bajra.
Installed Generating
Capacity (March 1994)
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MW *
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%AGE
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Hydro
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427
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8.6
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Thermal
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4511
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91.4
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Nuclear
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-
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-
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Total
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4,938
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100
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* Excludes the
multi-State Projects.
| Energy requirement
(Mn. Units) 1994-95 |
31,985 |
| Energy availability
(Mn. Units) 1994-95 |
30,678 |
| Surplus(+)/Deficit(-)
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(-) 1307 |
| Surplus(+)/Deficit(-)% |
(-) 4.1 |
| Number
of Bank Branches(March 1993) |
3,425 |
| Railway
Route Per '000 Sq. Km.of Area (1991-92) |
26.94 |
| Road
Length Per '000 Sq. Km.of Area (1987-88) |
382 |
Industrial Incentive
Schemes
- New units/units undertaking
expansion to get capital investment subsidy from 20% to 35%.
- Additional subsidy of 5% for
SC/ST/S&BC Community/woman entrepreneurs.
- Sales tax exemption/deferment
incentive for tiny, small scale, medium and large units.
- Additional sales tax benefit
to employment oriented industries between 10% to 20% of fixed
capital investment.
- Special incentive for pioneering
medium/large units in backward areas.
- Special incentives for units
having investment of over Rs 100 crore.
- Eligible units can avail composite
sales tax exemption and sales tax deferment ranging from 25%
to 100% of fixed capital investment for 8 to 10 years.
- Special incentives for 100%
Export Oriented Units.
- Special package of incentives
for electronic industry including investment subsidy from
25% to 35% of fixed capital investment within ceilings between
Rs 15 lakh to Rs.35 lakh.
- The new electronics industry
to get sales tax exemption/deferment benefits for 6 to 9 years.
- Interest free sales tax loan
scheme in lieu of deferment of sales tax.
Contact:
Industries Commissioner
Government of Gujarat
Block No.2,
Udyog BhawanGH-4,
Sector IIGandhinagar
Tel. 02712-25827/25840
Fax 02712-20052
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