GUJARAT - AN ENTREPRENEUR DREAM
Gujarat is a strategic location between Northern INDIA and the Southern India with excellent trade connections. From here, the lucrative Westerb INDIAN, Central INDIAN and Northern INDIAN markets can be easily reached. Considering import/re-export ratio Gujarat is the most important re-export centre in India after Mumbai & Delhi. On the west coast of India, the State of Gujarat has some of the country's most dynamic entrepreneurs who are original in their thinking, fast paced and extremely friendly. Endowed with rich natural resources, a vast reservoir of skilled manpower and one of the most developed industrial infrastructures, the State contributes significantly to the economic development of the nation. Gujarat has become one of the most preferred locations for industrial investment in the country.

Leading Industrial and Commercial city of Gujarat

• Geographical Status
• 230 1' North Latitude
• 720 41' East Longitude
• Seventh Largest City of India
• On the Bank of River Sabarmati
• Connected with other Mega cities by Railways , Roads and Air Transportation

Gujarat : Industrial Sector (Ahmedabad is Commercial Capital of GUJARAT)
The dynamism that has always reflected Gujarat's economic growth has filtered down through the ages. The drive to be among the foremost states of India in all spheres of activites is infectious - and representative of the state's people as well as those in power. Only in the past decade or so there has been a focused approach towards making Gujarat the most industrialized state in India.

The state of Gujarat is blessed with rich natural resources with fertile ago-climatic conditions. With the critical support of industrial infrastructure and transport network, Gujarat truly presents itself as a land of limitless opportunities - a fact that has been attested by economists and policy planners. Gujarat's proactive industrial policy drafted by its farsighted economic and policy mandarins, aims to tap these vast untapped potential of this diverse region. Needless to say, that the 'growth oriented' strategies has indeed turbocharged industrial growth in Gujarat and has rejuvenated inflow of funds and industrial activity of the state. Analysts aver that the infrastructure growth of state's economy lies in it's industrial and technological development. Keeping this in context, the state government has chalked out ambitious plans to forceful industrial growth.

Gujarat's industrial blue print seeks to achieve speedy and balanced development of industries and industrial hubs by creating favorable conditions for installation and expansion of industrial units.

Global corporations were now perceiving India in a different light and had already pinpointed India as one of the most attractive investment outposts in the world. In order to cash in on this changed global environment, the state government has been actively promoting several core sectors to foreign investment thus encouraging domestic and multinational companies to participate in core industrial projects.

Gujarat holds tremendous promise for multinational and domestic corporations by way of investment opportunities. Support mechanisms with respect to law and order have been stepped up to create an atmosphere of security for corporate house and entrepreneurs. Proactive to the needs of core and sub sectors, the state government has provided customized segment support packages on a continuous basis in consultation with the industry a move that has kick started a slew of small and medium scale industrial units.

With foreign direct investments becoming increasingly imperative for core sectors projects the Gujarat government has adhered to a strategic investment promotional program that would create circumstances to facilitate investor participation there by making Gujarat the leading state in the country for foreign investments.

With the liberalization of the Indian economy and the innate need to become globally competitive, it is crucial for any state to have a power infrastructure to cater to the industrial and growing services sectors. The increasing demand for power has always been looked upon as key driver to the concomitant growth of a state's economy. In order to facilitate fast track industrial growth, the state government has given critical components of infrastructure viz. AUTOMOBILE, power, real estate, telecommunication and air & road a greater thrust by adopting concrete and dynamic policies to turbocharged infrastructure development.