હવે ગણતરીના દિવસોમાં જ ગુજરાત સરકારના 2011-12ના વર્ષ માટેના બજેટમાં વિકાસની નવી તરાહ અને નવી સીમા રેખાઓનો નકશો રજૂ થશે. ગુજરાત સમગ્ર દેશનું 'ગ્રોથ એન્જિન' બની ચૂક્યું છે. નવા વર્ષે તેની આવક અનેકગણી વધે એ માટેના પ્રયાસો થશે. અનેક નવા કાર્યક્રમો નવી નીતિઓ, યોજનાઓ જાહેર થશે. દરમિયાન વર્તમાન સમયમાં ગુજરાત વિકાસની દિશામાં આગળ વધી રહ્યું છે. તેના પર એક નજર કરવાનું રસપ્રદ રહેશે. આ રહ્યો એ સંપુટ...
વિકાસ દર : રાષ્ટ્રના 9 ટકાના વિકાસ દર સામે ગુજરાતનો વિકાસદર 12.79 ટકા, સૌથી વધુ છે.
કૃષિ વિકાસ : રાષ્ટ્રના 2.5 ટકાના વિકાસ દર સામે ગુજરાતનો કૃષિ વિકાસદર 11.2 ટકા
માનવદિવસ : ભારતે ઔદ્યોગિક ક્ષેત્રે 46 લખથી વધુ માનવદિવસ ગુમાવ્યા. ગુજરાતે માત્ર 87000 માનવદિવસની ખોટ કરી.
ગ્રામ વીજળીકરણ : રાષ્ટ્રના 82 ટકાની સરેરાશ સામે ગુજરાતમાં 100 ટકા પૂરી.
રોજગારી : ભારતમાં રોજગાર વિનિમય કચેરીઓ દ્વારા અપાયેલી રોજગારી 1,77,000, જ્યારે એકલા ગુજરાતમાં 99,000 (56 ટકા)
ડ્રોપ આઉટ રેશિયો : રાષ્ટ્રીય 9.36 ટકાની સામે ગુજરાતમાં માત્ર 2.98 ટકા
માથાદીઠ આવક : રાષ્ટ્રની સરેરાશ માથાદીઠ આવક રૂ.33,283ની સામે ગુજરાતની માથાદીઠ સરેરાશ આવક R 45,773
સામાન્ય પગારદારની માસિક આવક : રૂ.12,200 અને કરવેરા : રૂ.2357
કેન્દ્ર સરકારની પોલિસી અને પ્રમોશન વિભાગના જણાવ્યા પ્રમાણે 1991થી 2008ના 17 વર્ષોમાં થયેલાં આઇઇએલ ઇન્ડસ્ટ્રીયલ એન્ટરપ્રેન્યોરીઅલ મેમોરેન્ડમની કુલ રકમમાં સમગ્ર દેશમાં ગુજરાત પ્રથમ નંબરે છે.
રિઝર્વ બેન્ક ઓફ ઇન્ડિયાના જણાવ્યા મુજબ રાજ્યની 100 યોજનાઓમાં કુલ રૂ.62,442 કરોડ આઇએમઆર (લગભગ 15 અબજ ડોલર)નું રોકાણ અંદાજાયું છે, જે દેશના કુલ રોકાણના 22 ટકા હિસ્સા સાથે ગુજરાતને પ્રથમ ક્રમે મૂકે છે.
પ્રોસેસ કરેલા હીરા અને દિવાલ ઘડિયાળનું વિશ્વનું સૌથી વધુ ઉત્પાદન ગુજરાત કરે છે. જામનગરની પેટ્રોલિયમ રિફાઇનરી વિશ્વની ત્રીજા નંબરની સૌથી મોટી રિફાઇનરી છે. વૈશ્વિક સ્તરે ડેનીમ કાપડના ઉત્પાદનમાં પણ રાજ્યનો ત્રીજો નંબર છે. ભારતનું સૌથી મોટું કપાસ ઉત્પાદક રાજ્ય ગુજરાત છે.
વિવિધ ઔદ્યોગિક ક્ષેત્રો જેવાંકે રસાયણ, પેટ્રો રસાયણ, દવા-ઔષધ, ડેરી, સિમેન્ટ, સિરામિક, હીરા-ઝવેરાત, કાપડ અને ઇજનેરી ક્ષેત્રોમાં સમગ્ર દેશમાં ગુજરાતની જ નેતાગીરી છે.
'સેઝ' (સ્પેશિયલ ઇકોનોમી ઝોન) હેઠળ આવરી લેવાયેલા દેશના કુલ વિસ્તારમાં ગુજરાત પ્રથમ નંબરે છે. રાજ્યામાં 60 સેઝ મંજૂર થઇ ચૂક્યા છે. 'સ્પેશ્યલ ઇન્વેસ્ટમેન્ટ રિજિઅન (સર)', દિલ્હી-મુંબઇ ડેડીકેટેડ કોરીડોર, પેટ્રોલિયમ-કેમિકલ-પેટ્રોલિયમ ઇન્વેસ્ટમેન્ટ રિજિઅન, ગુજરાત ઇન્ટરનેશનલ ફાઇનાન્સ ટેક સીટી (ગીફટ) અને નોલેજ કોરીડોર રાજ્યમાં વિશેષપણે સાકાર થઇ રહ્યા છે. રાજ્યમાં 202 ઔદ્યોગિક વસાહતો અને 83 'પ્રોડક્ટ કલસ્ટર' ઉભાં થયેલાં જ છે.
સમગ્ર રાજ્યમાં 2200 કિલોમીટરની ઇન્ટીગ્રેટેડ ગેસ ગ્રીડ ધરાવતું એકમાત્ર રાજ્ય ગુજરાત છે. ગુજરાત પેટ્રોલિયમ નિગમને આંધ્રના કૃષ્ણા-ગોદાવરી ક્ષેત્રમાં ગેસનો ઘણો મોટો જથ્થો મળી આવ્યો છે.
કેન્દ્રના ઉર્જા ખાતાના જણાવ્યા પ્રમાણે સમગ્ર દેશમાં વીજળીની સ્થાપિત ક્ષમતામાં ગુજરાત ત્રીજા નંબરે છે.
કુલ ઔદ્યોગિક ઉત્પાદનમાં ગુજરાતનો હિસ્સો 16 ટકા, કુલ નિકાસમાં 21 ટકા, શેરબજારના રોકાણમાં ભાગીદારી 30 ટકા.
કેન્દ્ર સરકારના પોતાના આંકડાશાસ્ત્ર અને કાર્યક્રમ અમલીકરણ વિભાગે 20 મુદ્દાના કાર્યક્રમના શ્રેષ્ઠ અમલ માટે ગુજરાતને 'નંબર-1' જાહેર કર્યું છે.
On the eve of entering 10th year of his rule as Gujarat Chief Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed a press conference in Ahmedabad’s GLS auditorium on Wednesday, and announced state government’s plan to install Sardar Patel’s 182 meter high ‘Statue of Unity’ 3 km away from Narmada dam at a place known as Sadhu bet.
Proposed statue will be double in height compare to America’s Statue of Liberty, and five times higher than Reao Di Janero based Jesus Christ statue. It will be the highest statue in the world, The Chief Minister in his video presentation said, there will be surveys conducted for environmental and other issues related to this project. He said, a research centre for good governance will come up in the statue complex. One would be able to reach the statue through boat ride in the river.
At kankaria lakefront, soon you would be able to go up into the sky to have a view of the city from height. A tethered balloon will be brought here and tied by motorised rope. It and will go up for more than 300 ft vertically. It will be steady there for some time, and will be brought down then after. In a platform of balloon, several people will be able to stand and enjoy the view from height. The balloon is being imported from England for this purpose. This will be the first of its kind attraction in India. The ticket prices are yet not decided. Source : Deshgujarat
To develop Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) as global manufacturing and trading hub i.e. "The engine for economic resurgence of the country" which is supported by world class infrastructure.
"The Development Plan, taking into account the DMIC objectivs and goals, should focus towards creating and enabling environmentto protect local industries, enhance investment climate, improve quality of life, upgrade human skils, create world class infrastucture and attract global investment".
Project goals are to double the employement potential, triple industrial output and quadruple exports from the region in next five years.
Dholera SIR - Overview
Total Area : 800 sq. kms: a green field location
Developable area: 500 sq. kms.
Economic activity area : 360 sq. kms
World-class infrastructure & connectivity: within & outside
Central spine express way & Metro Rail to link the SIR with mega cities
Airport & Sea Port in the vicinity
Proximity to mega cities: Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Vadodara
Benefit of sea coast, nature park, golf course
Premium civic amenities
Capable to cater to both International & Domestic Market
Close to Guajrat International Finance TechCity (GIFT)
Close to Petro-chemicals and Petroleum Inv. Region (PCPIR)
Logistic support of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DMIC)
Benefits of the high impact Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
Public investment in core infrastructure
Project Highlights & Opportunities
Dholera SIR: Highlights
A self governed economic region enjoying full support of the government and full potential for private sector participation
Logistic support of the Delhi-Mumbai Dedicated Freight Corridor linked with efficient rail and road network.
To be linked with Ahmedabad city with metro rail system
Proximity to sea port, Closeness to international airport
Premium civic amenities
Close to Gujarat International Finance City (GIFT)
Close to Petro-chemicals and Petroleum Inv. Region (PCPIR)
Autonomy in operations
Flexibility in decisions
Single window clearance
Dispute Resolution mechanism
Opportunities in SIR
To build the industrial parks, townships, knowledge cities
In building its infrastructure: road, rail, hospital, water, sanitation, tourism, and hospitality
Set up the metro rail system & international airport
Potential for development as a multi-modal transportation hub due to lesser distance to all the northern Indian States.
Build world class transport service foreign markets
Current Status
Pre-feasibility study completed by M/s Feed Back Ventures
Location identified along with details of the area
The work on the central spine road already started
Notification issued for delineation of 879 Sq. Km of Area as DSIR
Government allocates 1700 Hect. land for adjoining Airport
Anchor Tenants already in place
Master planning underway by M/s Halcrow, UK
Water logging, seismological & environment studies underway
The legal framework enacted: The SIR Act 2009
Project development corporation (GICC) formed
For more details visit : http://www.dholerasir.com
…India’s biggest major planned skyscraper CBD outside Mumbai, Gujarat’s and India’s tallest commercial skyscraper, Gujarat’s first major commercial skyscraper, and one of the biggest single megaprojects in India!
The Indian Skyscraper Race is ON.
This last year has been big for Indian architecture and development fans. A total of 7 megaprojects with supertall towers have been either approved or beginning construction (sadly, only a handful of them with renderings released), each of them vying to grab the coveted title of “India’s Tallest Building.”
But this latest project, located at Gandhinagar, the capital city of the über-industrial Indian state of Gujarat, and nearby the state’s commercial capital of Ahmedabad, its a home-run hit deep to left field (or maybe I should try to speak in cricket terms… a deep sixer(??)) Why? Although it may not necessarily win the title of India’s tallest building (not for long anyway), the project certainly has all the megaprojects made public beat in terms of sheer massing and scale.
For more information, renderings and news of this projectoriginally posted by me on Skyscrapercity.com, read on!…
^ Views of the CBD and skyline
Boasting 17 high rise commercial buildings — the tallest being the signature 80-storey, 400m “Diamond Tower” — as well as an artificial island, integrated mass transit and dedicated expressways, residential townships, and dedicated power supply, the 500 acre GIFT aims to be Global Financial Services hub. The project, is being developed by the Gujarat Finance City Development Company Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between the Gujarat government and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS) as a Public-Private partnership, will employ 400,000 people and house 50,000 residents.
^ Perspective and View of the GIFT skyline
Arguably India’s most economically proactive and reform-minded state, Gujarat’s second-tier metropolises have chafed under the shadow of nearby Maharashtra state’s (and India’s) financial capital of Mumbai. It is this rivalry that has triggered the rapid industrialization of the state and the vision and drive to try to directly compete with India’s biggest city (though with a population of 5.7 million, the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar urban agglomeration is no slouch either.)
The Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, well placed between the political and commercial capitals of Gujarat, was conceived as the beginning of that competition. Designed to kick Mumbai in the FDI balls, GIFT is developed as India’s first major supertall CBD project that is designed to be the focal point of India’s booming financial services market — in direct competition with Mumbai — by providing companies with all those things Mumbai is still developing: comprehensive infrastructure, power, verticalized office space, and a well designed, planned and expandable urban form. Its strong proximity and infrastructure connectivity with Mumbai ensures that mutually beneficial development occurs between the two metros.
The project is being planned to be at or above par with presently acknowledged globally benchmarked financial centers such as Shinjuku (Tokyo), Lujiazui (Shanghai), La Defense (Paris) and Dockyards (London). Size-wise too, at over 7.5 million sq. feet of built up space in Phase 1 of the project alone, it is almost twice as massive as in Shinjuku, Luijiazui, La Defense and Dockyards combined! However, with India’s financial sector employing 10 million people by 2020, it hardly puts a dent in the 800 million sq feet of office space needed for this industry alone… implies what big things are in store for Indian commercial development in the near future!
__ ______________ ^ Views of the highrises and of Diamond Tower
Inspired by the boom cities of China, the city is being masterplanned by East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (ECADI), which is responsible for planning much of Shanghai, and Fairwood Consultants India, one of India’s largest and fastest growing consulting firms. According to Mr Yao Wen Lin, board chairman of ECADI, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City will be designed “to a standard that would be superior to one in Shanghai, China”.
^ Riverfront recreational and greenspace development
GIFT is designed as an extremely environmentally friendly development that will have the lowest per capital energy consumption of any Indian metro. The project itself will boast an impressive green area covering 65% of the total land, in large part due to the number of skyscrapers. In addition, the area long the Sabarmati River’s banks will be developed into a riverfront recreational area, complementing the riverfront developments planned for Ahmedabad. The project will also boast a museum, large conference center and gardens on the man made Fortune Island, where Diamond Tower is located. In addition to expressway linkages, GIFT will also boast underground arterial road, as well as MRTS/LRTS/BRTS connections and abundant parking.
Phase 1 of the project, which will begin construction in March, 2008 and to be completed by 2010, will consist of the 400m Diamond Tower and the core CBD of GIFT, comprising a total of 25.8 million sq ft. Already, 15 million sq ft. of the floorspace of this first phase has already been secured by a host of national and international companies, with MOUs for the other 10 million in the works. Two more phases will then be rolled out for an eventual 2017 completion date.
Exciting times for the Indian architecture enthusiast indeed!
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