BUDGET PUBLICATION NO. 28 warta snti SOCIO-ECONOMIC REVIEW GUJARAT STATE 1990-91 NIEPA DC D05901 DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT GANDHINAGAR of Educational ***\ ?'0P 1>*’T 'C ',m) Mar ; D-5-30I PREFACE Socio-Economic Review of Gujarat State, 1990-91 attempts to depict a picture of the economic activities in the State during the year 1990-91. The Review also contains, notes on economic trends, statistical statements and charts, relating to different sectors of the economy and presents together available data on economic activities in the State. The Directorate is grateful to the various Government Departments for their co-operation in making the statistical data available for inclusion in this publica­ tion. Gandhinagar, V. B. SAVDASIA, Date: 7th February, 1991 Director EXPLANATORY NOTES The following symbols and abbreviations have been used in this publication — = Nil N.A. = Not available. N = Negligible. P = Provisional. R E . = Revised Estimates. B.E. = Budget Estimates. Q = Quick Estimates. S.R.S. = Sample Registration Scheme. -CONTENTS Sr. Page No. I Assessment of Economy In Brief ................ II Development in Important Sectors ................ 1 II-A National Sample Survey ............................. 53 U-B Economic Census, 1990................................... 61 III Gujarat State at a Glance-Comparison with India 65 IV Charts ..................................................... 73 V Statements................................................... S-l 1. Population : 1.1. Population of States of India-1981 ................................................ S- l 1.2 Annual estimates of population-Medium Projections ..................... S-3 1.3 Quinquennial projections of population (’00) by age and sex-As on 1st March 1981-2001-Gujarat State. (Medium Prfojections) ............................................. S-4 1.4 Growth of Population - Gujarat and India ................................. S-6 1.5 Districtwise Classification of workers and non-workers by industrial category-1981 .......................... S-8 1.6 Districtwise area, population, density of population, sex ratio, growth rate and percentage of urban population-1981 .. .. S-10 1.7 Districtwise Literacy percentage by rural and urban areas in Gujarat-1981 .............................................................. S -ll 1.8 Population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tibres in Gujarat-1 9 8 1 ...................................................................... S-12 1.9 Districtwise literacy rates by sex of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Gujarat, 1981 .. ...................... :. ... S-13 1.10 Districtwise Disabled population by type of disability-1981 ............................................ -......................... S-14 2. Net State Domestic Product: 2.1 Net State Domestic Product by Industry Group at current prices............................................................................... S-15 2.2 Net State Domestic Product by Industry Group at constant(1980-81) p ric e s ........................................... ............ S-18 2.3 Index numbers of Net State Domestic Product and Net National Product at constant (1980-81) prices ................ S-20 3. Agriculture: 3.1 Rainfall and normal rainfall ............. ............................ S-21 3.2 Land utilisation. ................................................ S-24 3.3 Area, Production and Yield per hectare of principal crops ....................................................... S-25 3.4 Index numbers of area under different crops in Gujarat State .. S-28 3.5 Index numbers of agricultural production in Gujarat State S-30 3.6 Index numbers of yields of crops in Gujarat State ....................... S-30 3.7 Area irrigated by sources ............... .................................... S-32 Sr. Page No 3.8 Area Irrigated by some Important crops.. S-32 3.9 Livestock and agricultural implements.. .. ..................... ..... S-33 3.10 Agriculture produce market committees, main yards , . and sub-market Yards by district ............................... S-34 4. Electricity: 4.1 Installed capacity, generation and sale of electricity .. ............... S-35 4.2 Number o f villages electrified in Gujarat State ................. .............■ S-35 5. M in in g: 5.1 Value of mineral p ro d u c tio n ............... .. ■ .. S-36 5.2 Production of important minerals ................................................ S-37 6. Industries: 6.1 Production of selected Industries ................................ S-38 6.2 Number of working factories and workers employed dally therein .......... .. .. .. .. ..' .. ....................................S-39 6.3 Number of working factories and workers employed .dally therein by Industry group .......................................................... S-40 6.4 Number of small scale industrial units registered. .. ...................S-42 6.5 Working of the Gujarat State Financial Corporation- Loans to industrial concerns ............... ............................ .. S-43 6.6 Industrial strikes and lockouts ... ................... .. S-44 t 6.7 Results of Annual Survey of Industries- Factoiy sector-All Industries .. .. .......................... S-45 6.8 Working joint stock companies... ..................... .\ S-45 6.9 Joint stock companies incorporated and registered .. ............ S-46 6.10 Joint stock companies which ceased working, went into liquidation, were struck off or otherwise became defunct............................. .. ...................... S-46 6.11 Index numbers of security prices and yields on Industrial securlties-Ahmadabad centre ....................... .. S-47 7. Life Insurance: 7.1 Life insurance statistics * ............................... .. S-48 8. Banking 8.1 Number of offices, centres^ deposits and bank credit of commercial banks in G ujarat.................... ........... S-48 8.2 Advances o f scheduled commercial banks to priority sectors in Gujarat .. ............................. .. .. S-49 9. P rices: 9.1 Index numbers of All India Wholesale prices by groups and su b -grou p s............................... S-52 9.2 Index numbers of Wholesale prices of certain agricultural commodities in Gujarat State .......................... S-55 9.3 Index numbers of retail price of certain agricultural commodities in Gujarat State...................................... S-56 9.4 Consumer price index numbers for industrial workers for selected centres of Gujarat State .. ............... S-57 Sr. Page No 9.5 Consumer price index numbers for Industrial workers for selected centres of In dia................................. .. .. S-59 9.6 Consumer price index numbers for Agricultural Labourers in Gujarat State ............... ................ .. S-60 10. Transport and Communication : 10.1 Length of roads .. .. - ......................... ................. .. S-61 10.2 Length of roads (except municipal) by type of surface .. .. S-61 10.3 Number of motor Vehicles registered ...................... .. S-62 10.4 Number of motor vehicles on road ............ .... .. .. S-63 10.5 Working pf the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation ............................................... .......... S-64 10.6 Cargo handled by ports in Gujarat .............................................S-65 10.7 Postal statistics.......................................................... .. .. S-65 11. Public Finance: 11.1 Number of Returns, Returned Income, Tax Payable and net income in Gujarat S t a t e ................................. S-66 11.2* Gerieral Budgetary position of Gujarat Government ....... '.. S-67 11.3 Tax receipts on revenue account.............. ... ....................... S-68 11.4 Number of dealers under Sales Tax A c t .......................... .. .. S-69 12. Employment * -12.1 Employment in public and private sector.. ............................ S-69 12.2 Employment in public and private Sector by industrial classification .................... .. ................. S-70 12.3 Working o f employment exchanges .. .................. .. ..S-70 12.4 Employment seekers by level of education ................... .. S-71 13. Housing: 13.1 Tenements under the management of Gujarat Housing Board ........................... .. .. ................. S-72 L4. Education: 14.1 Educational institutions and pupils th erein ................................ S-72 14.2 Number of sanctioned seats and actual admissions in technical education..................... ............ ....................S-73 15. Vital Statistics ; 15.1 Birth rate, death rate and infant mortality rate .............. ..S-73 16 Family Planning: 16.1 Sterilisation and IUD insertions ............................................. S-74 16.2 Births averted due to various methods of family planning ..................... ......................................S-74 16.3 Number of couples currently protected due to various methods of family planning........................ ............S-75 17. Co-operation: 17.1 Co-operative statistics ................. ................................... S-76 Hi ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMY IN BRIEF I 1.1 The South-west monsoon was general!/ favourable during 1989-90. Out of 35 meteorologi­ cal sub-divisions of the country, 29 sub-divisions received normal or excess rainfall and 5 received slightly less than normal rainfall, the total foodgrains production during 1989*90 is estimated at about 170.6 million tonnes showing a moderate increase of 0.4 percent on top of the record rise o f 20.8 percent in 1988-89. This consists of estimated