Vadodara INDEX 1 Vadodara: A Snapshot 2 Economy and Industry Profile 3 Industrial Locations / Infrastructure 4 Support Infrastructure 5 Social Infrastructure 6 Tourism 7 Investment Opportunities 8 Annexure 2 1 Vadodara: A Snapshot 3 Introduction: Vadodara § Vadodara, one of India’s most cosmopolitan cities, is located Map 1: Vadodara District Map with talukas to the south east of Ahmedabad, on the banks of river Vishwamitri § The district is referred to as the “SanskarNagari” (City of Culture) due to its rich cultural traditions § Vadodara is famous for its palaces, parks, temples and museums § Known as the ‘Gateway to the Golden Corridor’, as all the rail and road arteries that link Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad also connect Vadodara, including the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) § Focus Industry Sectors Savli § Chemicals & Petrochemicals § Pharmaceuticals ChotaUdepur Waghodia § Biotechnology Vadodara Jetpur Pavi Padra Sankheda § The district has 12 talukas, 15 towns and 1,548 villages, of Dabhoi Naswadi which the major towns are Vadodara (District Headquarter), Karjan Sinor Kwant Savli, Waghodia, Padra, Dabhoi, Karjanand Sankheda Taluka District Headquarter Source: Vadodara District Profile 2005-06 4 Fact File Geographical Longitude: 72.51° to 74.17° East Location Latitude: 21.49° to 22.49° North 44.5 ° Centigrade (Maximum) Temperature 8 ° Centigrade (Minimum) Average Rainfall 1732 mm Rivers Mahisagar, Narmada, Jaambua, Surya, Vishwamitri, Dhadhar Area 7,555 sq. km. District Headquarter Vadodara Talukas 12 Population 3.64 million (As per 2001 census) Population Density 482 persons per sq. km. Sex Ratio 919 Females per 1000 Males Literacy Rate 70.76% Seismic Zone Zone III Source: Vadodara District Profile 2005-06 5 2 Economy and Industry Profile 6 Economy and Industry Profile § The industrial clusters include Chemicals and Fertilizers, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Map 2: Distribution of Industries across the District Cotton textiles, Machine tools, Glass, Engineering, Tobacco, Fisheries and Dairy Textiles § Major crops cultivated are Rice, Wheat, Sorghum Chemicals Medicine (Jowar), Yellow Peas, Grams, Oilseeds, Glass Groundnut, Tobacco, Cotton and Sugarcane Engineering Cotton § The district has huge reserves of Dolomite and Tobacco Fluorspar Fertilizer Fisheries § Manufacturing plants of several private industry Dairy players, as well as Public Sector Units (PSUs) Source: Vadodara District Map, 2007 such as Gujarat Alkalis and Chemicals Limited (GACL) and Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (GSFC) are located here § Retail sector is booming with seven malls under construction and another six at the planning stage 7 Agriculture Map 3: Distribution of Major Crops in Vadodara § Total area under food grain cultivation was 2,46,700 hectares in 2005-06 in Vadodara Cotton § The district is the largest producer of pulses in Paddy Gujarat, contributing 14.7% to the total Jowar production Groundnut Wheat § Vadodara is among major fruit producing Bajra Source: Vadodara District Map, 2007 districts in the State, contributing 11.25 % to Fig 1: the total fruit production Area (Hectares) & Production of Crops (MT) 2006-07 § The district is a major cultivator of flowers in 30000 800000 25000 600000 the State, contributing 16% to the total 20000 production, of them Mogra(33.8%) Marigold 15000 400000 10000 200000 (18.3%) and Rose (14.2%) contribute a 5000 0 0 substantial share Fruits Vegetables Spices Flowers Area Production Source: Department of Agriculture, Government of Gujarat, 2007 8 Horticulture Fig 2: Production of Major Fruit Crops (MT) 2006-07 § The district is among the highest contributors Guava Cheeku 25792 to the total production of banana in the State Citrus 28845 (14.2%) 30002 Papaya § It is the largest producer of Brinjal in the 40446 State, contributing 12.6% to total production Mango 42027 Banana § Vadodara is the second largest producer of 414018 Ø Guava (22.6%) Ø Okra (13.4%) Fig 3: Area (Hectares) & Production (00’MT) of Food & Non Food Crops (2006-07) Ø Tomato (12.7%) 1852 Ø Turmeric (16.8%) 1538 § In addition, it is the third largest producer of 4153 1934 751 247 papaya (9.7%) and custard apple (15.3%) 362 929 § Vadodara is one of the 4 districts in Gujarat Cereals Pulses Oilseeds Cotton producing cashew nuts Production Area Source: Department of Agriculture, Government of Gujarat, 2007 9 Minerals § Mineral reserves include dolomite, fluoride, black trap, quartz, fluorspar, agate, gravel, marble, graphite, manganese ore, and granite Map 4: Mineral Based Industries § Dolomite (7,200 lakh tonnesreserves) and fluorspar (116 lakh tonnesreserves) occur only in Vadodara § The district accounts for as much as 98% of the total production of dolomite in Gujarat § Fluorite is produced in Kwanttaluka Fig 4: Production of Major Minerals (MT) (2006-07) Lavigation Plant (China Clay, Caustic Soda & Soda Ash Marble 664 Chalk, Fireclay) Dolomite PulverisingUnit Building Stone 1750 Fertilizer Plant Fluorspar Benefication Quartz 52730 Fire Bricks Unit Marble Cutting & Polishing Crockery/Ceramics Unit Gravel 91124 Plant Dolomite 319825 Brick Sand 600330 Black Trap 1725580 Sand 5752210 Source: Vadodara District Profile 2005-06 10 Major Industries § Information on some of the key players that have made substantial investments in Vadodara during the period from 1983 to 2007 is given in Table 1 Table 1 : Major Players in Vadodara* Name of Company Taluka Production Chemicals & Petrochemicals Alembic Vadodara Fluconazolebulk, Azithrpmycin, Electric Power Generation Bharat Starch Industries Limited Padra Citric Acid Gujarat Alkaliesand Chemicals Vadodara Hydrogen Peroxide, Caustic Soda, etc. Limited (GACL) Gujarat State Fertilizers & Vadodara Caprolactum, Ammonia, Melamine, etc. Chemicals Ltd. (GSFC) Indian Oil Corporation Limited Vadodara LPG, Petroleum products, etc. (IOCL) Indian Petrochemical Vadodara PolybutadieneRubber Corporation Limited (IPCL) Engineering & Auto Apollo Tyres Limited Waghodia Tyres and tubes AseaBrown BoveriLtd. Vadodara Steam/Gas Turbines upto500 MW CG Glass Limited Padra Tubular Glass Shells, Bulbs and Tubes, etc. JCT Electronics Limited Karjan Cathode Ray Tube Others Bell GranitoCeramics Ltd. Padra Ceramics Granite Tiles GE India Industrial Private Ltd. Vadodara Alloys & Chemicals IC Textiles Ltd. Vadodara Cotton Yarn Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat, 2007 * Indicative List 11 Major Industries Map 5: Major Industry Players in Vadodara* Savli Bhadarva Vadodara * Indicative List 12 Small Scale Industries (SSI) § There are over 18,000 SSI units in Vadodara, the maximum being in the repairing and servicing industry (5,713 units) § Other key small scale industries include textiles, metal works, chemicals, equipments, rubber products and food products Fig 5 & 6 : Key Small Scale Industrial Units 56 173 Glass, Ceramics & 3840 Repairing, Servicing & others Cement 885 543 5713 Textiles Equipments related to Electricity Metal works Paper & its Products 1047 Chemicals Equipments/Machinery Wood & its Products 601 1145 Rubber & its products Non Ferrous Metals Food Products 829 1316 1923 Others Leather 1357 1615 753 Tobacco Source: Vadodara District Profile 2005-06 13 Industry and Investment Trends § As per the Industrial Entrepreneur Fig 7 : Memoranda (IEM) filed, several sectors Comparative Investment in Key Sectors showed major increase in investments over over Last Two Decades (INR Crore) a period of last two decades (1988 –2007) 3722 § Investments in key industry segments such 1883 as Chemicals, Boilers & Steam generating equipments and glass showed a major 872 255 376 42 149 22 increase in the past decade (1988 –1997) 120 40 106 12 16 9 Boilers & Sugar Vegetable Glue & Chemicals Machine Glass § The growth in investments in Chemicals Steam Oils Gelatin (olther than Tools Generating fertilizers) excluding fertilizers is almost 98 % over last 1988 - 1997 1998 - 2007 decade (1988 –1997) § Other industry segments showing growth in investments include sugar, vegetable oils, fermentation industries & transportation Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat, 2007 14 Industry and Investment Trends Fig 8: Major Investments during 1988 –1997 (INR Crore) § In the last decade (1988 –1997), maximum 2281 investments were observed in the sectors 1883 such as Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Textiles, 1599 Plastics and Pharmaceuticals 959 882 § Of these, Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals were highly labour intensive and created Petrochemicals & Chemicals (other Textiles Plastics & Plastic Drugs & Refinery than fertilizers) Products Pharmaceuticals maximum employment opportunities Fig 9: § In the current decade (1998 –2007) as well, Major Investments during 1998 –2007 (INR Crore) Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals are among 3722 the top five investment generating sectors § New sectors with high investments during this 1774 period include Infrastructure, Glass and 872 671 477 Transportation Chemicals (other Infrastructure Glass Transportation Drugs & than fertilizers) Projects Pharmaceuticals Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat, 2007 15 Investments in Pipeline Fig 10: § 38 MoUs have been signed during Vibrant Gujarat : Number of MoUs Signed (INR Crore) VGGIS (03, 05, 07) 27 Global Investors’Summits (VGGIS) held during 13161.5 2003, 2005 and 2007, with a total investment to the tune of INR 14,414 crore (USD 3.43 billion) § The major sectors that have witnessed maximum 8 3 investments include Biotechnology and Chemicals & 950 302.6 Petrochemicals 2003 2005 2007 MoU Investment §