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www.indyacomics.com Shri. SmT. Anandiben Patel Honorable Prime Minister of Honorable Chief Minister of Gujarat

am happy to learn that Gujarat is gearing up to organize the 7th ujarat – one of India’s most progressive states with a positive I Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in January, 2015. This is a matter of Gdevelopment quotient has always capitalized on its strength personal satisfaction as I have seen the evolution of this platform since to leverage strategic opportunities. Its emerging channels of its inception. It has transformed itself from an Investment Promotion progress thrive on business-friendly policies, pro-people, proactive Exercise into a Growth Propelling Event. Transcending state boundaries, administration, which has led to the creation of a globally preferred the Summit has emerged as a significant national and international investment destination. platform for sharing of knowledge, ideas and innovations. As the spirit of enterprise persists, gujarat today is leveraging its I wish the Event all success. I also take this opportunity to assure equity through knowledge, skill and global competence to drive future the investor community in general and participants in particular that development. along with the , the Government of India is also committed to ensuring a conducive environment for innovation and As a new vision entrenches itself, gujarat is well poised to accelerate enterprise. india’s growth in the 21st century. Welcome to Gujarat – the land of unlimited opportunity. SARDAR VALLABHBHAI INTERNATIONAL Airport at Coincidentally two Friends meet up at THE , gujarat is a bustling airport with International Airport Immigration Lounge.. modern amenities.. Hello Hello Suzuki.. Swamy.. It’s a what a pleasure to surprise! meet you TOO.

Suzuki is a senior executive at a multinational Japanese Firm and Swami is an Investment Banking professional, is a clean & green capital city of based in USA. Both were batchmates in an International the state of GUJARAT in India.. Executive Program at Harvard..

As they are talking..They are astonished to see Weber They are all so pleasantly surprised meeting each other.. and Durand walk into the same lounge.. What a coincidence Yes.. Came here Me that we are all to be a part of VIBRANT too! meeting at the GUJARAT.. what about same time! you all?

Weber is the president of a very large BRITISH Automobile firm and Durand is the CFO1 of a large AUSTRALIAN Aviation company. they were ALSO part of the same executive program at Harvard..

As they complete the immigration formalities..They head As they savor coffee .. to a coffee shop at THE Airport.. And the State of GUJARAT in India India is fast IS LEADING BY AN speedy emerging as the Friendly EXAMPLE.. immigration clearance economic super staff, I MUST too. power. say!

1. CFO, chief financial offic 1 MEGA projects BIG1 2020 AGENDA IS CREATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT The Government was a great man.. If AFTER HAVING YES, YOU ARE TO PLAN FURTHER & ALLROUND ECONOMIC of India has started a time permits, I wish to UNDERSTOOD SO MUCH ABOUT ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.. DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS ACHIEVING NATIONAL AND DO YOU GUYS Yeah.. I have beautiful campaign called visit Sabarmati ashram, GUJARAT, I SHOULD ADMIT THAT THERE HAVE YOU ALL INTERNATIONAL Opportunities IN ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION, KNOW MAHATMA read about Mahatma ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’1 the place where ARE ROBUST FACTS BACKING OUR HEARD ABOUT THE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, SEZ2 & INVESTMENT GANDHI IS FROM THE Gandhiji. He is known as – India’s biggest-ever Gandhiji lived. INVESTMENTS IN THIS STATE.. BIG1 2020.. REGIONS, TOURISM, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STATE OF GUJARAT the father of the cleanliness drive AND HUMAN RESOURCE TOO.. nation. on Gandhiji’s DEVELOPMENT. birthday.

WHATS THAT?! THIS SEEMS TO BE AMONG THE LARGEST AGENDA BY A STATE GOVERNMENT IN INDIA.. CAN YOU EXPLAIN FURTHER..

YES.. SOME OF THE MAJOR A SPEND OF ABOUT Next Morning they meet for breakfast again.. PROJECTS CONCEIVED UNDER THIS TRULY LARGE USD6 200 BILLION IS PLANNED AGENDA ARE Power Generation, Strong application TOWARDS ACHIEVING 2020 SIMPLY OUTSTANDING I Yeah.. The Government has of AND solar power, Natural Gas Have you guys OBJECTIVES OF THE STATE. SHOULD SAY..CAN YOU AM GETTING upcoming policies in Textile, Industries, infrastructure, Coal Gasification, DFC3 ALONG WITH heard about the news TELL US A LITTLE MORE ON TO HEAR SO Defense Offset, Education, Agriculture, DMIC4 PROJECT, GIFT,5 Bullet Train PROJECT, Metro regarding the upcoming EACH OF THOSE BIG1 2020 MANY AMAZING smart city policy on next-generation, Health Rail Transportation project AND government policies for PROJECTS. FACTS ABOUT investments in different sector.. which are expected to be Kalpsar project. GUJARAT.. I’M sectors in Gujarat? investor friendly GLAD I MADE IT HERE..

THAT IS REALLY A LARGE AGENDA.. WHAT IS THE PROPOSED SPEND ON THOSE PROJECTS?

DFC3 IS A HI-SPEED CONNECTIVITY The state FOR HIGH AXLE LOAD WAGONS OF DOUBLE-STACKED THE IDENTIFIED with better rail-road yes.. DEVELOPMENT NODES FOR DFC3 & how about developing CONTAINER TRAINS SUPPORTED BY HIGH-POWER connectivity, highest SINCE WE HAVE SOME DMIC4 PROJECTS IN GUJARAT ARE a report card on LOCOMOTIVES BETWEEN DELHI AND MUMBAI AND THIS PROJECT number of airports, TIME, WE can EVALUATE 4 PALANPUR, AHMEDABAD, BHARUCH, Hmm… I also read about investment possibilities DMIC ARE FUTURISTIC INDUSTRIAL CITIES AROUND WILl BE THE greener capital city, THE ADVANTAGES OF VADODARA, AND the recently released 2014 in gujarat? BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACK. KEY GROWTH in all provides an INVESTING VALSAD. policy on IT,2 eGov3 and ESDM,4 DRIVER IN THIS excellent investment IN GUJARAT. which too raises investors‘ STATE. ecosystem. confidence..

WOW.. THIS IS REALLY A WORK OF A TRUE VISIONARY. and.. They start their analysis on each focus sector..

1. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan; Clean India campaign; 2. IT, information technology; 3. eGOV, e-Governance; 4. ESDM, Electronic System 1. BIG, Blueprint for Infrastructure in Gujarat; 2. SEZ, special economic zone; 3. DFC, Dedicate Freight Corridor; 4. DMIC, Delhi-Mumbai Design & Manufacturing. Industrial Corridor Project; 5. GIFT, Gujarat International Finance Tech City; 6. USD, US dollars. 2 3 INTERESTINGLY, GUJARAT HAS BEEN the first state in India manufacturing TO enact a legal framework for the SIR1 – The Gujarat ANOTHER MEGA about Textile sector Special Investment Region Act 2009, enables the WHAT ABOUT PROJECT IS GIFT,4 WHICH IS State Government to establish, develop, operate and THE MANUFACTURING GUJARAT IS A OTHER SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST LEADER IN TEXTILE SECTOR regulate the Special Investment Regions DECISIVELY PROJECTS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES AND IT5 SEZ6 INDUSTRY OF GUJARAT CAN BE CATEGORIZED 2 COMPRISING OF 1560 MEDIUM AND LARGE AND EFFICIENTLY. THEREFORE, DHOLERA, PCPIR, HALOL-SAVLI, BIG3 2020. IN THE COUNTRY WITH WORLD INTO Textile, Engineering, Automobile & Auto SANTALPUR, NAVLAKHI, ALIYABET AND MANDAL-BECHRAJI Ancillaries, Chemical Sector, Gems & Jewellery, TEXTILE UNITS AND ALSO IT HAS LEVERAGED CLASS ARCHITECTURE WHiCH IS THE ADVANTAGE OF CAPITAL INTENSITY IN ALREADY HAVE A NOTIFIED SIR1 STATUS. TRULY FUTURISTIC.. Pharmaceuticals, Electronics & System Design. TEXTILE INDUSTRY TRIGGERING CAPITAL AND HUMAN PRODUCTIVITY. THAT’S IMPRESSIVE!!

VERY INTERESTING INDEED.. I ALSO GOT TO KNOW THAT THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR OF GUJARAT HAS SHOWN ALMOST 216% YET ANOTHER LARGE GROWTH WITH a CAGR1 OF 10.11% INVESTMENT IS BEING MADE IN THE OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS. PRESTIGIOUS BULLET TRAIN PROJECT BETWEEN NOW..WHAT IT’S ALL UNDERWAY.. MUMBAI AND AHMEDABAD, WHICH COMES UNDER THE ABOUT THE Power generation capacity PURVIEW OF BIG3 2020 PROJECTS. ALSO SIMILARLY ARE THE NEW textile POLICY IS AMBITIOUS POWER IS poised to increase to 31,000 MW THE GOVERNMENT IS METRO AND LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS IN AHMEDABAD & SURAT EXPECTED TO ATTRACT AN INVESTMENT OF GENERATION by 2020. A VERY LARGE WATER GRID ENVISAGING SIGNIFICANT AS WELL AS PLANS TO RADICALLY TRANSFORM OVER USD2 3 billion CREATING NEW EMPLOYMENT PROJECT.. SUPPORTED BY 18 DAMS IN THE INVESTMENTS IN APPAREL EXISTING CITIES AND CREATE GREEN DO YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVER 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE, STATE IS ALSO BEING CONCURRENTLY AND TEXTILE SECTORS. DEVELOPED FOR IRRIGATION SATELLITE TOWNSHIPS AND CITIES.. MORE INFO? 50% OF THEM BEING RURAL WOMEN, DURING AS WELL AS CONSUMPTION.. THE NEXT 5 YEARS.

YEAH..

ABUNDANCE OF RAW ALL THESE BIG3 2020 PROJECTS THIS WAY GUJARAT THREE DEDICATED MATERIALS, HUMAN RESOURCE INCLUDING HEALTH, INFRASTRUCTURE, WILL BE ONE OF THE TEXTILE SEZs3 HAVE BEEN SKILL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, GROWTH REACH BEST PLACES TO LIVE PLANNED TO BE DEVELOPED IN CONTEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE OUT TO EVEN THE REMOTEST PARTS OF IN BY 2020.. AHMEDABAD, WHILE ONE SUCH MAKE THIS ONE OF THE MOST GUJARAT, WHICH IS TRULY VISIONARY YES, WE SEZ,3 SURAT APPAREL PARK, POTENTIAL SECTORS TO BY NATURE. THINK SO IS FUNCTIONAL. INVEST INTO. TOO..

ALL THIS WILL DEFINETLY BRING IN VERY HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE TO GUJARAT.

1. SIR, specialized investment region; 2, PCPIR, Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Regions; 3. BIG, Blueprint for Infrastructure 1. CAGR, Compound annual growth rate; 2. USD, US dollars; 3. SEZ, Special Economic Zone. in Gujarat; 4. GIFT, Gujarat International Finance Tech City; 5. IT, information technology; 6. SEZ, Special Economic Zone. 4 5 Engineering Automobile THE ENGINEERING THE SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY IS A SIGNIFICANT Gujarat is SECTOR IN GUJARAT COMPRISES THERE IS A FDI1 IS ALLOWED IN AUTOMOBILE & CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PRODUCTION emerging as a key investment OF MORE THAN 300 UNITS IN LARGE HUGE OPPORTUNITY AUTO COMPONENT MANUFACTURING, HEAVY OF BRASS PARTS, FOUNDRY, FORGING destination in this SECTOR AND 75,000 UNITS IN AWAITING INVESTORS IN & LIGHT ENGINEERING PRODUCTS AND 1 & MACHINE TOOLS, OIL ENGINES & sector. SME sector. THE AUTOMOBILE MACHINE TOOLS SECTOR.. ELECTRIC MOTORS, SUBMERSIBLE SEGMENT.. PUMPS & INDUSTRIAL VALVES AND BEARINGS.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

GUJARAT IS DEVELOPING STATE-OF-THE- And also ART INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AND IT IS ALSO INTRODUCING India is fast emerging as Bajaj Auto, electric cars are THE INDUSTRY-FOCUSED INVESTMENT REFORMS AND FLEXIBLE a global R&D hub.. Private players, Hero MotoCorp and M&M plan likely to be a sizeable ENGINEERING REGIONS. LABOR LAWS. to jointly develop a technology market segment in the 1 such as Hyundai, Suzuki, GM, are keen to set SME CLUSTER OF GUJARAT up R&D base in India, Strong education base, for two-wheelers to run on coming decade.. IS MAINLY CONCENTRATED large skilled English-speaking manpower natural gas.. AT AHMEDABAD, ANAND, and Comparative cost advantages are the RAJKOT, VADODARA, HOW ABOUT key drivers in this sector. SURENDRANAGAR, THE PROJECT JAMNAGAR, MEHSANA, CLEARANCES? PANCHMAHAL AND KUTCH.

UNITS COMING IN THESE CLUSTERS WILL BE PROVIDED SINGLE WINDOW CLEARANCES AND STREAMLINED AND HASSLE-FREE PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING VARIOUS APPROVALS.

THE GUJARAT GOVERNMENT IS ALSO AM SURE THERE PROMOTING INSTITUTIONS, WILL BE A BEELINE OF Key investments can also be EXISTING COMPONENT SUCH AS SPACE APPLICATION INVESTORS INTERESTED made for Joint R&D with Indian companies INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR CATERS TO ALL 2 CENTER, INDO-GERMAN TOOL IN this SECTOR. for new product development KINDS OF OEMS IN INDIA AND ALSO IS ROOM & ELECTRONICS AND and process innovation. EXPORTING IN A BIG WAY.. QUALITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, THAT’S A LOT OF WHICH PROVIDE SUPPORT TESTIMONY FOR OTHER TO THE ENGINEERING INVESTORS TO COME SECTOR. INTO GUJARAT..

yes.. THERE ARE POTENTIAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ENGINEERING SERVICE OUTSOURCING, DEFENSE OFFSET, TURBINES, I feel, OVERALL TRANSFORMERS, GENERATORS, etc. Gujarat IS THROWING UP A VERY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY..

1. SME, small and medium-sized enterprises. 1. FDI, foreign direct investment; 2. OEM, Original equipment manufacturer; 3. JVs, joint ventures. 6 7 Gujarat, LET’S NOW DISCUSS chemicals Gems & Jewellery the hub of chemical THE CHEMICALS, PLASTICS The government industry in India, AND PETROCHEMICALS allows 100% FDI for gold, silver, SO.. WHAT IS THE accounts for 62% of SECTOR.. minerals’ exploration, mining, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY India’s petrochemical Gems & Jewellery metallurgy and processing. upto 74% IN THIS SECTOR? production, 53% of other is an important sector in fdi1 in mining of diamonds & chemicals production and Gujarat due to its immense precious stones is also 18% of India’s chemical contribution to the state’s permitted. exports. economy and employment of a sizeable population.

The proposed SEZ1 in Gujarat has GHB3 A single-product Some of the PCPIR2 includes, petrochemical identified Gems & Jewellery SEZ2 specially dedicated to gems largest chemicals and downstream petrochemical sector as one of the thrust areas & Jewellery with world class & petrochemicals industries, synthetic organic for development and this sector is infrastructure is located complexes of the World chemicals, industrial gas producing expected to grow at a near Surat city. are present in Gujarat. industry, packaging industry, ship 1 whopping 15%. PCPIR is a specifically building & fabricating unit and Diamond delineated Investment other small chemical processing and trading Region planned for the industries. unit are spread across establishment of production the State in cities such as facilities for petroleum, Surat, Ahmedabad, Palanpur, chemicals and Bhavnagar, Valsad and petrochemicals. Navsari.

Chemical industry in THREE specialty Potential Gujarat has the potential chemical zones complying THAT SOUNDS investment opportunity 3 to reach about USD 70 to global standards ARE being Entrepreneurship LIKE AN EXCITING can be found in Jewellery billion by 2017 and also developed in Jambusar, merged with skilled craftsmanship is INVESTMENT Fabrication & Retail, contribution of Specialty Padra and Dahej. the key enabling factor for Gems & OPPORTUNITY. Infrastructure Development and Fine Chemicals will be Jewellery sector in Gujarat. like Jewellery Parks, Modern doubled by 2017. Jewellery units, Tools & Machinery in this sector.

THIS SECTOR too LOOKS VERY PROMISING..

1. SEZ, Special Economic Zone; 2. PCPIR, Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Regions; 3. USD, US dollars. 1. FDI, foreign direct investment; 2. sez, SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE; 3. GHB, Gujarat Hera Bourse. 8 9 Tourism

Electronic System Design & Manufacturing GUJARAT has OVER some of the 3500 YEARS OF HISTORY, NATURAL AND popular destinations are India is poised to be a To establish Gujarat FROM CULTURAL DELIGHTS, BEACHES, FAIRS AND Ahmedabad, Ambaji, Dwarka, USD1 400 billion Electronics Hardware market as a globally recognized hub 12.34 MILLION IN FESTIVALS, TEMPLES, HOLY SITES together Surat, Vadodara, rann of by 2020. Gap between the current and expected domestic for the ESDM2 industry, the State 2006–2007, THE NUMBER OF WITH THE WARMTH OF kutch,gir which account production presents significant opportunities Government is planning to declare TOURISTS HAVE INCREASED ITS PEOPLE. for over 40% of gross for investment. “Electronics Policy THAT’S good TO 28.79 MILLION last year, 2014–2019”. to know.. tourist flow WHICH IS A PHENOMENAL 133% RISE.

INVESTMENTS IN Strategic Electronics, Telecom THERE is Products & Equipments, Industrial ACCORDING WHAT ARE THE IMMENSE POTENTIAL Electronics, Automotive Electronics, TO A RECENT REPORT, THE INVESTMENT FOR INVESTING IN Consumer Electronics and Electronic CURRENT ONGOING PROJECTS OPPORTUNITIES IN AMUSEMENT THEME Components shall have brighter ARE valued AROUND This SECTOR? PARKS, ADVENTURE PARKS, USD2 35 MILLION. outcomes. ADVENTURE SPORTS COMPLEX, WATER SPORTS AND SEA PLANE FACILITIES also THROUGH and TOTAL 100% FDI1 IN THE UPCOMING PROJECTS ARE valued AROUND AUTOMATIC 2 ROUTE. USD 104 MILLION.

Gujarat is setting up five Brownfield and three Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Clusters.

APART FROM YOU ARE RIGHT! I also got to know Also there is a highly THESE, THERE IS ADDITIONally, THE NODAL AGENCIES – that New and existing units as per empowered ‘Single Window Clearance ANOTHER POTENTIAL INVESTORS CAN TOURISM CORPORATION OF the current policy will be entitled System’ towards the establishment of investment OPPORTUNITY, EXPLORE AREAS IN GUJARAT LTD., GUJARAT TOURISM for exemption of VAT3 on products the Electronics manufacturing units WHICH IS STATUE OF RURAL & TRIBAL TOURISM, OPPORTUNITY LTD., INDUSTRIES manufactured and sold in in the State for granting approvals AND MINES DEPARTMENT CREATE UNITY – THE TALLEST ICONIC WILDLIFE, MEDICAL Gujarat for a period and clearances. A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD TOURISM, etc. of 5 years. with an ESTIMATED PROJECT FOR INVESTORS TO TAP INTO THE COST of around USD2 IMMENSE POTENTIAL FOR 416 MILLION. TOURISM IN THE STATE OF GUJARAT.

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE: DEVELOPMENT OF ICONIC STRUCTURE, TOURISM PROJECT AND SERVICES AROUND I WILL THE STRUCTURE, HOTEL & SURELY ADVISE MY CONVENTION CENTER, ORGANIZATION TO ENHANCE MEMORIAL GARDEN AND THEIR INVESTMENT IN VISITOR CENTER Gujarat. BUILDING.

1. USD, US dollars; 2. ESDM, Electronic System Design & Manufacturing; 3. VAT, value-added tax. 1. FDI, foreign direct investment; 2. USD, US dollars. 10 11 HealthCare BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NANOTEcHNOLOGY WELL THIS APART.. TO SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE THEIR DISCUSSION NOW TURNED TOWARDS THE HEALTH SECTOR.. MORE THAN THE CURRENT TRENDS, THE STATE IS GUJARAT WITH THE GSBTm2 AND 1 150 BIOTECH AND NANOTECH ALSO PROPOSING ZONES IN BIOPHARMA, THE HEALTHCARE 100% FDI IS PERMITTED ITS STRONG INITIATIVES GIDC3 ARE ALREADY COMPANIES ARE GENERATING MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY, FOOD & LANDSCAPE IN GUJARAT IS RAPIDLY FOR ALL HEALTH-RELATED SERVICES UNDER THE HAS BECOME THE PREFERRED RUNNING A VERY ABOUT USD1 175 MILLION OF FOOD PROCESSING, BIO-CHEMICAL CHANGING WITH CORPORATE AND large AUTOMATIC ROUTE. DEMAND GROWTH, COST DESTINATION FOR INVESTMENTS SUCCESSFUL BIOTECH REVENUES..THAT’S IMPRESSIVE ENGINEERING AND AGRI BIOTECHNOLOGY HOSPITALS SETTING UP CENTERS WITH ADVANTAGES AND POLICY SUPPORT HAVE BEEN IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PARK AT SAVLI, 1 IS IT NOT. ACROSS BIOTECHNOLOGY PARKS HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE. INSTRUMENTAL IN ATTRACTING FDI. NANOTEcHNOLOGY. VADODARA. AT VADODARA, ANAND, JAMNAGAR, GANDHINAGAR AND OTHER CITIES.

GUJARAT IS A MAJOR DESTINATION FOR HEALTH TOURISM.. JUST TODAY, I READ IN THE PAPERS THAT SEVERAL FOREIGN NATIONALS COME HERE FOR TREATMENT.

projects LIKE AT THE GRASSROOT GSBTM2 AS IT’S I THINK IT ALSO AIDS MAJORITY OF HEALTH CITY, WHICH IS A LEVEL, MORE THAN 25 MANDATE PROMOTES, INDIA’S CARDIAC STENTS, FULLY INTEGRATED TOWNSHIP YES..THIS WILL ENTREPRENEURSHIPS, GUJARAT, UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER GUJARAT SUPPORTS AND FACILITATES ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS, WITH HOSPITALS, R&D CENTERS, GO A LONG WAY IN RESEARCH AND FACILITATES AN ESTABLISHED ARE OFFERING MORE THAN 30 OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF INTRAOCULAR LENSES ARE WELLNESS & RESIDENTIAL FOSTERING INVESTMENTS NETWORK AT REGIONAL, MANUFACTURING SUBJECTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY BIOTECHnology MANUFACTURED CENTERS ARE FAST BECOMING IN BIO AND NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL BASE FOR BULK DRUGS AT BOTH GRADUATION & HIGHER IN THE STATE. HERE. POPULAR AND IS A POTENTIAL NANOTECHNOLOGY. LEVELS. & FORMULATIONS, IS EDUCATION LEVELS. INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY POISED TO CAPTURE TOO. GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TO BECOME an international PHARMACEUTICAL HUB.

YES.. THE STATE WELL..OVERALL THERE IS also a HUGE EVEN IN NANOTECHNOLOGY, with so many GUJARAT HAS TAKEN STRIDES IN HAS TAKEN BIG GUJARAT IS ALL SET TO TAKE POTENTIAL FOR INVESTMENTS IN upcoming opportunities, this STRIDES TOWARDS THE BIOTECH AND NANOTECH HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPER CREATING CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN sector is all poised to grow NURTURING INITIATIVES AND INVESTMENTS YES.. THIS SPECIALTY HOSPITALS, EQUIPMENT SIX OF ITS MAJOR UNIVERSITIES.. vertically.. INVESTMENT TO ALTOGETHER SECTOR HAS A VERY LARGE MANUFACTURING UNITS POTENTIAL IN NEW HEIGHTS.. INVESTMENT POTENTIAL AND AN AND SO ON… NANOTECHNOLOGY EXCELLENT PROJECTED TOO.. GROWTH.. Hmm…Yes i’M SURE.

1. FDI, foreign direct investment. 1. usd, uS DOLLARS; 2. GSBTm, Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission; 3. GIDC, Gujarat Industrial development corporation. 12 13 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Financial Services

OVERALL GUJARAT INTERESTING.. DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT HOLDS MORE THAN 40% OF Gujarat has THE highest 1 WHERE DOES That’s an INDIA HAS SPENT ABOUT USD 42 BILLION INDIA’S CONTRACT RESEARCH IN Industry-friendly amount of Bank Deposits on a per GUJARAT interesting! DURING 2013 FOR PROMOTING RESEARCH CLINICAL RESEARCH, GENETIC Government and business environment, capita basis in the country AND has also FEATURE IN THIS AND INNOVATION IN THE COUNTRY AND 30% ENGINEERING, DRUG RESEARCH with no history of labor problems has the Largest pool of retail investors in OF THE TOP 1000 R&D FIRMS ARE SEGMENT? experienced high growth rates, exceeding the country. Approximately 30% of AND DEVELOPMENT.. I SEE! THAT BASED IN INDIA TOO.. 10% over the last 5 years retail investments in India’s stock IS QUITE IN THIS SECTOR.. market are from Gujarat. SIGNIFICANT.

YET ANOTHER RESPONSE SURE..I CREATE IS PROPOSED GIFT,1 aspires to cater to FROM GUJARAT TOWARDS FOsTERING TO FACILITATE TRAINING, INCUBATION, VENTURE India’s large financial services & CAPITAL, RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY ACROSS THE 3 4 INNOVATION IS i Create, which is A world class Gujarat has developed IT & ITeS potential by offering global firms a DIASPORA OF entrepreneurs, PROFESSIONALS, innovation CENTER to be developed on a sprawling “GIFT1” – A Global Financial Hub.. It is world class infrastructure and faciliTY. STUDENTS, INVESTORS, ACADEMICIANS, campus aimed at providing the best environment India’s first Globally benchmarked SEZ2 Two commercial towers aggregating to ~1.2 GOVERNMENT, ETC. 5 to young entrepreneurs to innovate and for Financial Services. million sq.ft. of BUA has been completed. create businesses, which in turn will result in GIFT1 Tower One is ALREADY prosperity of the state as well operational. as India.. What are the opportunities in Housing?

WELL THAT’S A I SEE.. CAN VERY NICE MOVE YOU EXPLAIN.. BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT..

ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE THROUGH ITS PPP3 MODEL STEP TAKEN BY GUJARAT IS THE GUJARAT IS LOOKING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER 2 ESTABLISHING OF GUJARAT GIAN, WHICH OF R&D FACILITIES, ACCESS TO ADVANCED HELPS unaided, unqualified, untrained TECHNOLOGIES, CONTINUOUS INVESTMENTS IN With 100% FDI7 individual innovator from the informal CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE AND ALSO THE i’M SURE FINANCIAL SERVICES sector WHO has conceptualized OR SCIENCE CITY.. sector WILL ATTRACT THE developed technological innovation Gujarat BEST IN BUSINESS. OR HAS outstanding traditional government has knowledge practices.. planned to construct 50 lakh affordable housing units worth True… USD6 30 billion in the next 5 years.

THAT IS TRULY WELL, THESE COMMENDABLE WORK IN ARE THE KEY DRIVERS TO ANY DEVELOPING GRASSROOT INVESTMENT and AM HAPPY GUJARAT IS RESEARCH AND OFFERING ample support INNOVATIONS.. here as well.

1. USD, US dollars; 2. GIAN, GRASS ROOT INNOVATION AUGMENTATION NETWORK; 3. PPP, public–private partnership. 1. GIFT, Gujarat International Finance Tech City; 2. SEZ, SPeciaL economic zone; 3. IT, information technology; 4. ITES, information technology enabled services; 5. BUA, built-up area; 6. USD, US dollars; 14 7. FDI, foreign direct investment. 15 Shipping DEFENSE With 309.9 MMT,3 The private Did you Gujarat accounted for India’s spend on investments in port all know that 74.1% of traffic for non-major defense sector is also Indian offsets sector have been consistently WOW.. The Global defense With perceived Gujarat has been the ports of India in the last year. expected to exceed USD1 policy provides a growing at CAGR1 of 10.23% in the facts are VERY expenditure is threats and a vibrant Leader in Bringing Private Gujarat non-major ports 100 billion over the next powerful investment last decade. Correspondingly ENCOURAGING to on an upward economy, defense Investments in the capacity will reach approx. few years. driver in this 2 3 invest in Gujarat. trend. spending will increase Port Sector. GMB Traffic is also growing 864 MMT by 2020. sector. at CAGR1 of 13.3% . substantially in the coming years.

Yeah true.. defence Offset opportunity is expected to reach upto USD1 12 billion over THE next 3 years and USD 4–5 billion per year thereafter.

Investments have been planned for new Green In ONE of the reports, To capitalize on the emerging I was glad to field ports, along with the expansion I read that Gujarat is offering opportunities and for providing a thrust to the know that Alang-Sosiya Ship of existing ports, shipyard projects, an excellent infrastructure facilities and can defense sector in Gujarat, the state government expansion of captive facilities 2 Recycling Yard is one of the Hmm.. Thats offer both forward and backward supply chain is planning to set up an exclusive SEZ for and others. largest Ship Recycling Yards correct.. linkages to the defense offset and defense supply industries. in World. homeland security equipment manufacturing sector.

Yeah.. that’s right.

Yeah True.. Gujarat has a plethora of There is also With opportunities also in To add upon, the Indian companies manufacturing precision engineering an enormous potential of Maritime education and Port Aerospace and Defense industry is emerging goods, which can be further aligned with the defense investment in MSPs4 cluster-based Cities & Port-Based SEZ,5 as AN outsourcing hub for many services like offset sector’s requirements. Gujarat aims to target shipyards proposed within a stretch Gujarat IS OFFERING ONE OF CAD,3 CAM4 and CAE,5 manufacturing & design 35% of the possible defense offsets to be of 5–8 km along the waterfronts of THE BEST INVESTMENT engineering, testing & integration sourced from India. Gujarat coasts.. CLIMATES. and technical publications. THAT’S A LOT OF TESTIMONY FOR OTHER INVESTORS TO COME TO Gujarat.

1. CAGR, Compound annual growth rate; 2. GMB, Gujarat Maritime Board; 3. MMT, million metric tons; 4. MSP, Marine Shipbuilding Parks; 1. USD, US dollars; 2. SEZ, special economic zone; 3. CAD, computer-aided design; 4. CAM, computer-aided manufacturing; 5. SEZ, Special economic zone. 5. CAE, computer-aided engineering. 16 17 Key contacts source

Healthcare: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Healthcare-Industry.pdf Shri. D.J. Pandian, IAS Chief Secretary, Shipping: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Ports_Ship-Building-Industry.pdf Government of Gujarat, GCSC, Block No. 1, 3rd Floor, Renewable Energy: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Renewable-Energy.pdf Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar – 382020, Mega Projects: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Mega-Projects-Avenue.pdf Gujarat, India Tourism: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Tourism-Industry.pdf

Defense: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Gujarat-Emerging-Base.pdf

Shri. Atanu Chakraborty, IAS Disruptive Technologies: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/50-Disruptive-Technologies.pdf Principal Secretary (Industries & Mines), Government of Gujarat, Environment: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Environment.pdf 5th Block, 3rd Floor, Agri-Food Business: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Agri-Food-Business-Collateral.pdf Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar – 382020, Gujarat, India Innovation: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Innovation-and-R_D.pdf Ph: 079-23250701 SME: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Micro-Small-and-Medium-Enterprises.pdf

Manufacturing: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Manufacturing-Sector-Profile.pdf Smt. Mamta Verma, IAS Industries Commissioner, Digital Gujarat Deploying: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Digital-Gujarat-Deploying-ICT.pdf Government of Gujarat, Services: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Services-Sector-Profile.pdf Gandhinagar – 382020, Gujarat, India Biotechnology and Nanotechnology: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Biotechnology-Nano- Ph: 079-23252524/52526 Technology.pdf

Ecosystem: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Skill-Ecosystem.pdf

Gujarat-Forest: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/A-Bird-Eye-View-of-Gujarat-Forest-Sector.pdf Shri. P. Swaroop, IAS Road transport: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/sector-profile-road-transport.pdf Managing Director, iNDEXTb, Block No. 18, 2nd Floor, Udyog Bhavan, Sector 11, Robust Facts: http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/images/pdf/Robust-Facts-of-Gujarat.pdf Gandhinagar – 382017, Gujarat, India Ph: 079-2325 6009, 23250492/93

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