BREIF INDUSTRIAL PROFILE OF VALSAD DISTRICT MSME- DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Harsiddh Chambers, 4th Floor, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380014 Ph: 079-27543147/27544248 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.msmediahmedabad.gov.in 1. Brief Industrial Profile of Valsad District 1. General Characteristics of the District 1.1 Location & Geographical Area: Valsad district lies between 72.73* to 73.00* East Longitude 20.07* to 21.05* North Latitude on the world map. Geographical area of the district is 2,939sq. k.m. 1.2 Topography: Valsad district is located on the Southern part of Gujarat near Gulf of Cambay in the Arabian Sea. There are five tehsils in the district namely Valsad, Pardi, Umargam, Dharampur and Kaprada. Valsad town is district head quarter for the administration purpose. Vapi located in Pardi tehsil is the core chemical based industries hub in the district. Valsad is famous for its Valsadi mangoes. Focused industry sectors in the district are Chemicals, Textiles, Horticulture and Paper Industries. Availability of Minerals: PRODUCTION OF MINERALS 2010-11 SL. No. Name of Mineral Production (M. T.) MAJOR MINERALS There are no major minerals in the district. MINOR MINERALS 1. Black Trap 14,85,036 2. Ordinary Sand 4,51,329 3. Ordinary Clay 6,89,817 4. Gravel 1,51,920 5. Bricks Clay 5,02,909 6. Soft Murram 37,736 Source: Department of Mines & Geology, Valsad. 2. 1.3 Forest: Valsad district is having approximately 87,648 hector under forest. The agro- climatic conditions of the district are suitable for many tree crops like Acacia, Teak, Eclalyptus, Kher, Sisoo, Glinisidia, Subabul, tamrind, Neem, Bamboo, Jatropha and Bixa etc. Potential for farm forestry and agro forestry development in the non-forest are\waste land exists in the district. Plantation with species having less shade effect could be intensive extension efforts to be made for planting of forestry species on farm bunds. Benefits like stability of bunds check on soil erosion and wind breaks need to be highlighted along with the income generation,. Moreover, these types of models could be successful in wasteland areas which have been treated for treatment. 1.4 Administrative Set Up: Valsad town itself is a district head quarter. There are total five tehsils in Valsad district namely Valsad, Dharampur, Pardi, Kaprada and Umargam. There are 13 towns and 452 village in the district. There are five Taluka Panchayats, 4 Nagar Palika and 353 Village Panchayats as a Panchyati Raj system helps the district collector in the administration. 3. 2. District at a Glance: Sl. Particular Year Unit Statistics No. 1. Geographical Features 2010-11 (A) Geographical Data i) Latitude 20.07* to 21.05* North Latitude ii) Longitude 72.73* to 73.00* East Longitude iii) Geographical Area 2010-11 Hectare 2,94,412 (B) Administrative Units i) Sub Divisions 2010-11 No. NA ii) Tehsils 2010-11 No. 5 iii) Sub-Tehsils 2010-11 No. NA iv) Patwari Circle 2010-11 No. NA v) Panchayat Samitis 2010-11 No. NA vi) Nagar Nigam 2010-11 No. 2 vii) Nagar Palika 2010-11 No. 4 viii) Gram Panchayats 2010-11 No. 353 xi) Revenue Villages 2010-11 No. 409 ix) Assembly Area 2010-11 No. 5 2. Population (A) Sex-wise i) Male 2010-11 No. 8,84,064 ii) Female 2010-11 No. 8,19,004 (B) Rural Population 2010-11 No. 10,68,993 4. 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare 2,94,412 ii) Forest cover 2010-11 Hectare 87,648 iii) Non Agriculture 2010-11 Hectare 19,258 iv) Cultivable Barren Land 2010-11 Hectare 11,496 4. Forest (i) Forest 87,648 5. Livestock & Poultry A. Cattle i) Cows 2007 No. 3,95,306 ii) Buffaloes 2007 No. 96,487 B. Other Livestock i) Goats 2007 No. 1,51,164 ii) Pigs 2007 No. 244 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 No. 5,623 IV) Railways i) Length of rail line V) Roads (a) National Highway 2010-11 Km. 63 (b) State Highway 2010-11 Km. 377 (c) Main District Highway 2010-11 Km. 721 (d) Other District Roads 2010-11 Km. 3,323 (e) Rural road/Agriculture 2010-11 Km. NA Marketing Board Roads (f) Kachcha Road 2010-11 Km. 117 5. (VI) Communication (a) Telephone Connection 2010-11 No. NA (b) Post Offices 2010-11 No. 326 (c) Telephone Center 2010-11 No. NA (d) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. NA (e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. NA (f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. NA (g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. NA (h) Mobile 2010-11 No. NA (VII) Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. 11 (b) Beds in Allopathic 2010-11 No. 723 Hospitals (c) Ayurvedic Hospitals 2010-11 No. NA (d) Beds in Ayurvedic 2010-11 No. NA Hospitals (e) Unani Hospitals 2010-11 No. NA (f) Community Health 2010-11 No. 10 Centers (g) Primary Health Centers 2010-11 No. 43 (h) Dispensaries 2010-11 No. 39 (i) Sub Health Centers 2010-11 No. NA (j) Private Hospitals 2010-11 No. 4 6. (VII) Banking Sector NA (a) Commercial Bank 2010-11 No. 118 (b) Rural Bank 2010-11 No. 24 (c) Co-operative Bank 2010-11 No. 21 (d) PLDB Branches 2010-11 No. 4 (IX) Education (a) Primary School 2010-11 No. 5,208 (b) Middle School 2010-11 No. 1,609 (c) Secondary & Senior 2010-11 No. 263 Secondary Schools (d) Colleges 2010-11 No. 13 (e) Technical University 2010-11 No. NA 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in Valsad District: Sl. Name of Land Land Prevailing No. No. No. of No. of No. Indl. Area acquired Developed Rate per of Of Vacant Units in (Hec.) (Hec.) Sq. Mtr. Plots Allotted Plots Production (Rs.) Plots Approxi- mately 1 Vapi 1135 1135 2810 1208 1204 4 1175 2 Bhilad 63 63 Present 1 1 0 1 situation 3 Sarigam 395 395 865 627 606 21 580 4 Umargam 396 396 865 696 692 4 681 5 Dharampur- 35 35 Present 1 1 0 1 II situation 6 Pardi 23 23 550 119 119 0 110 7 Valsad 106 106 690 444 443 1 435 TOTAL 2153 2153 -------- 3096 3066 30 2983 Source: GIDC, Valsad. 7. 3. INDUSTRIAL SCENARIO OF VALSAD: Valsad is an industrial base for Chemicals, Textiles and Paper & Paper Pulp industry sectors. Since 1980s Textile and Chemicals have been the major sectors of investments and employment in the district. The district has also emerged as Horticulture hub of the State having significant food grain and corps production during the last decade. Over more than 300 Medium and Large Scale industries largely concentrated in Vapi thrust the economic growth of the district. One of the Asia‟s largest Common Affluent Treatment Plant (CETP) is located in Vapi owned by Vapi Waste & Effluent Management Company and promoted by Vapi Industrial Association provides healthy facilities to protect the environment. Several private conglomerates are also present in Valsad including Wyeth, Welspun Polyesters India Ltd., Aarti Industries, Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd., Raymond, Sun Pharmaceuticals, United Phosphorus, Pidlite and Vadilal are operating in the district. According to the Industrial Entrepreneurship Memoranda (IEM) filed from 1988 to 2007, Valsad has witnessed an investment of INR 12,456 Crore in Textiles, Chemicals and Paper & Paper Pulp Industries sectors. From 1988 to 1997, investments in industrial sectors was nearly 5,211 Crore. Textiles sector has created the maximum employment generation of almost 23,824 people with an investment of INR 1,717 Crore during 1988-97 in the district. Chemical sector emerged as an area with huge potential with investments of INR 1,773 Crore. Valsad has witnessed a total investment of INR 115 Crore in the Food Processing sector during 1988-2007. And, it was remained up to INR 115 Crore during 1988- 1997. Industry sectors such as Textiles, Wooden Boxes, Dye Stuffs and Lathes & Machine Tools are the supporting pillars of the economy as they provide direct and indirect employment to over 7,000 people in the district. 8. 3.1 Industry at a Glance Sl. Head Unit Particulars No. 1 REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL No. 2,586 UNIT 2 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT No. 2,983 3 REGISTERED MEDIUM & No. 63 LARGE UNIT 4 ESTIMATED AVERAGE NO. OF No. 28,010 DAILY & WORKER EMPLOYED IN SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES 5 EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE & No. 5,861 MEDIUM INDUSTRIES 6 NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA No. 7 7 TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE Rs. NA INDUSTRIES 8 TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & Rs. NA LARGE SACLE INDUSTRIES 9. 3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED YEAR NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT REGISTERED (No.) (Lakh Rs.) UNITS Up to 1984-85 NA NA NA 1985-86 NA NA NA 1986-87 NA NA NA 1987-88 NA NA NA 1988-89 NA NA NA 1989-90 NA NA NA 1990-91 NA NA NA 1991-92 NA NA NA 1992-93 NA NA NA 1993-94 NA NA NA 1994-95 NA NA NA 1995-96 NA NA NA 1996-97 NA NA NA 1997-98 460 1430 790.07 1998-99 461 1836 2815.23 1999-2000 461 1602 3013.18 2000-01 460 1588 2586.31 2001-02 460 1619 1650.43 2002-03 430 2080 3264.39 2003-04 401 1819 2597.54 2004-05 403 1336 6710.00 2005-06 378 1465 2649.86 2006-07 228 7318 18712.77 2007-08 574 13894 39002.06 2008-09 698 13752 29710.70 2009-10 649 13897 28225.70 2010-11 584 8940 26450.51 Total 6647 72576 168178.75 Source: DIC, Valsad.