INDIAN STATE : GUJARAT

Investment and industrial policies

Gujarat Industrial Policy 2003

Gujarat Industrial Policy 2003 emphasis on quality upgradation in manufacturing industries. The Government of Gujarat recognizes the importance of this important factor and has therefore, decided to extend its scheme of quality upgradation to reimburse the expenses incurred for acquisition of quality certification by industrial units.

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Power Policy

The Government of Gujarat has given highest priority to the development of power sector.

Objectives of the Power policy

• Plan and build up adequate capacities in generation, transmission and distribution of power through efficient and cost effective means.
• Achieve optimum utilization of existing equipments and assets through renovation and modernisation.
• Rationalize the tariff structure to ensure reasonable rate of return to power utilities and generate surplus needed for future investment.
• Improve delivery of services and achieve cost effectiveness through technical, managerial and administrative restructuring of the utilities.
• Achieve conservation of energy through efficient utilization and demand side management, and minimizing waste.
• Encourage generation of power through non- conventional sources of energy.

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Port Policy

Objectives of the policy

• Increase Gujarats share in the Export and Import sector, in national and international Trade & Commerce, in pursuance of liberalisation and globalisation policy.
• Decongest the overburden on existing major ports on Western India to cater to the needs of incresing traffic of western and northern States, by providing efficient facilities and services and to support the countrys domestic and international trade.
  
• Handle 100 million tonnes of cargo in Gujarat Maritime waters accounting approximately for 25% Indias total cargo by 2000 AD.
  
• It is estimated that 50% of total industrial investment coming to Gujarat will be port-based. To provide port facilities to promote export- oriented industries and port- based industries.
  
• Taking fullest advantage of the strategic location of Gujarat coast, in the World Maritime Scenario,
  • To encourage shipbuilding, ship repairing and estalish manufacturing facilities for Cranes, Dredgers and other Floating Crafts.
  • To provide facilities for coastal shipping of passenger and cargo traffic between Kutch, Saurastra and South Gujarat and further extension of these services to important places like Bombay, Goa etc.
• Fulfill future power requirements of Gujarat,
  • by establishing barge mounted power plants.
  • by providing exclusive port facilities for importing different kinds of power fuels,and
• To attract private sector investment in the existing minor and intermediate ports and in the new port locations.
  

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Information Technology Policy

objectives of the policy

• Over all IT growth in the state of Gujarat
• Create enormous new employment opportunities in the state
  
• Train and develop skilled manpower in IT
  
• Facilitate information outlets at the doorstep of the common man. This will enable people at large to access information related to - education, i.e. technical and non technical course offered by various institutions, admission procedures, admission list, results etc., health services - like various medical expertise available at different hospitals, on line medical services etc; transport service information - like bus arrival and departure timings, reservation facilities etc. Information Kiosks will also provide the on-line delivery of various application forms to the users irrespective of their location in the state
  
• Make Government-Citizen interface more effective, efficient and transparent
  

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Tourism Policy (2003-10)

The Government of Gujarat is determined to develop tourism as a key industry to make it an important contributor to the state's economic and social growth and to offer a right blend of business and pleasure. This will be achieved by active participation of private, national and international corporate bodies to bring in their expertise and investment with supportive government policies and facilitation.

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Agro Policy

The policy seeks to make Gujarat the destination of choice for investors and processors, both global and domestic. The objectives of the policy are creation of a world class supply-chain, promotion of infrastructure important for agro industrial development, close interface between research, extension and industry and farmers in agri sector, providing assistance to small-scale agro based units to improve their competitiveness in global markets and increasing exports of value added agri-products.

The Government shall play a facilitatory role in galvanizing private sector investments in agro industries and agri infrastructure in the State through incentives as well as equity participation in joint sector.

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