Despite the global economic slowdown, Gujarat achieved a high growth rate of 12.79 in 2008-09, state Finance Minister Vajubhai Vala said here Today. Announcing the annual state budget for 2009-10, Vala told the state assembly: “The five-year plan outlay for Gujarat was Rs.23,275 crore and despite implementing the sixth pay commission recommendations coupled with...
-Rs 47.76 surplus budget, DTH entertainment tax will bring in more 6 crore Rs. This makes Rs 53.76 crore surplus. -Entertainment tax of Rs 200 per each Direct to home(DTH) connection per year. This is the only new tax(estimated total Rs 6 crore), announced in today’s budget. -The annual plan of Gujarat for the...
Gujarat Maritime Board is developing two beaches in Saurashtra region, to attract tourists, under the state government’s Sagarkhedu project. Proposed beaches are located near Okha and Una in Jamnagar and Amreli districts respectively. Gujarat Maritime Board is developing basic facilities such as water front development, restaurant, beautification of surrounding area and construction of connecting...
It is very much likely that the diamond industry in Surat will come back to its original pace of activities within next two or three months according to market sources. However not slow-down but shortage of diamond workers is the latest problem here, and it seems this problem will last longer than the problem...
Which car do you want in Gujarat at your doorstep? Hummer, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Range rover, Rolls Royce, Bentley???? How to import such car easily? true grit download Divx How to maintain such car here? How to go for its repair? How to get needed parts? What if you want to resell it in future?...
Mr. Ira Magaziner, President of America’s Clinton Foundation, on Monday, met Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at Gandhinagar with his delegation to discuss a Solar-Thermal power project in Gujarat
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Limited (GIFTCL) and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cisco for the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) project in presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Under the MoU, Cisco will collaborate with GIFTCL in achieving GIFT’s vision of becoming...
Gujarat’s telecom market will witness more competition over the next one year as two new telecom companies Aircel and Sistema Shyam plan to launch their operation in the state by the end of this fiscal. Aircel, a joint venture between Malaysia’s Maxis Communications and Apollo Hospitals, has presence in 17 circles and planing to...
According to Indian Readership Survey(IRS) 2009 R1, Gujarat Samachar continues to rule Gujarat in terms of readership and growth. Here are some interesting Gujarat related points from recent IRS reports. -Figures of total reach that consists urban plus rural readership suggest that Gujarat Samachar(4762000) leads Divya Bhaskar(3434000) by almost 40 per cent in terms...
Gujarat may see one more Gujarati news channel in near future, as Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, today cleared a proposal, to start new CNBC-TV 18 Gujarat channel. Along with CNBC-TV 18 GUjarat, the central ministry also approved 21 other channels, that include, CNBC-TV 18 South, City Pulse, Krishna TV, Awam, Samaj, Mumbai...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today convened a high-level meeting in the state capital to review issues such as crop sowing, drinking and irrigation water supply and fodder supply, in connection with delayed monsoon in the state. Revenue Minister Anandiben Patel, higher officials from Meteorological, Agriculture, Irrigation, Water supply and Revenue departments were present...
You will be able to watch a sky view of Ahmedabad’s Kankaria lake front from the height soon. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) is working on a project to erect a Tethered helium balloon in One tree hill garden. A tethered helium balloon is a helium-filled gas balloon which is tethered to the ground(steady at one...