16th May 2014 – 15th June 2014

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Focal Point : “Environment”

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives

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Explore Gujarat : “Religious Sites”

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Fact File • Gujarat is the First in Asia & only the 4th State/Province in the world with a Department for Climate Change. • Gujarat is the first State to address hazardous wastes issue and brought about a novel concept of common Treatment Stabilization and Disposal Facility (TSDF) for cluster of industries. • GCPC (Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre), established with the technical support of United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) and by the Industries Department of the State Government, is one of the four regional Cleaner Production. It promotes CP / CT through various services.

From The Desk

I am glad to be a part of this edition of the newsletter which commemorates the World Environment Day celebrated on June 5 every year. The day signifies our efforts to tackle environmental challenges that include climate change, global warming, natural calamities, emission of harmful substances, environmental governance, ecosystem management and resource efficiency. I can proudly say that in Gujarat, the nuances of the World Environment Day have become the way we operate in our daily lives. Gujarat’s development vision is guided by continued emphasis on environmentally sustainable industrialization. The efforts made by the State Government, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), Industries Associations and many individual industries for addressing the environmental challenges have put Gujarat at the forefront of dealing with environmental issues in India. Gujarat is the first State to address hazardous wastes issue and brought about a novel concept of common Treatment Stabilization and Disposal Facility (TSDF) for cluster of industries. It is also one of the leading states in the country with respect to compliance with National Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules 2000. There are a total 34 CETPs in Gujarat. GPCB carries out the Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (AAQM) and Water Quality Monitoring programmes to monitor air and water quality respectively in the State. The proceeding of this newsletter consists of more details on the aforementioned initiatives. Environment protection is a joint responsibility and efforts of the citizens and the Government. The entrepreneurs of Gujarat have always shown keen interest in implementing the latest technologies available in the environment sector. I urge you all through this issue of the newsletter, to participate in our endeavors in a bigger way.

H. K. Dash, IAS Additional Chief Secretary, Forests & Environment Department Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar

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Focal Point Environment Gujarat is one of the most urbanized and industrialized states in the country today and it is only going to grow more, attributed to the concerted efforts of the Government and industry captains. It is a fact, that urbanization coupled with industrialization while at one hand makes a city more prosperous and contributes to livelihood enhancement, on the other hand it poses several threats to the sanctity of the environment. The major objectives of the Board are enlisted below: It is imperative to offset these environmental imbalances for a sustainable growth. The State Government has undertaken several initiatives for controlling them, like co-processing, implementation of Zero Liquid Discharge technologies and set up of Common Effluent Treatment Plants, etc.

Government of Gujarat institutionalized Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) with the aim of developing all round capabilities to protect the environment by preventing and controlling pollution through effective law enforcement and adopting global best environmental management practices.

• Bring about all round improvement in the quality of the environment in the State by effective implementation of the laws. • Control of pollution at source to the maximum extent possible with due regard to technological achievement and economic viability as well as sensitivity of the receiving environment. This objective is being fulfilled through laying down the disposal standards as well as gaseous emission standards. • Identifications of sites and development of procedures and methods for the disposal of hazardous wastes. • Maximization of re-use and re-cycle of sewage and trade effluent on land for irrigation and for industrial purpose after giving appropriate treatment and thereby economizing and saving on the use of water. The practice also helps in stopping pollution of water due to reduction in discharges of waste into water bodies.

Celebration of World Environment Day, Vadodara

• Minimization of adverse effect of pollution by selecting suitable locations for the

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Focal Point • establishment of new industrial projects. • Co-ordination with other agencies of the State Government and local authorities to encourage the Common Effluent Treatment Plants and Treatment Stabilization Disposal Facilities. • Close co-ordination and rapport with educational institutions, non government organizations, Industries Associations, Government organizations, etc. to create environmental awareness. The State has very recently launched an e-waste drive. Under this, The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has launched an e-waste collection drive in the city. This follows the signing of an MoU between VMC and ECS Environment Pvt. Ltd, an Ahmedabad-based firm, under which the company will collect ewaste from the people. The disposal of this waste will be certified by Gujarat Pollution Control Board and the quantum of waste disposed will be monitored through audits.

In the face of manpower shortage, logistics problems and increasing pressure to make a heavily industrialized state less toxic, GPCB is extending its dependence on a bank of CCTV cameras trained on smoke stacks of industrial units. In the Narol industrial area near Ahmedabad, 57 CCTVs are trained on 89 stacks. The state has taken several initiatives in the fields of Water & Effluent Treatment • It has one of the highest installed capacity of STP in the country for reuse of treated water. During 2011-12, 473 industrial units in Gujarat have installed effluent treatment plants

• All the municipal corporations and various nagarpalikas across the state are expected to treat the domestic waste water before releasing it into rivers and to dispose off solid waste in a scientific manner after its segregation •

The State has signed MoU’s for setting up of waste water recycling plants in five major cities – Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bharuch and Surat, under National Water Quality Monitoring



Program (NWMP), Bio-Monitoring station are to be Monitored three times in a year at pre-selected locations of rivers/ Lakes stretches. New CETPs have been approved and attempts are going on for reduction in water pollution at Palsana, Narol, Jetpur, Sarigam, Vatva, Ankleshwar and Panoli. Several Waste Water Recycling projects are in various stages of implementation. Out of the 300 MLD operational desalination capacity of the country, Gujarat has the highest commissioned capacity of 141 MLD.

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Focal Point Initiatives: Water Quality Monitoring Programmes: 1. GEMS Project: The Board assists the CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) in implementing the GEMS (Global Environmental Monitoring System) project. The scope of this project includes an assessment of the quality of water of the major rivers of the State, viz. Narmada, Tapi, Mahi and Sabarmati



Under this project ground water quality and lake water quality are also monitored periodically. The ground water quality monitoring stations are located at Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Junagadh, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Jamnagar, Bhuj, Palanpur, Mehsana, Siddhpur, Himmatnagar, Nadiad, Dahod, Godhra, Ankleshwar, Surat, Hazira, Valsad, and Vapi. Air Quality Monitoring Programmes:

1. National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (NAMP) Project: Under this programme the board is monitoring the Ambient Air Quality at Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, Vapi, Ankleswar, Rajkot and Jamnagar.

2. MINARS project: On account of various discharge of wastewater in river, the quality is likely to be adversely affected. It is therefore, necessary to monitor the quality of the various river waters. This is a continuous project of previous years as approved by the CPCB and known as MINARS (Monitoring of Indian National Aquatic Resources System) Project. •

2. State Air Monitoring Programme (SAMP): The State Government in the Forest and Environment Department has introduced a Scheme i.e. State Air Monitoring Programme, in the wake of importance of Air Pollution Control to be verified with the Ambient Air Quality in the major industrial and Urban hubs viz. Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Ankleshwar, Surat, Vapi, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Kandala-Gandhidham belt, Morbi-Wankaner belt, Alang and Bhavnagar. There are 24 Stations spread all over the State covering all the above areas.

The Board is monitoring the water quality from 104 sampling station located on various rivers in the State. These rivers include Sabarmati, Meshwo, Anas, Mahi, Panam, Narmada, Damanganga, Kolak, Par, Tapi, Ambica etc.

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives Amul to invest INR 4,000-4,500 crore in two years on expansion May 18, 2014

RS Sodhi, MD, GCMMF, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells products under Amul brand, said that the company is looking to invest around INR 4,0004,500 crore by the end of 2015-16, mainly on setting up new milk processing plants and other dairy products processing units. He further added that as per expansion plans, the company has proposed to set up 11 new milk processing plants across the country, including five in Gujarat, three in Uttar Pradesh, two in Haryana and one in Kolkata.

had reported a sharp 32% growth in turnover to INR 18,143 crore during 2013-14 from INR 13,700 crore in 2012-13 on the back of strong sales. Mr. RS Sodhi explained that substantial increase in sales in both volume and value terms in 2013-14 was the main driver of our growth.

Amul is at present associated with about 33 lakh farmers and has around 50 milk processing units. Besides milk, the company deals in all other major dairy products like butter, cheese, paneer, ice-cream and others.

RAK Ceramics to set up plant in Gujarat May 21, 2014

The company plans to establish five milk processing plants of two lakh litres per day at Saurashtra region in its home state Gujarat. In Haryana, the company will set up a plant each at Rohtak and Faridabad of 10 lakh litres day and 15 lakh litres per day respectively while it will put in place in Uttar Pradesh a plant each of 5 lakh litres per day at Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi. Mr. RS Sodhi informed that the aim is to raise the milk processing capacity with increasing milk procurement, and explore new markets. Other than milk, Amul has plans to set up a cheese factory and a milk powder plant of 120 tonnes per day at its Banas cooperative dairy in Palanpur in Gujarat. He further mentioned that work on all these proposed new units has already been started.

United Arab Emirates-based tile and tableware manufacturer Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Ceramics plans to invest INR 300 crore in the country this year to get reap benefits of high growth of Indian real-estate sector.

GCMMF has already increased its milk processing capacity to 230 lakh litres per day from 170 lakh litres per day in last three years.

Santosh Nema, RAK’s Chief Operating Officer, said that with the new Government indicating that infrastructure development will be a priority area, the entire ecosystem will get a major boost, including the tile industry.

For this financial year, the cooperative plans to achieve a turnover of INR 21,600 crore. Amul

The company will set up a new plant in Gujarat and expand the capacity of the existing one at

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives Samalkot, Andhra Pradesh. Besides, the company also has plans to increase pan-India presence through its retail network. Commercial production at Samalkot for a sanitaryware line is expected in June this year. With this, the production capacity will go up to 1.2 million pieces a year from the existing 4 lakh. Santosh Nema said that India is a strategically important geography in the overall business plan of the company. He also mentioned that India has the largest sales, besides the UAE. The company expects more construction activities this year both in the commercial and residential space. RAK Ceramics has the largest tile manufacturing plant in Samalkot. It competes with companies such as Nitco and Kajaria. According to an industry report, the tiles industry in India is pegged at INR 25,000 crore, but largely fragmented. Despite an overall economic slowdown, the sector grew at 15 per cent annually and drew investments worth INR 5,000 crore in the last five years.

Chinese companies intend to invest USD 1 billion in Gujarat May 25, 2014

has become a favored destination for industrial investments after former chief minister Narendra Modi's visit to China in 2011. He further added that the delegation will also pay a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Representatives of companies from sectors like automobile and motorcycle parts, real estate, electrical appliances, garbage management, medical equipment and finance will be part of the delegation. The delegation includes leader of Wenzhou International Investment Promotion Center, executive member of Wenzhou Federation of Industry & Commerce, chairman of Wenzhou Youth Entrepreneurs Association, vice-chairman of China Photoelectric Association, vice-chairman of Kids Shoe Association, executive member of Energy Saving Association, and entrepreneurs from various industries in China.

ONGC plans to spend INR 2,000 crore in Gujarat May 29, 2014

Vadodara headquartered Western onshore basin of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is planning to spend INR 2,000 crore in the current fiscal year towards exploration in oilfields and other investments in Gujarat.

In June, representatives from 20 Chinese companies will visit Gujarat to scout for fresh investment opportunities. A business delegation comprising heads of various industries will meet new chief minister Anandiben Patel and explore investment opportunities in India through Gujarat. Chinese companies have a target investment of USD 1 billion for the state this year. According to Jagat Shah, chairman, India China Economic & Cultural Council (ICEC)-Gujarat chapter, Gujarat

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives GC Katiyar, group general manager-basin manager of the Western Onshore Basin, the largest onshore basin of ONGC, informed that the basin has a target to drill 38 exploratory wells and achieve 25 million metric tonnes of oil and gas in the financial year 2014-15. He further added that new areas and regions are being explored and new technology is being used for this. In 2013-14, the basin had set a target of 17 million metric tonnes. He further informed that during 2013-14, 32 oil wells were drilled and 23 tested for hydrocarbon. The company could achieve success last year with discovery of 21 million metric tonnes. According to GC Katiyar, the success percentage of wells drilled to hydrocarbon bearing was 74 per cent which is considered a very creditable ratio in the hydrocarbon industry. According to ONGC officials, the corporation received good success at the oil wells in Gandhar field in 2013-14 with one oil well producing 700 barrels. The basin through its Gujarat operations contributes nearly 22 per cent to ONGC's total production in the country. The biggest contribution to the basin's operations in Gujarat comes from Mehsana field, which contributes 33 per cent and Ankleshwar field, which contributes nearly 28 per cent in Gujarat's total production.

Arvind OG enters into Nonwovens with new plant in Gujarat May 31, 2014

Arvind OG Nonwovens Private Limited, a joint venture between Arvind Ltd and OG Corporation of Japan, inaugurated its manufacturing facilities near Ahmedabad. The JV will manufacture high quality Nonwoven fabrics using Needle-punch technology for Bag

house filtration, Artificial leather and a variety of other applications. The JV also has a technology alliance with Kureha Ltd of Japan.

Arvind OG has installed custom-built machines specifically designed to achieve Japanese quality standards and capable of handling various fibers such as M-Aramid, Homopolymer Acrylic, Polyphenelyene Sulfone (PPS), Polyimide Polypropylene and Polyester. These will be manufactured at the newly installed facilities following the highest global standards of quality while leveraging the advantage of India’s cost of production. The unit has started production in May 2014 with 1 line of needle-punching technology, with total investment of nearly INR 50 crore and targeting to reach turnover in excess of INR 100 crore in 3 years. Beyond this, Arvind will continue to expand capacities in this as well as other technologies within the Nonwoven fabrics space, which will be an important pillar of Arvind’s technical textiles growth strategy going forward. On the occasion of inauguration of the manufacturing facility of Arvind OG Nonwovens Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Punit Lalbhai, Executive Director of Arvind Limited and CEO of the Advanced Materials Division said that this is a big milestone for Arvind and for AMD. He further added that it marks their entry in the highly attractive Nonwoven fabrics space, and the group is now looking to aggressively grow this vertical with Japanese partners. He also informed that beyond this, they are also looking to invest in other technologies and product categories in the non-wovens space going forward. Mr. H. Machino, Managing Director of OG Corporation India and Director of the India JV said that keeping the future in mind, India is a very important marketplace for OG Corporation. He further expressed that they are therefore

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives delighted to partner with Arvind and establish a Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing facility in India.

Honda to sign deal with Gujarat Government for manufacturing unit June 2, 2014

Japanese automotive and two-wheeler maker Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI), is set to sign the State Support Agreement (SSA) with the Gujarat administration. A senior state government official said that the project proposal will soon be moved to the state

The parent group's passenger car outfit, Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL), is also scouting for land in the same region. Government sources claim the car-maker requires around 250 acres and is hoping to buy privately. Senior HMSI officials had visited Gandhinagar last November to finalize details on the SSA. The company intends to invest about INR 1,000 crore on the Gujarat project. The state government offers certain standard incentives for all projects entailing an investment of at least INR 1,000 crore, such as value-added-tax refunds and waivers on stamp duty and registration fee.

Petro investment regions attract INR 1.5 lakh crore June 3, 2014

Petrochemical investment regions in the country have so far received about INR 1.50 lakh crore by big players including IOCL, ONGC and Gail. A Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) is a delineated area of around 250 square km for setting up manufacturing facilities for domestic and export led production.

cabinet, after which the formal SSA could be signed in around a month. The Chief Secretary has already approved the company's proposal. HMSI is learnt to have bought around 200 acres of private land at Vithlapur in the Mandal region at INR 15-20 lakh an acre to set up its fourth manufacturing unit in the country. Vithlapur is only a few kilometres away from the site of Maruti Suzuki's proposed plant, at Hansalpur also in the Mandal region. Maruti Suzuki has also bought a land parcel at Vithlapur for future expansion.

In March 2007, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved the proposal to set up PCPIRs in four states -- Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Tamil Nadu. Since February 2009, the Government has approved setting up of four PCPIRs including each Dahej in Gujarat, Paradeep in Odisha, Vishakhapatnam-Kakinada region in Andhra Pradesh and CuddaloreNagapattinam in Tamil Nadu. Once fully established, these PCPIRs are expected to attract INR 7,62,894 crore in investment. Anchor tenant in Gujarat is ONGC promoted OPal, in Odisha the anchor tenant is IOCL and in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are HPCL and Nagarjuna Oil Corp respectively.

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives banks, including Syndicate Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Punjab & Sindh Bank and Corporation Bank, is extending INR 1,157 crore for the project, which entails an expenditure of INR 1,818 crore over the next three years.

According to a source maximum investment has been made into PCPIR in Gujarat amounting to INR 70,000 crore, followed by INR 36,000 crore in AP, INR 35,000 crore in Odisha and INR 7,000 crore in Tamil Nadu. PCPIRs in Gujarat and Odisha are in the final stages. As per the PCPIR policy, the Centre has to ensure the availability of external physical infrastructure linkages to these regions including rail, road connectivity to national highways, ports, airports and telecom connectivity also. The internal infrastructure of the PCPIR is built and managed by a developer. The external linkages will be provided by the central and the state governments. The users of external as well as internal infrastructure will pay for its use.

Major Banks give INR 1,157 crore for dream financial hub project – GIFT City in Gujarat

The proposed infrastructure will include a stateof-the-art power distribution system, a water reservoir, an automated vacuum waste collection system, district cooling, water and sewerage treatment plants, smart utility tunnel and roads, among other components. The proposed city, spread over 886 acre along the Sabarmati river between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, will have 62 million sq ft of space built over three phases. In the first phase, about 13 million sq ft will be developed. Of this, 10.6 million sq ft has already been allocated to banks, financial institutions, a hotel, hospitals, schools and real estate developers to build apartments. SBI recently bought the rights to develop an office building with about 200,000 sq ft of space inside the city, while IL&FS has already built two 29-storey, 800,000 sq ft buildings in which companies will buy space. Noida-based World Trade Centre is developing 1 million sq ft of office space here. The city has been given a global FSI of 3.65. Mr. Ramakant Jha also mentioned that a lot more enquiries are starting to come now from

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A consortium of five state-run banks has sanctioned INR 1,157 crore to a project in Gujarat that aims to capture the vision of a financial hub that will be of the level that London, Singapore, Dubai and Hong Kong have are offering. Mr. Ramakant Jha, MD, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), said that the money will be spent on building core infrastructure in the city. According to him, the consortium of

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives big developers wanting to build residences here. He informed that they are also in talks with the likes of Bank of America, Citibank, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank and ICICI to sell space. The project is being executed by Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Ltd, a joint venture between state-owned Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS). When ready, the city will have an SEZ, hotels, convention centres, malls, apartments, an entertainment zone, a tech park and a stock exchange. The project has been notified as an International Financial Service Centre (IFSC).

DMIC Trust to provide INR 6,000 crore for Dholera, Shendra-Bidkin June 5, 2014

Mr. Talleen Kumar, CEO and Managing Director, DMIC Development Corp Ltd, said that the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Trust will provide INR 3,000 crore each for the launch of trunk infrastructure in two industrial cities of Dholera, Gujarat and Shendra-Bidkin, Maharashtra this year as momentum picks up for the planned mega development. He also mentioned that construction work on the Dholera Special Investment Region Gujarat and Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Park Maharashtra will start early next year. He further added that work at Dholera would begin from a 22 sq km activation zone to expand the industrial region development as part of DMIC in Gujarat, while 32 sq km of land has already been acquired for the Shendra-Bidkin development.

He also said that master planning for almost all the cities has been completed. Special purpose vehicles, each of a 50:50 partnership between

the government of India and the state governments, were being formed for the development of the cities. He further added that the DMIC development would bring a new paradigm shift and innovative approach in bringing manufacturing centres with job creation and manufacturing as the key economic driver to India. The DMIC mega development is resonating among investors across the world because it is a unique model for industrializing the economy. Industry observers say that DMIC would attract more than USD 100 billion in new investments while the value of land in the corridor would multiply manifolds, benefiting land owners and farmers, taking them into manufacturing industries as well as raising the value of the produce from surging industrial demand.

Suzuki to invest INR 18,500 crore for setting up unit in Gujarat June 6, 2014

Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) of Japan, parent company of Maruti Suzuki, and India’s largest car maker, will spend INR 18,500 crore in setting up a new factory in Gujarat. Disclosing details in an investor presentation, SMC said it would set up a 100 per cent subsidiary, Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG), to make cars on a strictly no-loss, no-profit basis for Maruti Suzuki (MSIL). SMC intends to fund this expansion with own equity and accumulated depreciation. According to an MSIL source the skill and capacity to manufacture cars is not enough to differentiate between car companies. Market research, product design and development, sales and service, spare parts distribution and brand building are perhaps even more

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives be 3.04 lakh square feet of land (28,000 square meters) at Sanand.

important. All these functions would be with MSIL and adequate resources would be available to strengthen these activities. The additional funds available with MSIL will be used to strengthen its marketing and sales infrastructure, research and development, and foreign market penetration. Similarly, if there is loss at SMG, it will be compensated by an increase in sale price to MSIL during the immediately following financial year.

Chipita has been allotted the parcel of land in Bol GIDC at Sanand. They would be manufacturing agro-food products including those made from cocoa. It is one of the biggest multinational companies to set up base FMCG space to enter Sanand after swiss-diary Nestle India bought about 50 acres of land (34.83 lakh square feet) in the auto-hub. Nestle has spent over INR 87 crore on just buying land in Sanand.

The new plant will eventually have a capacity of 1.5 million units annually, the same as the total capacity of its existing plants at Manesar and Gurgaon in Haryana.

Greek snack-maker Chipita invests INR 600 crore in Sanand June 6, 2014

Greek snack manufacturer — Chipita — is the latest to make a foray into Sanand in Gujarat. This company from the Mediterranean region is in to confectioneries, croissants and cakes and has invested over INR 600 crore in Gujarat’s auto-hub that is fast turning into a snack-hub consisting of FMCG (Fast-moving consumer goods) majors like Nestle, Colgate Palmolive and Rasna. The plant at Sanand will be the company’s second manufacturing unit after the one in Mumbai. According to the government sources, Chipita that produces and markets single serve croissants, mini croissants, cakes, bake rolls, confectionery, jams, potato chips and extruded snacks in different locations across the globe will

Established in 1973, Chipita, first began producing and marketing savoury snacks including extra cheese-flavoured corn snacks. The unit at Sanand will be the company’s 19th unit world-wide. The company has a strong international presence with 11 manufacturing plants in Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Romania, Russia and Turkey and has an additional seven plants that it operates through strategic partnerships in Egypt, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Nirav Kothary, head of industrial real-estate division at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), a global property consultant, explained that the biggest attraction for any FMCG company is its presence to a finished goods market. This brings down their cost of transportation in a big way. Secondly, FMCG companies in India — most of whom are MNCs — look for good quality

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives infrastructure like water supply, roads and power. Gujarat fits very well in all these parameters. Companies like Inbisco, Colgate and Rasna have already made Sanand their home. Inbisco India Pvt Ltd that has bought 9.1 lakh square feet of space in Sanand at a cost of about INR 12 crore is already building its plant. Similarly, Colgate-Palmolive (India Ltd) has acquired about 16.9 lakh square feet of space at the cost of INR 42 crore, while Rasna Pvt Ltd has acquired over 96,000 square feet of space at the cost of INR 77 lakh and Jain Dairy has invested a similar INR 74 lakh in buying 92,500 square feet of space at Sanand.

AgroTech Foods opens new manufacturing unit in Gujarat June 10, 2014

AgroTech Foods Ltd has opened its new manufacturing unit in Gujarat to start local production of 'Sundrop Peanut Butter'. Sachin Gopal, President and CEO, AgroTech Foods Ltd, said that the commencement of local production of peanut butter at the new facility reinforces AgroTech Foods' commitment to lead the development of the processed foods industry in India and will further enable the group to drive the growth of Peanut Butter as a category in India.

According to the company, which was earlier importing peanut butter, the new manufacturing facility will serve as an integrated multi category grocery and snacks manufacturing hub for the India market. The manufacturing unit located in Jhagadia in Gujarat has been built with an investment of INR 35 crore.

Balaji Wafers to increase capacity at Rajkot unit June 10, 2014

Rajkot-based Balaji Wafers Private Limited is in process of increasing its production capacity of its plant in Rajkot. For this, the company is setting up two new production lines which is expected to raise it production capacity by nearly 50 percent. The company also has a plant in Valsad district in South Gujarat. Keyur Virani, Director, Balaji Wafers Private Limited, informed that new production lines will be functional from next month. The new production lines will manufacture wafers and other snacks. Balaji is also planning to launch new flavors in the market in coming days. Keyur Virani further added that the expenditure for the two new production lines would be about INR 80-100 crore. Investment for this project has already been started from last year and the fund for this was managed from internal accruals. Production capacity of the new production lines, which would be fully automatic, will be around 5,000 kg per hour. Currently, the production capacity of Rajkot plant is 8,000-10,000 kg per hour in which the company produces multiflavored wafers, chana dal, mung dal and 25 other snacks.

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Gujarat Updates : Investment Plans/ Initiatives Wengzhou of Zhejiang Province, which arrived in India along with their Foreign Minister last week, visited Delhi and Ahmedabad scouting for investment opportunities.

Balaji Wafers enjoys around 65 percent market share in western Indian snacks market and is present in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Rajasthan and some parts of Madhya Pradesh. Its current turnover exceeds INR 1,200 crore and the company expects 25-30 percent growth in 201415.

Chinese firms plan industrial parks in Gujarat June 10, 2014

A group of Chinese companies has shortlisted three locations near Sanand in Ahmedabad district for setting up industrial parks. These locations are Sachana, Jakhwada and Jalsana. Plans to set up a China town with housing facilities near Sanand are also on the cards. Mr. Jagat Shah, Interim Secretary-General, China-India Trade and Investment Centre (CITIC), informed that a consortium of Chinese companies is expected to initially invest nearly USD 200 million ( INR 120 crore). In all, the Chinese companies have a target to invest USD 1 billion in Gujarat this year. This was only the first group of visiting businessmen. Mr. Jagat Shah further added that each month, a group representing nearly 10 companies will visit Gujarat. They will form a consortium to initially invest USD 200 million.

Sun Jian Qhiang, Managing Director of JBON Control Industry, would be investing in Sanand. He said that his brakes manufacturing factory in China has been exporting to India for the last five years. After visiting the automotive cluster site in Sanand, he has decided to invest in Gujarat. Teng Min Liang, MD of Zhejiang TTN Electric, said that he met several interesting companies in Gujarat for joint venture in voltage stabilisers and will proceed with one at the Chinese industrial park in Ahmedabad district soon.

Jiquan Chen, MD of Yalong Scientific Co, affirmed that he is interested in representing a Gujarat company in China to promote educational equipment and software in a twoway relationship. Mr. Jagat Shah further said that a township plan was also presented to the Chinese delegation by Technopolis Township. Representatives of companies from sectors such as automobile and motorcycle parts, real estate, construction, electrical appliances, garbage management, medical equipment, educational equipment and software, art and crafts and finance were part of the Chinese delegation, led by Teng Min Liang from Zhejiang TTN Electric Co Ltd and Sun Jian Qiang from JBON Control Industry, who also represents CITIC in China. The companies met 30 potential investors and entrepreneurs in Ahmedabad in an investors’ summit and visited several factories to explore joint venture opportunities with Gujarat companies.

A delegation of 15 Chinese companies from

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Explore Gujarat Religious Sites in Gujarat The religious places of Gujarat reflects the diversity of region, rituals, people and religions. This religious places in Gujarat reflects the rich religious heritage of the state. Following is the list of those places which are located on the serine beaches, high mountains and in the center of the city.

Aravali mountain range. Come, give yourself to her in these hills, and learn of love from the Mother of mothers.

Somnath:

Ambaji: Ambaji, Holy Mother Goddess, teaches us that the journey of life is to cultivate the heart of a mother. To strengthen our inner awareness, and our faith in Love, pure and unfettered. 30 lakh pilgrims from a variety of religions and backgrounds come here every year from far away to bow their heads before this goddess. The goddess has been worshiped on this land since pre-Vedic times. She has been praised by saints and sages of India throughout history. She is considered the culmination of all the powers of all the gods put together, the original power of the universe, a radiance with no birth and no death. She lives in the Arasur hills (and so is also known as Arasuri Amba), near the source of the river Saraswati at the south-western end of the

The Somnath Temple is located in the Prabhas Kshetra near Veraval in Saurashtra, on the western coast of Gujarat, India. In the Shivapurana and the Nandi Upapurana, Lord Shiva is quoted as saying, 'I am omnipresent, but I am especially in twelve forms and places.' These places are known as jyotirlingas, and Somnath is the first to be found in the world. Around the linga the moon god Soma built a mythical temple of gold as an ode to Lord Shiva's glory and compassion. Like the waxing and waning moon, and fittingly for a place

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Explore Gujarat associated with Lord Shiva's cosmic dance of creative destruction, the Somnath temple has risen unfailingly from repeated acts of devastation. On Kartik Sud 14 in the Hindu calendar, the day of Shiva's son Kartikeya's birth, a fair is held for four days at the shrine of Somnath. Millions of devotees converge here for these ebullient celebrations on the shores of the Arabian Sea.

Jama Masjid: Just west of Manek Chowk in Ahmedabad stands the magnificent Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque), built in 1423 during the reign of Ahmedabad’s founder Ahmed Shah I. While all around the mosque lies the hectic frenzy of the center of the old city, step through the gates (on the north, east and south sides) and the urban chaos falls away behind you, leaving you standing in a refuge of profound serenity, accompanied only by people in quiet prayer, and birds perching on the columns. The wide open courtyard, floored with white marble, is ringed by a columned arcade painted with giant Arabic calligraphy, and has a tank for ritual ablutions in the center. The mosque and arcades are built of beautiful yellow sandstone and carved with the intricate detail that mosques of this period are known for. In its Indo-Saracenic architecture, the mosque also contains many syncretic elements not necessarily obvious to the viewer: some of the

central domes are carved like lotus flowers, closely related to the typical domes of Jain temples; and some of the pillars are carved with the form of a bell hanging on a chain, in reference to the bells that often hang in Hindu temples. On one of the innermost windows there is even a carving of an 'Om' symbol.

Sidi Sayeed Masjid: The Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, built in 1573, is one of the most famous mosques of Ahmedabad. As attested by the marble stone tablet fixed on the wall of the mosque, it was built by Sidi Saeed or Sidi Saiyyed, an Abyssinian in the retinue of Bilal Jhajar Khan, general in the army of the last Sultan Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III of the Gujarat Sultanate.

Off the eastern end of Nehru Bridge stands the Sidi Sayeed mosque. Built in 1573, it is the last of the major mosques to be built in Ahmedabad under the Mughal rule. Surrounded by busy intersections, it presents a stark contrast to speeding buses and giant advertisements. The carved jaalis in the windows of the western wall are known worldwide and have become a symbol of the city of Ahmedabad. Depicting a tree with intertwining branches, the carvings look like fine lace filigree work, but are hewn from solid stone. The craftsmanship of this mosque places it on a level nearly unequaled in the world.

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Explore Gujarat Palitana Temples:

Ashok Edicts:

Palitana located 51 km south west of Bhavnagar is known for being the largest cluster of Jain temples. There are in total 863 temples from base to the peak of the Shatrunjaya hill, where the Palitana temples are located. The path is climbed through 3950 steps spanning 3.5 km up the Shatrunjaya Hills. The construction of temples of Palitana spanned over a period of 900 years and was structured in two phases. From the 11th to12th centuries AD as a part of the resurgence of temple building all over India, the first phase of temple architecture was constructed. The second phase followed later, from the 16th century AD onwards. No one person can be attributed for the construction of these magnificent temples rather it was the effort of the wealthy businessmen who were followers of Jainism.

Ashoka’s Rock Edicts belong to 250 BC where around 14 edicts of Ashoka are located on the route to the Mount Girnar Hills. This rock edict is a huge stone and the carving in Brahmi script in Pali language mention the resistance to greed and animal sacrifice and also moralize the principles of purity of thought, secularism in thinking, kindness and gratitude. The other major part of Junagadh’s Buddhist heritage are the stone edicts of Emperor Ashoka, found on the road towards Mt. Girnar.

As the temple-city was built to be an abode for the divine, no one is allowed to stay overnight, including the priests. Every Jain believes that a visit to this group of temples is essential as a once in a life time chance to achieve nirvana or salvation.

Tellingly, in Junagadh one edict that is visible (though you won’t understand it unless you read Pali) reads: “To foster one’s own sect, depreciating the others out of affection for one’s own, to exalt its merit, is to do the worst harm to one’s own sect.” This is wise counsel calling to us from 2300 years ago.

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