VGRC to be held in Vadodara in June
The Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC), focusing on the central part of the state, is scheduled to be held in Vadodara during the last week of June, officials said on Friday.
The region encompasses Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Chhotaudepur, Narmada, and Mahisagar districts, accounting for 28 per cent of Gujarat’s total manufacturing output, an official release said.
As per district-level data from the Annual Survey of Industries 2022-23, central Gujarat contributed 93 per cent of the state’s total other transport equipment manufacturing output (which includes railway locomotives, rolling stock, air and spacecraft, two and three-wheeled vehicles), 92 per cent of auto and auto components, 70 per cent of beverages, and 63 per cent each of pharmaceuticals and electrical equipment. Around 62 per cent of the total area within Gujarat is covered under the influence area of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), making the state an ideal destination for investors, the release added. There are two flagship projects of the central Gujarat region in various phases of development, namely the 5,560-acre Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) and the 2,849-acre Mandal-Becharaji Special Investment Region (MBSIR).
“Vadodara’s chemicals and petrochemicals sector accounted for 61 per cent of the district’s total manufacturing output. Ahmedabad leads in auto and auto Components (18 pc), textiles (15 pc), basic metals (13 pc), and pharmaceuticals (9 pc). Gandhinagar’s manufacturing output is driven by food processing (18 pc), basic metals (17 pc).
