July 2021

GUJARAT Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry to honour startup founders and farmers Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) will felicitate startup founders and farmers of the region. “The special award function will be held on Wednesday at Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre at Sarsana. In the ‘startup’ category different awards like startup of the year, … Read more

GUJARAT In dry Gujarat, 4.3% of adult population alcoholic: Rajya Sabha data It is ironic for a dry state but data tabled in Rajya Sabha recently indicated that about 4.3% of the population of Gujarat – accounting to about 19.53 lakh persons – are addicted to alcohol. The data, shared by A Narayanaswamy, MoS (social justice … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat’s cotton acreage may grow 10% Gujarat’s cotton acreage is likely to increase 10% this kharif season with farmers getting high prices for the natural fibre last year. Currently, the area under cotton cultivation in the state has increased to 16.50 lakh hectares as on July 5, compared to 15.72 lakh hectares during the … Read more

GUJARAT E-commerce giant starts first digital centre in Gujarat E-commerce major Amazon India started country’s first Digital Kendra in Surat on Thursday looking at the area’s dense micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector presence. It will be a physical resource centre for the companies to avail third party services training on benefits of e-commerce, GST and taxation support, … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat awaits Rs 10,000 crore in GST compensation Reflecting a major shortfall in tax collection, Gujarat still awaits GST compensation of Rs 10,186 crore from the Centre for the period from April 2020 to May 2021. The data issued by the Union finance ministry suggests that in 2020-21, GST compensation to the tune of Rs 6,583 crore remains pending for … Read more

GUJARAT Baidyanath to start country’s first commercial LNG, filling station Makers of Ayurvedic medicines from the city, Shree Baidyanath, has diversified into liquified natural gas (LNG) sale. The company will be inaugurating the country’s first commercial LNG filling station in the city. The company’s decision was following government’s decision to invest Rs10,000 crore in the LNG dispensing stations … Read more

GUJARAT VNSGU department likely to get approval for genome sequencing Department of Bioscience of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) is likely to get a genome sequencing facility especially to test Covid-19 variants. VNSGU officials claimed that they are yet to receive any confirmation, but the university’s department’s name has been declared as a possible centre by … Read more

GUJARAT 18% of new projects in major cities are coming up in non-TP areas: GujRERA In an insightful document last week, Gujarat’s Real Estate Regulatory Authority (GujRERA) office claimed that 18% of all new building projects in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot are forced to come up in areas where there are no town planning schemes (TP). In … Read more