October 2021

GUJARAT Dholka industries need to revive lake: Gujarat high court The Gujarat high court has said that it wants five industrial units near Dholka town to save and revive a lake near Bhetavda village and sought response from the industries on this issue. The villagers complained that apart from the discharge from STP, the water … Read more

GUJARAT   Pharma products’ approvals in Gujarat rise as firms expand portfolios With a strong demand growth in the healthcare space and people focusing more on preventative care after the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, pharma companies are adding more drugs and products to their existing portfolios. As a result, there has been a substantial jump in product approvals granted … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat govt to stop allotting city space for polluting units For the first time, a thorough guideline to strike off provisions for chemical plants in development plans and town planning schemes of eight municipal corporations and 156 nagarpalikas will be released by the state urban development department, a few weeks after Diwali. The state’s … Read more

GUJARAT Drop of 3.3 lakh in rural telecom subscribers in Gujarat With people discontinuing mobile connections and service issues due to the Covid-19 pandemic, rural Gujarat saw a reduction of some 3.3 lakh telecom subscribers in the April to June quarter this year. The latest performance indicator report of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), suggests … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat gets 14,963MW from non-conventional sources’ Projects with the capacity of generating 14,963MW of electricity from non-conventional sources are currently operational in Gujarat. The government said the state accounts for 15% of the country’s installed capacity for power generation from non-conventional energy sources. A government release said that Gujarat stands first in the country … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat CM Launched Go Green Scheme Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has launched the ‘Go-Green’ scheme. Highlights ♦ It is a portal to provide electric two-wheelers at subsidised rates to construction and industrial workers of the state. ♦ The scheme is aimed at reducing fuel bills and also curbing vehicular pollution. ♦ The organised … Read more

GUJARAT Ahmedabad: Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel launches seventh phase of ‘Seva Setu’ initiative Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel launched the seventh phase of state-wide Seva Setu programme from Manipur in Sanand, Ahmedabad district which will be held in the state till January 5, 2022. A total of 56 different services will be made available to … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat govt to woo Fortune 500 companies Even as the 2021 edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit had to be postponed because of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Gujarat government has chalked out plans to organise the January 2022 summit on a bigger scale. After Diwali, the government has planned a major marketing … Read more

GUJARAT Millennia of Buddhist heritage in Gujarat The excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Vadnagar, PM Narendra Modi’s hometown, since 2015 have unearthed the ancient town and, overall, the region’s Buddhist past. The finds include multiple votive stupas, relics, artifacts, and structures. Experts said that along with the nearby Taranga hills, the … Read more

GUJARAT Mutual fund AUM grew by Rs 55,000 cr in Gujarat Riding on fresh inflows to equity-linked mutual funds and increasing net asset value, overall assets under management (AUM) for mutual funds (MFs) in Gujarat increased by Rs 55,201 crore in just eleven months. With this, total AUM for MFs in Gujarat breached the Rs … Read more