Under the defence partnership, India and the UAE are eyeing defence industrial collaboration and cooperation in advanced technologies, cyberspace training, special operations, interoperability of their militaries and counter terrorism.
Speaking at the 'Samudra se Samruddhi' event, where he inaugurated and laid foundation stones of projects worth Rs 34,200 crore, Modi said all the problems of India have only one solution, and that is self-reliance.
With the first two phases of town planning and zonation completed this month, the country's first special investment region (SIR) at Dholera in Gujarat is set to take off. The endeavour in Ahmedabad district is likely to bring investment amounting to $90 billion to the western state over the next ten years.
The state's plan to set up special investment regions, or self-sustaining large industrial townships, faces protest from farmers.
The company is preparing Information and Communications Technology master plan for four smart cities proposed under the DMIC project.
Data on growth in rural jobs and on progress in social indicators don't bear out the story of uniform and high progress
A draft notice has been prepared and villagers are deliberating on the issue and taking legal counsel.
Except for laws pertaining to the payment of minimum wages, following safety norms and adequate compensation for workers in case of industrial accidents, no other provisions of the labour law would apply to all new companies that wish to operate in the state for at least 1,200 days, and for those that have already been operational for that period.
Gujarat, the state which pioneered the concept of the Special Investment Region, will establish 12 new industrial hubs in the next 5-6 years and expects the private sector to play a leading role in facilitating the process.
The policy aims at attracting quality investments, increasing employment opportunities in the state, develpoing special investment regions, encouraging public private partnership model, setting up of mega projects and core infrstructure projects, said minister of state for industry Saurabh Patel, who released the policy in Ahmedabad. The first objective of the policy is to attract investments in the areas of SIRs, PPP projects, mega projects, innovative projects etc.
Apart from textiles, gems and jewellery, engineering, chemicals and petrochemicals, which are the sectors where the state has proved its strength, the new policy will focus on potential sectors such as agri business, fisheries and informal sector. Emerging sectors such as IT/ ITEs, nano technology, biotechnology, non-conventional energy resources have been given priority in the policy.
Gujarat is on the road to market 'Brand Gujarat'. The state has aimed at an accelerated industrial growth of about 15 per cent for the next five years. According to the new policy, the state will create room for three new economic corridors to house four special investment regions (SIR), 10 logistic parks for Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and a slew of industrial parks. For trained manpower, the state government will create a synergy between industry and education.
In a bid to enter India's booming petroleum sector, the Hinduja group has entered into a joint venture agreement with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
The government is preparing a draft policy for special investment regions that would be spread over an area of hundreds of kilometres and offer investors all the infrastructure for setting up manufacturing units.
'If Narendra Modi and Amit Shah will campaign here, the BJP's defeat will be bigger.'
A 1988 batch Indian Administrative Service of Gujarat cadre, Arvind Sharma is set to be Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi's personal secretary. Sharma was additional principal secretary to the Modi when he was chief minister of Gujarat, and has been with him since 2001.
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The Indian Consulate in Guangzhou has organised a face to face interaction with Chinese investors to make a case for them to step up investments in India, a press release from the Consulate said.
Armed with green nod and fund infusion, Gujarat govt getting ready to issue tenders to build infrastructure at the mega investment region
According to villagers in the region, builders have been doing the rounds of the area, trying to spot suitable locations for residential projects.
'Corruption is rampant in every office in the state from the villages right up to Gandhinagar. I have witnessed all these issues first hand... Before Narendra Modi became chief minister Gujarat had a debt of Rs 25,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore. Today it is Rs 180,000 crore. There has been six-fold jump in public debt in Gujarat in the last ten years... Every child born in Gujarat owes a debt of Rs 30,000 today. How can you call this development? Look at how high taxes are in Gujarat. Look at the condition of our public health system. There are not enough doctors or nursing staff in government hospitals; not enough teachers in schools and colleges.' Three-time BJP MLA Dr Kanubhai Kalsaria rips apart Narendra Modi's policies.
The AAP's mandate in Gujarat is similar to the one in Delhi -- address issues related to corruption and other grievances of the common man, says Vinay Umarji and Premal Balan
The ordinance has returned near absolute power of discretion in land acquisition, except in tribal areas, into the hands of the bureaucracy yet again
Infra major GMR is hopeful of maintaining strong order book.
Muzzling NGOs is unbecoming of a democracy. Self-confident democracies encourage, indeed applaud, the involvement of citizens' associations, including NGOs, in social and political decision-making and development planning. Instead, our paranoid government bullies and terrorises them, says Praful Bidwai.
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