Gujarat
The so-called “Gujarat model” of development–attracting foreign investment through high-quality infrastructure and an intense attention to the needs of investors–has made Gujarat one of India’s richest and most industrialized states and catapulted long-time Chief Minister Narendra Modi to national power in 2014. Gujarat remains on of India’s most attractive investment destinations, but the Gujarat model has been criticized for failing to improve the lives of the states poor, and Gujarat has not had equal success in developing 21st century industries such as the IT sector.
State Policies
Solar Policy: Solar Power Policy (2021)
Electric Mobility Policy: Gujarat State Electric Vehicle Policy 2021
Industry Policy: Industrial Policy (2020)
State Summary
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Size
75,685 sq. miles -
Population
60.4 million -
State GDP
$118.34 billion (USD) -
Legislative Assembly Seats
182
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Rajya Sabha Seats
11 -
Lok Sabha Seats
26 -
Party Affiliation
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Left: A worker spray paints a steel frame at a heavy fabrication manufacturing factory in Vasna Buzarg village. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)
A worker spray paints a steel frame at a heavy fabrication manufacturing factory in Vasna Buzarg village. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)
Right: Radiation technicians monitor as a cancer patient lies on India’s first True Beam Radiotherapy Technology Linear Accelerator at the Health Care Global (HCG) hospital in Ahmedabad. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)