Gujarat….
the Pride
Gujarat, the land of Food, Peace and Love. People who are
always ready to eat, travel and dance. People
who believes in Respect and “sanskruti” in
ભૂખ લાગે ત્યારે ખાવું તે પ્રકૃતિ; ભૂખ ન લાગી હોય તોય ખાવું તે વિકૃતિ અને ભૂખ્યા રહીને બીજાને ખવરાવવું તે સંસ્કૃતિ..
which means “To eat when hungry is Nature,To eat even when not hungry is Evil minded and To let someone eat
even when you are hungry is Culture”.
Gujarat had been a trading hub since ancient times. For a
thousand years Gujarati traders sold Indian Cottons and silk to the Arabs in
return for silver and gold. Until the fifteenth century the Chinese junks used
to stop here to trade. In the
seventeenth century the English East India Company set u a warehouses on the
coast, and Gujaratis became bankers to the English in their three-way trade
between Europe, India and China. Many Gujarati traders also moved to East and
South Africa and the Middle East. Gujaratis are rigorous savers, and their
finally members worked endless hours and lived sober to ensure their success.
But the success of the migrants also created resentment among the locals, as it
did in 1960s in Uganda. They were expelled and hurled westwards to Britain and
America, where the Gujarati Diaspora began a new phase of capital accumulation.In
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, during the Mughal Age, Gujarat was one of
the richest centres of trade and commerce in the world, serviced by the busy
ports of Surat and Cambay.
Gujarat is the only state with surplus electricity.
Recently, the Gujarat Government has upgraded its installed capacity of 13,258
megawatts (MW) by adding another 3,488 MW. According to the official sources,
against demand of 40,793 million units during the nine months since April 2010,
Gujarat produced 43,848 million units. Gujarat sold surplus power to 12 states:
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi,
Haryana, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal.
Amul Was formed as a dairy cooperative in 1946, in
the city of Anand, Gujarat. The cooperative, Gujarat Co-operative Milk
Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF), is jointly owned by around 2.6 million milk
producers in Gujarat.The company stirred the White Revolution of India the world's biggest dairy
development program, and made the milk-deficient nation of India the largest
milk producer in the world, in 2010
Progress:
Progress:
· > 8,500 Schools upgraded since 1998.
· >18,053 schools equipped with power supply facilities
· >Primary School children gets School text books at no cost
as 36 Crores Grant >> Initiated by Govt.
· >School Laboratories enhanced at the cost of 3.4 crores every
year.
· >84,33,426 children gets Health Check up and 12,27,199
children get immediate health treatment by 2007.
Key Factors & Achievement:
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Special campaign to recruit 1.05 lakh Assistant Teachers for a strong and
prosperous Gujarat
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Kanya Kelavani Rathyatra and Pravesh Mahotsav (mid June 2009) have led to
a reduction in the drop out rate to below 2.29% and 100% enrolment in Primary
schools
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Efforts in Primary chools have led to 49.34 lakh students obtaining
uniforms at total expenditure of Rs.6,518 lakh
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Efforts in Primary chools have led to 49.34 lakh students obtaining
uniforms at total expenditure of Rs.6,518 lakh
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Facility of free bus transport for girls in rural areas
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Special concentration on 6 special schemes of Kanya Kelavani for girls in
41 most backward talukas
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With increased efforts, Kanya Kelavani Fund has reached Rs. 21.83 crore,
for girls Education
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The next steps for Gujarat in the area of Human Development Index:
Children University and Bal Gokulam Sanstha
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Reading, writing and numeracy of students in Primary Schools has improved
by 80%
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Heroes(from Gujarat): Mahatma Gandhi,who spearheaded the Indian Independence movement against British colonial rule,was a Gujarati.Muhammad Ali Jinnah,revered in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam(means Great Leader),Baba-i-Quam(means Father of Nation) and first Governor general of Pakistan was from a Gujarati Muslim famiy in Rajkot.”Iron Man of India”, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, independent India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister,was from Nadiad,Gujarat.Vikram Sarabhai,considered “Father of Indian Space Programme” originated from an affluent family of Jain industrialists from Ahmedabad.Dhirubhai Ambani,fouder of Reliancce industries was from Chorvad,Gujarat.Azim Premji,software magnate and chairman of Wipro Limited is ethnically Gujarati,while pioneer industrialist Jamsetji Tata,who founded the famous Tata Group,India’s biggest and best-known multinational conglomerate,hailed from a Parsi Zoroastrian family in Navsari, and today is widely regarded as the legendary “Father of Indian Industry”
Gujarat played an important role in economic history of India.Today it is one of the most industrialized states of India, and has a per capita GDP above the national average.The state ranks 15th alongside Germany in a list of 142 nations worldwide, and actually ranks higher than several developed nations.
Always was proud to be a Gujarati and Always will be.
“JAY JAY GARVI GUJARAT”
Reference:
Book:"India Unbound" by Shri Gurucharan Das
