The state of 2 states

I was born and brought up in Mumbai, but my native place is in Gujarat. The desert like place called Kutchh in Gujarat had lots of power cuts 10 years back with water cuts and no roads. In short Mumbai was then, THE HAPPENING place to live.

Now: Power cuts, Water shortages in Mumbai where as my native place gets 24 hours electricity and water with tarred roads and malls.

According to the August 8 report of the National Council of
Applied Economic Research, the richest city in India is now Surat, ahead of Bangalore and Madras , with an average annual household income of Rs 0.45 million (over $11,000 per year).
80 per cent of all diamonds sold anywhere in the world are polished in Surat 's 10,000 diamond units.

Between 2004-5 and 2007-8 Surat 's middle class doubled in size and its poor class reduced by a third.

The fifth richest city in India is now Amdavaad , ahead of Bombay and Delhi , and miles ahead of Calcutta .

The percentage of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labor unrest is 0.42 per cent, the lowest in India .

Of Gujarat 's 18,048 villages, 17,940 have electricity. Under Chief Minister Modi, the face of industrial Gujarat is changing.

The world's largest oil refinery is coming up in Jamnagar . Owned by Reliance, it already refines 660,000 barrels of oil a day and will double that this year.

Thirty per cent of India 's cotton is grown in Gujarat, 40 per cent of India 's art-silk is manufactured in Surat , employing 0.7 million people.

The world's third largest denim manufacturer is Amdavaad's Arvind Mills.

A KPMG report says 40 per cent of India 's pharmacy industry is based in Gujarat with companies like Torrent, Zydus Cadila,Alembic, Dishman and Sun Pharma.

The state of Gujarat's GDP has been growing at 12 per cent a year for the last 12 years, as fast as China 's.