Speaking at a chemicals event,Saurabh Patel, Minister for Petrochemicals, Government of Gujarat informed that while new manufacturing policy of the Govt. of India aims to increase the share of manufacturing from to 16 percent to 25 percent of GDP by 2025, Gujarat has already reached the level of 27.2 percent...
Gujarat to cover Narmada River canals with solar panels!
According to the Hindu Business Line, solar panels will be installed in the state of Gujarat (northwestern India) to generate power. Those panels will use the 11,807 miles long network of Narmada canals. Narendra Modi, Gujarat’s Chief Minister, inaugurated the “Canal Solar Power Project”, a 1 Megawatt pilot project on...
Private healthcare dominates overall spend in India
A new study found that three-fourths of all the healthcare spending in India happens at hospitals owned by corporations. Further the growth of private hospitals has also been inequitable, with more than a third of all hospitals present in the large Metros and Tier I cities. This leaves two problems...
Ricoh's California unit innovates in India
My friend Professor Sudhir Jain is now Director (President) of one of the "new" Indian Institutes of Technology, the one located in India's fastest growing state, Gujarat. IIT Gandhinagar has aligned with office equipment maker Ricoh's innovating lab based in California. “We floated a proposal to Ricoh Innovation Inc (RII)...
India's share of global exports doubles since 2000
According to an article in the Economist, Pune in west India, has won the steely hearts of Germany’s car firms. Inside a $700m Volkswagen plant on the city’s outskirts, laser-wielding robots test car frames’ dimensions and a giant conveyor belt slips by, with sprung-wood surfaces to protect workers’ knees. It...
Solar Power in India reached 1 Gigawatt
Solar photovoltaic installations in India have crossed 1 gigawatt mark. The country has targeted 20 GW by the year 2020. As at the end of June, India had grid interactive solar Photovoltaic installed capacity of 1,030.66 MW. Most of the capacities have come in Gujarat. In addition, India has 85.21...