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On Friday, 29th April 2022, an enormous vehicle rally was organized on the occasion of the 545th Jagadguru Shrimad Vallabhacharyaji Mahaprabhuji Utsav at Vadodara in Gujarat. Vrajarajkumar Mahoday was the chairman of the rally. Jagat Prakash Nadda, the national President of BJP, was also present during the occasion celebration and was honored as the inaugural […]
Adani Group’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport has been accredited on the “’ACI Director General’s Roll of Excellence” by the Airports Council International (ACI). In particular, it has been lauded “the best airport for a better experience to passengers.” It may be mentioned here that in 2021, the airport underwent a massive overhaul in terms […]
Among the 5,000 foundry units in India, Gujarat alone account for about 30 percent while notching the first spot in the turnover from the same. About 90 per cent classify into small and medium scale enterprises (SMSEs). That the foundry industry is a labour-oriented enterprise makes matters worse. It provides direct employment to 5 lakh […]
The Highcourt has criticised the coercive methods used by the state tax officials and said that the recovery targets for revenue collection should not be at the expense of foreclosing the remedies which are available to assessees for challenging the correctness of a demand. The bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Nisha Thakore […]
Gujarat metro rail corporation’s annual report, presented in the Gujarat Assembly on March 3, showed the income earned by the company in 2020-21 was ₹4.42 lakh. As compared to last year, the revenue generated this year was six times less. According to the report, just 130 passengers used the Ahmedabad metro in 2021-22, a significant […]
Gujarat Government has collected a whopping Rs. 86,780 crore in the year 2021-22 by way of GST and VAT. The amount collected is Rs. 20057 crore more than the collection of Rs. 66,723 crore made in the year 2020-21. It is the highest since the implementation of GST. Similarly, Rs.4530 crore collected in the month […]
Tata Motors looks set to take over Ford India’s passenger vehicle manufacturing plant in Sanand, 40 km from Ahmedabad. Both the companies have submitted a consented proposal to transfer Ford’s passenger vehicle manufacturing plant ownership to Tata Motors. A High-Power committee (HPC) will give a nod to the proposal. The government of Gujarat formed an […]
Bhupendra Patel, CM of Gujarat, attended the closing ceremony of the 16th edition of the GIHED Property Show on Sunday evening. The three-day show ended with an overwhelming response from developers and investors, drawing at least 80,000 visitors. As many as 250 projects were featured at the show. During their discussions with the chief minister, […]
Billionaire Gautam Adani’s APSEZ on Tuesday signed an agreement with Indian PSU- Indian Oil Corporation(IOC). According to the agreement IOC will build infrastructure for new crude oil tanks at Mundra. This will help IOC augment its crude oil volume. Adani’s APSEZ will handle and blend 10 mmtpa crude oil for IOC. Important to note here […]
The Raopura police station is investigating a scam that duped 91 individuals of 1.09 crore with the false promise of constructing houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). According to a complaint filed at the Raopura police station by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), imposters cheated 91 unsuspecting individuals by offering to construct houses […]
Rama Sastry, IPS, ADG, BSF Western Command visited BSF Gujarat Frontier to check the security situation at the frontier. Upon his arrival at the Frontier HQ of BSF Gujarat on February 24, 2022, GS Malik, IPS, IG, BSF Gujarat briefed him on BSF Gujarat’s operational and administrative aspects. On February 25th, he left for Bhuj, […]
According to a recent development, the Ahmedabad plant of Japanese carmaker Suzuki Motor could manufacture electric cars for Maruti Suzuki and Toyota. Suzuki, the parent of Maruti Suzuki, has been selected for benefits under the government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme and might make green cars as per the requirements of Maruti and Toyota. Maruti MD […]
Gujarat recorded 998 cases and 16 deaths in the last 24 hours. The death rate is on the decline after months of recording anything between 20-30 deaths. The spike in cases began in Gujarat in mid-November last year as the Omicron variant made an entry into the country after being first detected in South Africa […]
Air Marshal Vikram Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command paid a visit to the frontline Air Base at Bhuj on February 13 and 14,2022. The Air Marshal was received at the Airbase by Air Commodore Maluk Singh, Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station Bhuj. The Air Marshal was presented with a ceremonial Guard […]
Gujarat recorded 3,897 coronavirus cases today – a drop from yesterday’s tally of 813 – and 19 deaths in the last 24 hours. With 19 Covid-19 fatalities, the cumulative number of deaths climbed to 10,667 in Gujarat, the state health department said in a release. Six people who succumbed to the infection were from Ahmedabad. […]
To further the national goal of aatmanirbharta, young dreams need wings to soar. In this precise bid, comes a new centre by Gujarat University, to help innovation and start-up ideas by college students. The Gujarat University Start-Up and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC) will help business ventures with technical expertise, channels to tap for financial assistance and […]
J.S. Bandukwala, a well-known rights activist who spent many years working towards a more inclusive society, passed away on Saturday morning in Vadodara, Gujarat. He was 77 and is survived by a son and a daughter. According to his doctor, Bandukwala, who lived alone, had been unwell for the last week due to age-related complications. […]
The Gujarat Government is often found to be in a tearing hurry to claim the numero uno status for almost everything, but it sometimes jumps the gun. It claims that the State leads in facilitating startups and even topped the State Startup Rankings 2019 initiated by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) […]
Kotak Mahindra Bank on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a wholly-owned subsidiary company of GIFT City, GIFT SEZ Ltd. According to the MoU, the area of focus will be to ease market access and cross-border activities for the fund management community. Both will jointly work on promoting the GIFT IFSC jurisdiction for […]
The demand for medicines, masks, sanitisers, and home testing COVID kits has increased manifold in Gujarat which is reporting ten thousand plus corona cases for the past few days. Team VOI talked to top medical stores of Ahmedabad to compare the demand for such products in the third wave of the pandemic with that in […]
