Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Gujarat government is exploring possibilities for establishing a nuclear power plant in the State. In the annual budget presented by Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai, a Rs. 1 crore allocation is made for consultancy to explore the possibilities to establish a nuclear power plant in Gujarat. The grant is allocated to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) for consultancy work. The State presently has a nuclear energy plant at Kakrapar, which comes under the Central ...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Vadodara and Rajkot will get new convention centres. The State government has in its budget for FY 2025 proposed Rs. 50 crore budget to start the project of development of modern convention centres in these two cities. As per the details of budget draft presented by finance minister Kanubhai Desai on February 20th, the State government intends development of five new satelite towns with modern amenities for which Rs. 50 crore sum is provisioned in the budget. U...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Social media cells will be created at each Collector Office and DDO office across Gujarat under the control of the Directorate of Information Gandhinagar. According to the budget presented by Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai on February 20th, a total of 120 posts (54 content creators, 33 video editors, and 33 graphic designers) are to be filled through outsourcing to set up a social media cell for the Collector Office and DDO Office of each district of Gujarat under ...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad will have an "Engineering Marvel Gallery." Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai has proposed an allocation of Rs. 5 crore for financial year 2025 in annual budget. As per the details of budget allocations proposed under the Science & Technology Department, a Rs. 11 crore allocation is made to establish an ICT (Information and Communication Technology) co-working space—ICT Park. The location of this proposed park is not mentioned in...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government is set to initiate the Port City project in the near future. Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai has proposed an allocation of Rs. 100 crore for the financial year 2025-26 in the annual budget of the state, which he presented on February 20th. An amount of Rs. 100 crore provisioned under the head of department of Ports in the budget shall be utilized as government equity participation for the proposed Special Purpsoe Vehicle(SPV) for the Port city...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has proposed a Rs. 700 crore allocation in the annual budget for assistance to large industries. Deep-sea pipeline project at Bulk Drug Park at Jambusar and Sayakha has found an allocation of Rs. 386.80 crore in the budget. Rs. 20 crore assistance is also provisioned for the deep-sea discharge project at Ahmedabad. Rs. 10 crore allocation is proposed to prepare feasibility study report for development of Special Economic Region and Growth H...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: The city of Vadodara will get a Mela Centre for handloom and handicraft artisans from across the country. Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai, in the budget presented on February 20th, made a provision of Rs. 10 crore for this project. According to budget documents, the proposed Mela Centre in Vadodara will be developed on a permanent basis for marketing products made by handloom and handicraft artists from across India. The proposed Mela Centre will also offer tr...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai has proposed allocation of Rs. 175 crore for Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2026 in the State budget 2025. Vibrant Gujarat, also referred to as Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, is a biennial investors' global business event aimed at bringing together business leaders, investors, corporations, thought leaders, policy and opinion makers; the summit is advertised as a platform to understand and explore business opportunities in...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government will build 10 new government colleges, provision for which is made in the annual budget of 2025-26. Constructions of colleges proposed in the budget include Govt. Arts & Commerce College at Ghogha, Science College at Veraval, Arts & Commerce College at Sojitra and Vanthali, and Science College at Tharad. While these will be the new colleges, a number of other works of construction and repair of buildings are proposed for existing colleges across the st...Read More

Gandhinagar: Presented below are the detailed department wise proposed budget allocations details as part of the annual budget presented by the Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai today in the State assembly.   2025-2026 Title File-English File-Gujarati Budget 00 - Index -- 01 - Annual Financial Statement -- 02 - Receipt under Consolidated Fund & Transaction under Contingency Fund & Public Accounts, etc. -- 03 - Agriculture & Co...Read More