17. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is Asia 's 1st and world's 45th ranked management college located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat .
18. Gujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2 which is the least in India stated by India Today 2005 report.
19. Gujarat is having least crime against women among all Indian states where AP is 1st, Delhi is 2nd , Bihar is 3rd , Zarakhand is 4th and UP is 5th.
20. Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the lowest in crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.
21. Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai & Delhi.
22. Ahmedabad is ranked 3rd in Policy Initiatives - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta, Mumbai & Delhi.
23. Ahmedabad is ranked 4th in Manpower - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai & Delhi.
Percent of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labor strike are lowest in country - just 0.52%
It is the first state to implement the BOT law for encouraging private sector participation
The first state to have to fully functional LNG terminal
24. Gujarat has 33 approved SEZs
25. Gujarat is the first state to interconnect 20 rivers
26. It is the first state to provide uninterrupted 24hr 2 phase electricity to all villages
27. It is the only state with statewide gas grid
28. It is currently implementing statewide water distribution grid that will connect all 14,000 villages and all cities
29. It has largest e-governance network in Asia Pacific
30. Its agricultural production has been increased four-fold in five years (from USD 2 Billion in 2001-2002 to 7.5 Billion in 2005-2006)
31. In every corner of Gujarat, within the range of 25 KMs there is a development going on.
Operation WHITE FLOOD (MILK) was initiated in Gujarat by Dr. Kurien which took India in 1998 to become highest milk producer in the world.
32. Consumption of GOLD in Gujarat is highest in India.
33. Largest number of immigration & emigration is done from Gujarat .
34. Also highest Numbers of passports are issued from Gujarat .
35. Baroda gas project - bringing natural gas to every home - More than 35 years ago they installed pipelines to bring natural gas to every kitchen.
36. AMUL - NDDB another achievement for Gujarat - it was just fantastic to see how they collected milk early morning from every village in Gujarat .