गुजरात के विकास के लिए राज्य सरकार द्वारा कई जरूरी कदम उठाए जा रहे हैं। इसमें केंद्र सरकार भी राज्य सरकार की मदद कर रही है। राज्य में कई प्रोजेक्ट पर काम चल रहा है, जिसके जरिए प्रदेश के इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर विकास को मजबूत किया जाएगा। इसी के तहत राज्य के धोलेरा सिटी का निर्माण किया जा रहा है। राज्य की धोलेरा सिटी में लोगों की हर एक सुविधा का खास ध्यान रखा गया है। इस सिटी में बिजनेस कॉम्प्लेक्स समेत कई मेगा प्रोजेक्ट पर काम हो रहा है। मेगा प्रोजेक्ट के तहत धोलेरा इंटरनेशनल और ग्रीनफील्ड एयरपोर्ट का निर्माण भी किया जा रहा है।

Gujarat is driving India’s dream to become the global hub of the semiconductor industry. With the vision of the Union government, its policy support, infrastructure development, and incentives, the state is the most preferred choice for semiconductor investments.

The Gujarat Semiconnect Conference, held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, witnessed the signing of eight major Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth over Rs 1.04 lakh crore. In the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, these agreements aim to boost semiconductor and electronics manufacturing in Gujarat, potentially generating thousands of jobs. The three-day event was attended by over 1,500 delegates and 250 exhibitors. Among the key agreements, Jabil India signed an MoU to establish a Silicon Photonics Manufacturing Unit in Gujarat with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore. This unit will produce photonics transceivers essential for AI, telecom, the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart infrastructure, creating approximately 1,500 new jobs.

Multiple Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) were signed in the Gujarat semi-connect Conference, in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday. An MoU was signed with JABIL India company for establishing new Silicon Photonics Manufacturing Unit in Gujarat with an investment of Rs 1000 crore, according to a press release. This unit will focus on manufacturing photonics transceivers, which are essential data communication devices used in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecom, the Internet of Things (IoT), and smart-infrastructure. The investment is expected to generate approximately 1500 new employment opportunities.

Gandhinagar: In a move set to redefine the state's industrial landscape, chief minister Bhupendra Patel kicked off the Gujarat SemiConnect IESA Vision Summit 2025 on Wednesday and shared a compelling vision to turn Gujarat into a semiconductor hub. Held at the Mahatma Mandir Exhibition and Convention Centre in Gandhinagar, the summit saw a Rs 15,000 crore investment push to build a dynamic local-to-global value chain. The conference was marked by the signing of 10 strategic MoUs that will redefine the state's tech future.

Gujarat’s 109-kilometre Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway is almost finished, with 91 percent of construction completed. This Rs 4,500 crore project was expected to open by the end of January, as per Knocksense. It is being said that this will improve connections between Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, and Dholera, India’s first greenfield smart city. At present, the journey of 169 km between Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar takes more than three hours. The new expressway will shorten this distance to 141 km, cutting travel time to just 1 hour and 45 minutes. The journey between Ahmedabad and Dholera will also be much quicker, dropping from 2 hours 15 minutes to just 40-45 minutes.

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Dholera will get a fire station, school, hospital, desalination plant, and more in the next couple of years. Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai has, in the annual budget 2025-26, made several provisions to push infrastructure at Dholera. A Rs. 170 crore allocation is made to develop social infrastructure (hospital and school) at the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR). A Rs. 25 crore allocation is made to develop a fire station at Dholera SIR. Sea dredging for land filling at Dholera SPR ( by DCI – Dredging Corporation India) will take place for Rs. 10 crore.

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw revealed that India's first "Made-in-India" semiconductor chip will be launched by September or October 2025. The announcement was made during a press conference in Bengaluru, where Vaishnaw highlighted the government's commitment to advancing the country's semiconductor industry. The chip, developed in collaboration with Tata Electronics and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC), will be produced at India's first semiconductor fabrication plant in Dholera, Gujarat. This initiative is part of the broader Semicon India program, which was approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2021 with a total outlay of Rs 76,000 crore. The program aims to establish a comprehensive semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in India.

AHMEDABAD: Department of Science and Technology Gujarat government has demanded substantial Rs 40,783 crore grants from the government of India (GOI) for the development of semiconductor industry in Dholera SIR region and Sanand near Ahmedabad in next six years. Mona Khandhar, principal secretary, science & technology department informed that, "the objectives of the state government is of robust and sustainable semiconductor and electronics ecosystem in Sanand and Dholera SIR region in next six years."

Dr. Kuldeep Arya (IAS), CEO of Dholera Industrial City Development Limited (DICDL), highlights Dholera's role in driving India's semiconductor ambitions and its potential to become a futuristic industrial hub. Twice the size of Mumbai, the 'smart city' of Dholera is set to host India’s first semiconductor fabrication plant, marking a leap in India’s semiconductor ambitions.