The Central Budget is anti-Gujarat. The manufacturing sector plays a crucial role in the economic development of Gujarat. The increase in Central Excise on manufactured goods will have a severe impact on it.
The textile industry has been dealt a death blow. The UPA has given Rs 200 crore to Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur hosiery textile industry for pollution control measures. But the Union Environment Ministry is withholding approval to 60-odd projects in Gujarat.