CONTENTS1 Introduction 8 1.1 Need for the Study 8 1.2 Objectives 10 1.3 Research Question 10 1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study 10 1.5 Methodology 10 1.5.1 Design of the study 10 1.5.2 Selection of analytical method regarding to research 12 2 Dynamics of Economic Growth and Development 13 2.1 Understand the mean of economic growth, disparity and development and its indicators. 13 2.1.1 Economic Growth: 13 2.1.2 Disparity 13 2.1.3 Types of disparity 14 2.1.4 Development and its indicators 14 2.2 Why inter-district analysis? 14 2.3 Study relating to Growth and Development 15 2.3.1 Understand the growth disparity and reduction of growth disparity 15 2.3.2 Measure of term economic development 16 2.3.3 Variables, sectoral composition and economic growth 16 3 Profile of the Gujarat 22 3.1 Overview on sectoral composition of the state 22 3.2 Sectoral growth and development of the state 24 3.2.1 Agriculture Sector Profile 25 3.2.2 Industrial Sector Profile 26 4 Agriculture sector growth and development 27 4.1 Selection of the districts 29 4.2 Variables of growth. 31 4.2.1 Percentage of Net Irrigated Area to Gross Cropped Area 31 4.2.2 Percentage of Area Sown more than once to Net Area Sown 32 4.2.3 Area under Food Crops to Gross Cropped Area 32 4.2.4 Change in Net Cropped Area 33 4.2.5 Change in Gross Irrigated Area 34 4.2.6 Percentage change in Cropping Pattern 34 4.3 Development of selected districts 38 4.3.1 Agriculture sector and development 38 4.3.2 Population and Demography 39 4.3.3 Education and Health 40 4.4 Summary 43 5 Industrial sector growth and development 46 5.1 Selection of the districts 47 5.1.1 Number of Units in Large Scale 47 5.1.2 Number of Units in MSME 48 5.1.3 Total Number of Units 48 5.1.4 Investment in Large Scale 49 5.1.5 Investment in MSME 50 5.1.6 Total Investment 50 5.2 Variables of selected districts in terms of growth 52 5.2.1 Investment per unit in MSME 52 5.2.2 Employment per Investment in MSME 53 5.2.3 Employment per Unit in MSME 53 5.2.4 Decadal investment per unit in MSME 54 5.2.5 Decadal employment per unit in MSME 54 5.2.6 Decadal employment per investment in MSME 55 5.2.7 Investment per Unit in Large Scale 55 5.2.8 Employment per investment in large scale 56 5.2.9 Employment per unit in large scale 56 5.2.10 Decadal investment per unit in large scale 57 5.2.11 Decadal Employment per unit in large scale 57 5.2.12 Decadal Employment per investment in large scale 57 5.3 Level of development of the selected districts 59 5.3.1 Industrial sector and development 59 5.3.2 Population and Demography 60 5.3.3 Education and Health 61 5.4 Summary 64 6 Conclusion 65 7 Reference 66