CONTENTS Undertaking ii Acknowledgements iii List of Tables vi List of Figures . vii List of Maps vii List of Abbreviation viii Executive Summary ix 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Overview 1 1.2 Need for the Study . 1 1.3 Aim . 2 1.4 Research Question . 2 1.5 Objectives 2 1.6 Methodology Applied 2 2 Literature Review 5 2.1 History of India’s Industrialisation 5 2.1.1 Phase 1: 1950-51 to 1980-81 (Pre Liberalisation Era) 5 2.1.2 Phase 2: 1980-81 to 1990-91 (Slow move towards Liberalisation) 6 2.1.3 Phase 3: After 1990-91 (Post Liberalisation Era) 6 2.2 Gujarat – Emerging Industrialisation Process . 7 2.2.1 Cluster Development in Gujarat 8 2.3 Small Scale Industries 9 2.3.1 Concept of Small Scale Industries . 9 2.3.2 Status of Development of SSIs in Gujarat 10 2.4 Agglomeration of Small Scale Industries 10 2.4.1 Growth and Evolution of Agglomerations 11 2.4.2 Factors influencing growth of SSIs agglomeration near Ahmedabad 12 2.5 Small Scale Industries in the era of Globalisation 13 2.6 Issues and Challenges faced by SSIs . 13 3 Industrial Ecosystem of Agglomerations in Ahmedabad 16 3.1 Engineering Industries in Naroda 18 3.2 Chemical Industries in Vatva 22 3.3 Metal Industries in Odhav 26 4 Factors of Agglomeration of Small Scale Industries near Ahmedabad 29 4.1 Procurement of Raw Materials 29 4.2 Labour Pooling 31 4.3 Infrastructure 33 4.4 Market and Marketing 36 4.5 Technology Spill overs 38 4.6 Credit and Financial Assistance 38 5 Economy of Scale of the Agglomerations . 39 5.1 Engineering Industries in Naroda 39 5.2 Vatva Industrial Estate 40 5.3 Odhav Industrial Estate 41 6 Sustainability of Agglomeration 42 6.1 Social Benefits of Large Scale Industries 42 6.2 Inter-dependence of Agglomerations and the City . 42 7 Conclusion and Planning Interventions . 44 Annexure 1: Data Indicators and Sources 48 Annexure 2: Questionnaire for Primary Survey 49 References 51