HERE’S HOW GUJARAT SLIPPED ON JOBS, WELFARE

6.5%

The annual rate of growth in Gujarat’s manufacturing output between 2012-13 and 2015-16, a sharp deceleration from the double digit expansion seen in the previous decade

18.5%

Gujarat’s share in national manufacturing output in 2014-15, up from 13.8% in 2000-01. But the state’s share in the national manufacturing workforce, at 10.3%, is proportionately much lower and hasn’t changed much during the period. It indicates that growth was mostly driven by capital-intensive industries that created fewer jobs

20%

The current rate of closures among small and medium enterprises. It has risen sharply from an average of 5% earlier, shrinking opportunities for job seekers – a problem further exacerbated by demonetisation and GST

180%

The average productivity of a worker in a Gujarat factory – 1.8 times the all-india average. But the average factory wages in the state are less than the national average and among the lowest when compared to similarly developed states

2.26 LAKH CRORE

Accumulated debt of the Gujarat government as on March 2016. The high debt burden, 22% of the state domestic product, limits the government’s ability to spend more on education and development