Gujarat today has one of the best infrastructures in the country comprising 11 airports, 1 international airport, an extensive rail network and a robust road network of over 74,000 km. It has India’s highest tele-density, highest number of operational ISPs, the longest optical fibre cable network in the country and above all GSWAN – Gujarat State Wide Area Network – the largest IP based e-Governance network in Asia Pacific. Gujarat is blessed with a coastline of over 1600 km, the longest in the country, and is dotted with 41 ports. Today, these gateways to the world handle over 25% of India’s total cargo, 17,763 out of 18,028 villages of Gujarat are connected with pucca roads (concrete roads). This excellent rural road connectivity of 98.53% is the best in the country and translates into fast track growth.

Gujarat has always believed in networking for success and it is this philosophy that has enabled it to create a networked infrastructure of the 21st century
• State-wide Gas Grid
• State-wide Water Distribution Grid
• State-wide IP based e-Governance Network
• Agri-Net for Lab to Land knowledge flow
• Wireless Rural Internet Connectivity
• Joint sector railway lines linking the ports to the vast hinterland

Modi believes that infrastructure is the key to the process of economic development and hence has given it the topmost priority. His Government is committed to make Gujarat a global industrial hub by decisive and result-oriented initiatives. The state-owned Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board headed by the Chief Minister himself has in place an infrastructure master plan called Blueprint for Infrastructure in Gujarat – BIG 2020, entailing a total capital outlay of Rs. 3,57,468 crores and encompassing 11 broad sectors such as Power, Water and Irrigation, Ports, Roads, Industrial Parks and SEZs, Urban Infrastructure, Gas, Knowledge Corridors, Railways and Airports, Tourism and Telecom - Infrastructure that enables growth and empowers people to accelerate on the path of progress and prosperity.