Rajkot is a city in Western Part of Gujarat. It is fourth largest city in Gujarat. In terms of migration it has highest migration in western Gujarat popularly known as Saurashtra. Due to this migration city has witness huge growth in population. The city is very popular for MSME and light automobile ancilliary. The city has a distinct DNA of innovation, which keeps it ahead of its competitors in terms of cost advantage. Also looking to this aspect the State Government expands the city limit almost every five years. As a result the growth is just not limited to city but to adjoining areas also.

One notable aspect for Municipal Corporations in Gujarat and Maharashtra is that they are the institutions which have maximum civic services under one umbrella unlike others in the country. To explain it further say for example a city outside these states is likely to have more than one entity providing civic services. Whereas in these two states the Municipal Corporations provide more than 26-30 different services. Even in Gujarat for same service area there would be almost 25/26 different departments giving same service which a Municipal Corporation does in its jurisdiction. In a nutshell Municipal Corporation is a very huge organization which impacts growth of the city both physical and financial/economical.