The industries in Surat are traditionally dominated by small scale manufacturing units including diamond cutting, textiles, gold thread, dyeing and printing which were largely home based and cater to the domestic market. Diamond cutting and polishing, however, are for export market. The medium and large-scale industries are mostly located at the five industrial estates in and around the city.

Administratively, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is the responsible unit for the provision of basic amenities in the city. The local authority was established as a small municipality in 1853, became a borough municipality in 1952 and was accorded the status of a Corporation in 1966.

Surat is situated on the banks of the Tapi and was one of the greatest Indian Ports during the Mughal regime. Today Surat is a booming industrial centre famous for textiles, Jari, brocades and is a very important diamond processing centre and can prouldly claim to be one of the cleanest Indian cities with a glorious past and a bright future. Surat offers a wide range of places of interest ranging from historical to religious, educational to entertainment and art to industry.

A unique Indoor Stadium in West India for the latest & International games in Surat. With a seating capacity of 7000 viewers, this massive fully air conditioned stadium is one of the key attractions of Surat. Inaugurated in December 1998, the complex boasts of all modern facilities and was built at a cost of Rs. 21 crores.

SURAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION: Mogal Emperor Shahjahan has constructed this historical monument in the year 1644. Intially it was utilised as residence of Officer and Foreign tourists. The freedom fighters of 1857 were jailed over here. In the year 1867 the offices of municipal corporation was shitted there and since then it is used as an office of Surat municipal corporation.

This ancient Port City was where Sir Thomas Roe landed when he come to India as King James Ambassador to the Court of Emperor Jehangir. During the Mughal Regime, Surat was the main port of departure for pilgrims to Mecca. The Muglisara is the huge travellers inn where Haj Pilgrims used to stay. Today, this building is used as the Surat Municipal Corporation Building.

NARMAD LIBRARY: It has been built up in the memory of femous Gujarathi poet Narmad in the year 1991 at ghod dod road one of the poshed localities of modern Surat city. It has a wealthy collection of 1,50,000 books. The library has different sections like reading room, reference room, adult section and children section. The library is surround by beautiful garden.