Economic Infrastructure of Rajasthan

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 30 June 2010

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All parts of the state are well connected by road, with a road length of 1,50,876 kms in 2000-01.

Buses ply between Jaipur and all sub-divisional towns and also between the larger towns and neighbouring states. There are a number of luxury coaches plying, at regular intervals, between Jaipur and New Delhi.

Private sector participation in roads and bridges is encouraged.
The four laning of NH-8 has been completed from Jaipur to Kotputali. The work of four laning of Kotputali to Haryana Border section is being done by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

To give a fillip to road construction, the State Government has formulated a policy on Road Construction.
Institutional finance and private investment on a Build, Operate and Transfer basis is also being attracted on a much larger scale for the construction of bridges and bypasses, in which the payback of investment will be through collection of toll tax.

Twelve National Highways pass through the State. These Highways connect the State to major cities, ports and industrial centres such as Delhi, Indore, Ahmedabad, Kandla, etc. Also, the State has around 9,000 kms of State highways and 5,800 kms of major district roads.

Rajasthan is also inviting private participation in roads in a big way.

Water Resources

A major development achievement of Rajasthan is its transformation from being a desert state. Shifting sand dunes have been checked, drinking water facilties have been created, agriculture has prospered and industries have bloomed. The development of the State's water resources has gone a long way in bringing about this transformation. Extensive irrigation reservoirs and conveyance systems have been developed.

Utilization of Water Potential in the State

Utilizable surface water resources30.36Sources outside the State14.5Total surface water potential15.86Water potential harnessed/being harnessed8.35

Railway

There are several trains that run between the larger towns of Rajasthan and cities in the neighbouring states. The cities of Rajasthan are now integrated with the national broad gauge network and direct trains now link Jaipur to cities like Mumbai, Calcutta, Kanpur, Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai (Madras) and Indore.

The other cities in Rajasthan on the broad gauge track are Ajmer, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Chittaurgarh, Ganganagar, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kota, Nagaur and Swaimadhopur.

Gauge conversion from metre to broad gauge (one-third of the countrywide gauge conversion programme) is under way in several parts of the State and will aid in better connectivity with the neighbouring states. No transhipment is now required for goods travelling to the east and south of Rajasthan.

Airports

With the landing of the Jaipur-Dubai inaugural flight of the Indian Airlines on 7th February, 2002, the State now figures on the international aviation map. This was the first international flight from the recently upgraded Jaipur airport. The daily service between the two cities started from 12th February. The Indian Airlines, 145-seater Airbus A-320 takes off from Jaipur in the morning; the return flight from Dubai starts in the afternoon. With this, Jaipur has become the fifteenth city in India to be connected to the Gulf. Connectivity with Dubai was a long-standing demand of the people of Rajasthan.
With this flight, travel for Rajasthanis in the Gulf would become much easier and convenient. The daily flights would also give a boost to industrial and tourism sectors of the State. With this sound beginning, Jaipur would come up as an important international airport in North India, to cater to the tourist traffic.

Jodhpur, Udaipur and Kota are the domestic airports.

Power

Generation (Net) 11,086 11,664 12,124
Purchase 12,148 12,770 12,496
Total (Generation + Purchase) 23,234 24,434 24,620
Sales      
To Other State/System 472 493 257
To Common pool consumer 144 135 109
To consumers of Rajasthan 15,730 16,252 -
Domestic 2,654 2,853 -
Non-Domestic 844 856 -
Industrial 4,853 4,573 -
Agriculture 6,032 6,560 -
Public water supply 675 685 -
Street Lighting 83 78 -
Others 589 647 -

The Rajasthan State grid, as on March 2001, had access to approximately 4,000 MW of installed power capacity.

Telecom

Rajasthan has about 10 telephones for a 1,000 people (500,000 lines) and a waiting list of about 140,000 lines. The number of lines was expected to increase by 150,000 lines by the year 1997. As in the rest of the country, telephone connections are available on demand under the "Tatkal" scheme for a premium. Direct Dialling facilities, both domestic and international, are available in over 400 towns in the State including all district centres and larger towns. Facsimile and telex facilities are available at all larger towns. Paging and cellular phone services are available in the city of Jaipur and would soon be available in other major cities of the State. Electronic mail services are available in Jaipur. As in the rest of the country, it was expected that a private operator in basic telecom services would commence operations in the State by the end of 1997.

Banking in Rajasthan

(As of September)
Regional Rural Banks

No. of Offices 1041 1041 14463 14500
2481 2835 40317 46098
Credit (Rs. crore) 981 1175 16684 19612
PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
No. of Offices 2025 2026 46401 46272
23478 25905 791232 890516
Credit (Rs. crore) 11169 13035 438164 482952
OTHER SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS
No. of Offices 263 270 5391 5633
3439 4041 179912 255755
Credit (Rs. crore) 1261 1336 112859 176011
TOTAL
No. of Offices 3329 3337 66255 66405
29398 32781 1011461 1192369
Credit (Rs. crore) 13411 15546 567707 678575

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