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FACTS 'N' FIGURES
 
RAJASTHAN :
 
TOTAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA : 3.2 LAKH SQ.KMS(10.74% OF INDIA'S TOTAL)

 Desert Area 2.09 lakh Sq. Kms (61.11%)
Tribal Area 0.29 lakh Sq. Kms (5.85%)
Forest Area 0.32 lakh Sq. Kms (9%)
Other Area 1.13 lakh Sq. Kms (33.04%)
 
ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP :
 
Districts(1997) 32
Divisions(1997) 6
Sub-divisions(1997) 100
Tehsils(1997) 229
Inhabited Villages(1991) 37889
 
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT :
 
(A) LARGE & MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRIES :
 
Year No. Investment Employment
1995-96 490 Rs. 12079.05 Crores 6.87 lakhs
1996-97 515 Rs. 12207.75 Crores 7.21 lakhs
1997-1998 531 Rs. 12577.00 Crores 7.53 lakhs
 
(B) SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES :
 
Year No. Investment Employment
1995-96 177607 Rs. 1758.82 Cr. 6.87 lakhs
1996-97 185720 Rs. 2033.98 Cr 7.21 lakhs
1997-98 193820 Rs. 2332.90 Cr. 7.53 lakhs
 
(C) INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE :
 
I. RIICO :
 
Development of Industrial Areas 244 Number
Plots Alloted 27858 Number
Units in Production 14223 Number
 
II. Financial Assistance :
 
Amount disbursed Rs. 5114.00 Cr.
Employment Generated 80649 Number
Projects Benefited 698 Number
 

III. RFC :

 
Concerns No. of Unit Amount Disbursed
(Rs. in Crores)
Public Companies 243 57.37
Private Limited Companies 2407 445.67
Co-Operative Societies 31 1.74
Partnership Concerns 3964 295.64
Joint Hindu Family Concerns 31 1.56
Proprietary Concerns 35894 342.20
Registered Societies 1 Nil
Total 48471 1144.18
 
(D) EXPORTS :
 
Year March 95 March 96 March 97
No. of Exporters 2481 3000(P) 3500(P)
Value exported 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97
(Rs. Crores) 2820.37 3269.44 3480.55(P)
 
P = Provisional
 
(E) EXPORTS HROUGH :
 
(Rs in Crores) 1995-96 1996-97
Air Cargo (Sanganer) 358.67 596.32
I.C.D. Container    
Sanganer 196.01 229.82
Jodhpur

27.88

104.07
Foreign Post Offices 37.95 N.A.
 
(F) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FROM ABROAD :
 
  Units Investment
F.D.I. 40 Rs. 151.18 Crores
N.R.I. 24 Rs. 15.77 Crores
 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT :
 
(A) PLAN OUTLAY & EXPENDITURE :
 

VIIIth Five Year Plan (1992-97) :

 
State Plan Outlay Rs. 11500.00 Crores
Expenditure Rs. 11998.97 Crores
 

IX Five Year Plan (1997-2002) :

 
   Rs. 27650.00 Cr.
Expenditure During 1997-98 Rs. 3991.26 Cr.
Outlay 1998-99 Rs. 4200.00 Cr.
 
ECONOMIC INDICATOR :
 
  1996-97 1997-98 (Provisional)
Net Domestic Product
Constant Price (Cr.) 12508 12578
Current Prices (Cr.) 47471 52481
Per Capita Income
Constant Price (Cr.) 2247 2215
Current prices (Cr.) 8481 9215
Economic Growth Rate as per GSP
Constant price 13.53 10.56
Current Prices 22.67 10.55
 
ROAD & ROAD TRANSPORT :
 
ROADS LENGTH (1997-98) :
 
  (KM)
No. of National Highways 2846
State Highways 10047
Major District Roads 5820
Other District & Village Roads 60434
Total Roads length (P.W.D.) 49147
Total Roads (other Depots.) 64398
Total Roads length 143545
(P.W.D. + Others )  
 

BANKS :

 
  Sept.96 Sept.97 % Increase over
last year
No. of Banks 3217 3263 1.12%
Deposits (In Rs.Cr.) 13037 15273 17.15%
Advance ( In Rs. Cr.) 5650 6521 15.42%
 

EMPLOYMENT :

 
  1996-97 1997-98
Public Sector 10.07 10.15
Private Sector 2.67 2.65
 

TOURISM :

 

Arrivals in Rajasthan :

 
1995-96 57.84 lakhs
1996-97 62.87 lakhs (57.26 lakhs Domestic + 5.61 lakhs Foreign
1997-98 70.00 lakhs (Provisional)
 

RAILWAYS :

 

(as on March 1997) :

 
Railway Lines 5806.06 Kms
Conversion from meter gauge to broad gauge 2018 Kms
 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY :
 

(as on June, 1997) :

 
Post offices 10306
Telegraph Offices 2277
Telephone Exchanges 1482
Public Call Office  
Local PCOs 4614
STD PCOs 8964
Village PCOs 17367
Working Connection 619617
N.S.D. Station 484
 
POWER SCENARIO IN RAJASTHAN :
 
Installed Capacity 3049.56 MW
Power Production 19919.90 Million Units
Power Consumption 143545 Million Units
Restricted Peak demand 2728 MW
Villages electrified 35268 (92% Village of State)
Wells energised 5.55 lakhs
Per Capita Consumption 286 KWH
 
POWER PROJECT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR :
 
CONVENTIONAL :
 
NAME OF PROJECT Capacity
Barsingsar TPS 2 x 240 MW
Suratgarh - TPS II Stage 2 x250 MW
Kapurdi TPS 2 x250 MW
Jalipa TPS 4 x 250 MW
Dholpur TPS 2 x 350 MW
Small Power Projects 2000 MW
 

NON - CONVENTIONAL:

 
NAME OF PROJECT Capacity
Solar Power Projects  
Energen Consortium 200 MW
Amoco-Enron 50 MW
Sun Source (India) 50 MW
Mathania Solar TPS 140 MW
 
SMALL POWER PROJECTS (LOI'S ISSUED) :
 
CONVENTIONAL :
 
NAME OF COMPANY Capacity
British Power Industries Ltd. 10 x 40 MW
Kedia Castle Dellcon Ind.Ltd. 50 MW
ST Power Ind. Ltd. 2 x 50 MW
DLF Ind. Ltd. 3 x 50 MW
Kanodia Chemicals Ind. Ltd. 50 MW
TF & M Services Ventures Pvt. Ltd. 2 x 50 MW
 
RAJASTHAN'S % SHARE IN INDIA'S GROSS OUTPUT :
 
Wool, silk & synthetic textiles 16.42%
Non-metallic mineral products 7.68%
Cotton textiles 5.47%
 
CONVENTIONAL :
 
* Power deficit: 27.05%
* Domestic airports: 4
* International airports: 0
* Ports: n.a.
 
 
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