India 2018

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Agriculture
Estimated total sown area in the state is 241.21 lakh hectare. Principal crops in
the state are wheat, barley, jowar, millet, maize, gram, oilseeds, kharif pulses
and cotton. Cultivation of vegetable and citrus fruits such as orange and malta
have also picked up over last few years. Red chilies, mustard, cumin seeds
and methi are commercial crops.
Industry
Endowed with a rich culture, Rajasthan is also rich in minerals and is fast
emerging on the industrial scenario of the country. Some of the important central
undertaking are Hindustan Zinc Smelter Plant at Devari (Udaipur), Chanderia
(Chittorgarh), Hindustan Copper Plant at Khetri Nagar (Jhunjhunu), Hindustan
Salt Ltd. at Sambhar (Jaipur), HMT Ltd. at Ajmer and Precision Instruments
Factory at Kota. Major industries are textiles and woollens, engineering goods,
electronic items, automobile, food processing, gems and jewellery, cement,
marble slabs and tiles, glass and ceramics, oxygen, zink, fertilizers, railway
wagons, ball bearings, water and electricity metres, sulphuric acid, handicraft
items, television sets, synthetic yarn, insulators, stainless steel, re-rolling, steelfoundry
and insulting bricks. Besides precious and semi-precious stones, caustic
soda, calcium carbide, nylon and tyers, etc. are other important industries.
Rajasthan has rich deposits of zinc concentrates, emerald, garnet, gypsum,
silver, asbestos, felspar and mica. The state also abounds in exports, so Exports
Promotion Industrial Park of the state has been established and made
operational at Sitapura (Jaipur), Boranada (Jodhpur). Inland Container Depots
have been established at Jaipur, Bhilwara, Jodhpur, and Bhiwadi (Alwar) to
promote the exporters. Special Economic Zone for gems and jewellery at
Sitapura (Jaipur) and Special Economic Zone for handicraft at Boranada
(Jodhpur) have been established and Multipurpose Special Economic Zone
“Mahendra World City” has been established in PPP model at Jaipur.
Minerals
The state is one of the leading mineral producing states in the country. The
state has a glorious heritage in the field of mining and is second only to
Jharkhand as regards to mineral wealth. It is referred to as museum of minerals;
having resources of both metallic and non-metallic minerals including building
stones and also resources of radioactive minerals, lignite, petroleum and natural
gas. Important minerals with which the name of state is associated are nonferrous
metals such as lead-zinc, copper, ferromagnesian metals such as
tungsten, a number of industrial minerals and different varieties of dimensional
and decorative stones. There are 79 varieties of minerals available out of
which 57 are produced commercially. Presently it is the sole producer of leadzinc,
wollastonite, calcite and selenite and leading producer of silver, gypsum,
marble, ochre, ball clay, rock phosphate, cadmium and feldspar in the country.