India 2018

644 India 2018
Different varieties of marble, granite, sandstone and Kota stone of the state
has a large demand not only in the country but also world over. With the
discovery of oil and natural gas in western Rajasthan the state has become the
second highest producer of crude oil after Bombay High.
More than 85 per cent of the country’s potash, lead-zinc, silver and
wollastonite resources are located in the state. The state possess substantial
share of the total resources of potash (94 per cent), lead-zinc ore (89 per cent),
wollastonite (88 per cent), silver ore (87 per cent), gypsum (82 per cent), fuller’s
earth (74 per cent), diatomite (72 per cent), feldspar (66 per cent), marble (64
per cent), asbestos (61 per cent), copper ore (50 per cent), calcite (50 per cent),
talc-soapstone-steatite (49 per cent), granite (42 per cent), ball clay (38 per cent),
rock phosphate (30 per cent), fluorite (29 per cent), tungsten ore (27 per cent),
laterite (26 per cent), gold ore (primary) (23 per cent), mica (21 per cent) and
china clay (16 per cent).
Power
The installed power capacity in the state was 15,986.87 MW in which 5,357.35
MW produced from state owned projects, 853.44 MW from collaboration
projects, 2,803.47 MW from the allocation from central power generating
stations, 3,916.61 MW from wind, solar and biomass projects and 3,056.00 MW
from private sector projects.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
In first phase Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
was initiated in six districts—Banswara, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Karouli, Sirohi
and Udaipur. In second phase this scheme was initiated in other six districts
Barmer, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Sawai Madhopur and Tonk. In third
phase this scheme was launched in rest of the districts of the state.
Transport
Roads : The estimated total length of roads is 2,07,019 km.
Railways : Jodhpur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Bharatpur and
Udaipur are main railway junctions of the state. Total length of railway line is
5,871.65 km (4801.18 km broad gaze, 983.71 km gaze and 86.76 km narrow
gaze) in the state.
Jaipur Metro : Jaipur Metro is a rapid transit system in Jaipur city. In June 2015,
it began commercial service between Chandpole and Mansarovar. It is India's
sixth metro rail system after those in Kolkata, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Gurugram
and Mumbai. It is the first metro in the country to run on double storey elevated
road and track. The construction work is on for the next phase.
Aviation : All eminent cities are regular connected with Jaipur airport under
domestic air services in which Delhi, Mumbai, Ahemdabad, Kolkata, Chennai,
Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune and Guwahati are important domestic air
services. International air services are also available for Dubai, Mascutt and
Sharjah from Jaipur airport.