With Congress Rajasthan achievements

1. Rajasthan
Economy
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2. Economy
• State economy has performed reasonably well in
the Eleventh Five Year Plan with actual growth
rate at 7.2% in Agriculture & Allied sector and
8.9% in Service sector
• The percentage population below poverty line in
the state (24.8%) was lower than the national
average (29.8) during 2009-10
• Average Annual Growth Rate: 8.46% during the
11 th Plan period
• The year 2010-11 (P) saw a growth of 15.3 per
cent
Source: Government Of Rajasthan and Planning Commission

3. Economy
GSDP (Rs. Crore)
250000
200000
214698
174556
186245
160017
150000
100000
50000
0
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
Source: Government Of Rajasthan and Planning Commission
2010-11

4. Economy
GSDP at constant prices 2004-05
20
15.28
15
10
5
7.18
5.56 5.59
4.02
8.16
8.14
6.52
8.88
8.42
11.67 11.22
10.18
8.39
4.95
3.93
9.09
8.17
6.78
5.85
10
8.84
6.53
Rajasthan
2.85
Gujarat
Haryana
0
1998-99
2000-01
-2.01
2002-03
2004-05
-1.85
2006-07
-5
-4.89
-10
-9.9
-15
Source: Government Of Rajasthan and Planning Commission
2008-09
2010-11
Punjab

5. Economy
Growth in Revenue (%age increase)
Year
Tax Revenue
Non Tax Revenue
2007-08
14.36
18.17
2008-09
12.57
-4.08
2009-10
9.84
17.22
2010-11
26.46
38.08
2011-12
22.25
45.77
Source: Government Of Rajasthan and Planning Commission

6. The State has done exceedingly well in fiscal
control. Reducing fiscal deficit to below 1%
Year
Revenue
Deficit/Surplus
(Crore Rs.)
Fiscal Deficit (%
of GSDP)
Borrowings (% of
GSDP)
2007-08
1652.98
1.75
39.59
2008-09
-826.75
3.02
36.38
2009-10
-4747.18
3.87
34.4
2010-11
1054.86
1.21
29.0
2011-12
3357.45
0.87
25.6
Source: Government Of Rajasthan and Planning Commission

7. Rajasthan
Education
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8. Education
• There are 9 deemed universities and 20
universities in Rajasthan
• There are over 1032 colleges, 51525 primary
schools, 11606 secondary schools and 6010
senior secondary schools
• State government is aggressively pursuing a
policy to achieve the goal of universalisation of
elementary education. It has spent over 4.6%
SDP on education
• The Congress Government has more than
doubled investment in Education
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

9. Education – growth in Education Budget
Expenditure on Education (Rs. Million)
139950.7
140000
122,508
120000
104551.2
92,122
100000
76528.4
80000
60000
40000
49,173 54231.5
46519.9
36348.9
34309.8
30919.9
39,501
33,105
32,428
27,732
21470.9
20000
0
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

10. Initiatives in Education
• Congress built Secondary Schools at every Gram Panchayat
Head Quarter, ensuring access to education for every child
• 1000 new primary schools
• Recruitment of 20,000 third grade teachers and creation of
additional 42,500 posts of teacher assistants
• Cycles for all girls passing VIII class
• Transport Voucher Scheme for girl students of rural area
• De-worming for all elementary school children
• Libraries in 10,000 Primary schools
• New Technical University in Bikaner
• 15 new Government Colleges with priority to Girls’ Colleges
• IIIT in Kota under PPP
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

11. Rajasthan
Flagship Programmes
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12. Mukhyamantri Anna Suraksha Yojana
• Anna Suraksha Yojana – Reforming PDS. Commitment
to provide foodgrain security to BPL families – 25kg of
wheat at Rs. 2/kg
• Launched by the State Government from 10.05.2010
– 25 kg wheat per month is provided to BPL families @ Rs. 2
per kg (Rs. 1 per kg from 2013‐14).
– BPL Families can take fortified flour with iron, folic acid an
d vitamin B12 @ Rs. 3.60 per kg in place of wheat.
– 10 kg fortified flour per month is also being provided to
APL families @ Rs. 8.10/8.60 per kg (Rs. 5/kg from 2013‐1
4)
• Total beneficiaries 38.8 lakhs
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

13. Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dawa Yojana
• The most popular scheme of the Congress Government
• Patients going to Government hospitals are provided with
essential medicines and necessary surgical items for free.
• Started from October 2, 2011.
• 600 most commonly used essential drugs provided throug
h 16,907 Government Drug Distribution Centres.
• Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation has been establish
ed to look after the purchase, distribution and to monitor t
he quality of drugs.
• From the start, over 90 crore persons have benefitted, and
just last year 52.5 crores persons benefitted.
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

14. Mukhyamantri Gramin BPL Aawas Yojana
• Started from June 2011, 6.80 lakh dwelling units
under this scheme and 3.20 lakh dwelling units
under IAY would are to be constructed by 201314
• Financial assistance of Rs. 50000 (Rs. 70000 from
2013-14) is provided to the BPL families to
construct a house.
• An additional grant of Rs. 9,000 is also provided
to construct toilets with each house.
• Houses sanctioned since inception are
6,02,418, and completed units are 2,31,954
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

15. Mukhyamantri Shahri BPL Aawas Yojana
• Launched from August 30, 2012.
• Target to construct 5 lakh houses for urban
BPL families during the next five years.
• Financial assistance of Rs. 50000 (Rs. 70000
from 2013-14) is provided for construction of
houses.
• Administrative Sanctions Issued for 111052
houses
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

16. Mukhyamantri BPL Jeevan Raksha Kosh Yojana
• Launched from January 01, 2009, this scheme is for
BPL families including State BPL, Disabled, Old Age and Widow
Pensioners, HIV, Thalassemia & Hemophelia Patients, Astha Card
Holders, Sahariya & Kathaudi tribes, beneficiaries of Annapurna
Yojan, Nav Jeevan Yojana and Antyodaya Anna Yojana
• It gives Free medical check‐up and treatment
• Free indoor and outdoor facilities are being provided at all Gover
nment medical institutions and health centres.
• APL persons with less than 1 lakh annual income also covered
• Indoor patients treated till now are 12.51 lakhs and outdoor
patients treated are 135.46 lakhs
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

17. Flagship Programmes
• Life Saving Fund Scheme – a total of 124.34
lakh patients (both OPD & IPD) were given
free medical treatment facility at Rs. 129.31 cr
• Rajasthan Guaranteed Delivery of Public
Services Act 2011 – Makes available services
for day to day works of people in a set time
frame
• There is a guarantee for getting 153 services
relating to the day to day works of the public
and welfare schemes available.
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

18. Flagship Programmes
• The Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act 2012 –
made it compulsory to hear public complaints
and problems within 15 days
• CM’s Free Live Stock Medicine Scheme –
provides the necessary medicines mostly used
for treatment of livestock at government
veterinaries
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

19. Flagship Programmes
• Interest Waiver Scheme on Repayment of Loans
on Time – the state government will pay subsidy
worth Rs. 200 cr this year of making with Rs. 1
lakh worth of short term crop loans of
cooperative banks interest-free after taking a
historic decision of waiver of interest on
repayment loans on time.
• 25 lakh farmers will be eligible. State government
has sanctioned Rs 48cr against the interest
subsidy of Rs. 100 cr
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

20. Rajasthan Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana
• It was launched in 2011 in all 33 districts to bring
maternal and child mortality rates in the State
• Under this scheme there is free transport facility
to pregnant women and sick infants
• Private ambulances, taxies and other vehicles and
400 janani express vehicles to provide transport
facilities from the remote villages to the hospitals
• Launched in all the 33 districts on 12 September
2011 to bring down maternal and child mortality
rate in the State
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

21. Rajasthan Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana
• Achievements :
– Pathological tests – since Inception : 10.45
lakhs
– Institutional deliveries – since Inception :
11.20 lakhs
– Home to Hospital cases since Inception :
7.88 lakhs
– Hospital to Home cases since Inception : 8.7
lakhs
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

22. Flagship Programmes
• Mukhyamantri Uchcha Shiksha Chhatrvatti
Yojana: Launched in 2012-13 to support the
first 1 lakh brilliant students of Board of
Secondary Education, Rajasthan who are from
economically weaker families
• Scholarship of 500 per month will be provided
to the students to encourage them to pursue
higher education
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

23. Flagship Programmes
• Rajiv Gandhi Digital Vidhyarthi Yojana: Launch in
2012-13.
• Laptops are provided to first 10,000 students of
10th and 12th class on the basis of merit in their
exams
• First rank holders of Class 8th of all 35,819
Government upper primary and higher schools.
• Tablet-PC will be given to 2nd and 11th ranking
holders of class 8 from 2013-14
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

24. Flagship Programmes
• Mukhyamantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana: 3 lakh
unemployed youth will be trained per annum
in various skill sectors through short terms
vocational skill courses.
• Trainings to be conducted through Skill
Development Centres (SDCs) selected by
RSLDC.
• 667 centres are being established
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

25. Flagship Programmes
• Rajasthan Garmin Sadak Vikas Yojana:
Launched in 2012-13 to connect the
unconnected villages having population
between 250 to 499 by road
• 663 villages have already been connected
• Project to connect 1854 villages is underway
• 500 villages with less than 250 population to
be covered in 2013-14 with an expenditure of
Rs. 585 crore
Source: Government Of Rajasthan

26. Rajasthan
Infrastructure & Transport
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27. Infrastructure
• The total road length in the State is expected to be
1,92,551 km as on 31st March, 2013.
• During the year 2012-13, about 1,903 km Black Top
(BT) Roads have been constructed upto
December, 2012 under different projects.
• Connecting 500 villages having population between
100-250 and 1854 villages having population between
250 and 499.
• Formation of Special Road Construction Fund for
construction of rural roads, missing links, damaged
roads, roads connecting to religious places etc.
• Strengthening and renewal of 6000 km rural roads.

28. Infrastructure – one of the best
networks
Road length Per one lakh of population (kms)
165
Haryana
259
Gujarat
272
Madhya Pradesh
304
Punjab
352
Rajasthan
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400

29. Infrastructure
• Mega road Projects :
– Jaipur-Bhilwara (State Highway)
– Chomu-Mahela (under PPP)
• Construction of 29 RUBs and 16 ROBs in
addition to 40 RUBs/ROBs in progress.

30. Infrastructure
Total Road Length (in kms)
300,000
241,318
250,000
197,293
200,000
156,188
150,000
50,000
93,965
84,193
100,000
41,729
0
Haryana
Punjab
Gujarat
Madhya
Pradesh
Rajasthan
Chhattisgarh

31. Infrastructure
Comparison of road length and National highways in
Rajasthan and neighbouring states, 2011 figures.
States
Rajasthan
Total Road
Total Length of National
Length (in kms)
Highways (in kms)
2,41,318
5,585
41,729
1,518
Gujarat
1,56,188
3,245
Madhya Pradesh
1,97,293
5,027
Haryana

32. Infrastructure
Air Connectivity 2011
5.7
6
5
5
3.9
4
3
% of Total
Population
2.3
2.1
1.9
2
1
0
% of Total
Flights
0.5
0
Haryana
Punjab
Rajasthan
Gujarat