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Schools : There are about 34610 primary
schools, 11071 upper primary schools, 3214 secondary school and 1257 senior schools in
Rajasthan. The State also has a good network of private schools offering both English and
Hindi as medium of instruction. Among these are missionary institutions like St. Xavier's
at Jaipur, Sophia's at Ajmer, Kota, Jodhpur and Mt. Abu and public School at Jaipur. The
private schools offer education as good as anywhere else in the country. Many of them are
affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi and follow a syllabus
implemented by Central Board schools throughout the country.
Higher
Education : There are nine universities in the State including deemed
universities. There are about 173 general education colleges and 44 professional colleges
providing higher education in engineering technology, medicine and teacher training.
Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur are the main centres of learning
and have a medical college and an engineering college each as well as several institutes
of specialised training. Ajmer, Bikaner, Kota and Pilani also have a concentration of
higher education facilites.
Housing : It is possible to rent good
accommodation at reasonable rates in Jaipur and Udaipur. A standard three bed-room house
in Jaipur is available in the range of Rs.2000-3000 per month. A bigger bunglow type
accommodation is available in the range of Rs. 4000-6000 per month.
In other larger towns, accommodation suiting cosmopolitan
requirements is limited but it is possible to hire spacious houses of traditional
construction at reasonable rents.
Cooking gas and electricity is available in all district and
subdivisional towns of the State.
Health Services : There are 266
hospitals and about 10,000 dispensaries spread all over the State. General practitioners
are available down to level of a sub-divisional town. Specialist medical practitioners are
available at all major towns in the State.
Hotels and Restaurants : Jaipur,
Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Ajmer, being on the tourist map of India, offer hotel
facilities of international standards. These hotels, managed by national chains such as
the Taj group, Welcomgroup, the Oberois, ITDC and the Clarks group, have excellent
restaurants serving Continental , Chinese and Indian cuisine. In addition, all major towns
in the State have hotels run by Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC), as well
as by private local entrepreneurs, which offer services of a reasonable standard to
tourists and business travellers. The Delhi-Jaipur highway has several motels.
Many private entrepreneurs have renovated old palaces of
Rajasthan into Heritage Hotels in collaboration with national and International Hotels
chains. Such Hotels are becoming increasingly popular with foreign tourists and with the
Indian corporate sector for hosting conferences and 'get-aways'
Entertainment and Recreation :
Rajasthan has much to offer by way of recreation and entertainment. There are numerous
forts, palaces, and museums in practically every town which was the seat of an erstwhile
princely state. The state has several sanctuaries including tiger sanctuaries and hosts
numerous fairs at its various shrines, some of which like the Pushkar fair have gained
international fame. The temple of Dilwara, Nathdwara, Ranakpur and Mahaveerjee draw
devotees from all over the country and abroad. The folk tradition has been kept alive by
the musicians and the State has several theatre groups of national acclaim.
There is a Television Station at Jaipur which relays
programmes produced in-house. These can be viewed within radius of 80-90km around Jaipur.
Apart from this, the state also has about 42 relay transmitters at major towns which relay
the programmes broadcast on the National hook-up. Each of these has a coverage of about
15-20km radius. New relay stations at Bundi and Jaipur have a coverage of 120-140km each.
All the relay stations have been linked to Jaipur station, which enables viewers to watch
programmes on regional as well as national hook-up.
The state has 250 cinema houses and like the rest of the
country is experiencing a video revolution. There is a large network of video film
libraries, covering all major towns, offering a wide variety of Indian and foreign films.
Cables/ Satellite TV facilities available at many of the larger towns bring international
television programmes to the state.
Many district headquarters have good clubs. The clubs at the
major towns like Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur and Alwar offer all the standard facilities of any
club in a metropolis viz. tennis and squash courts, libraries, card room, billiards and
bar. Many of them have reciprocal membership arrangements with well known clubs in other
towns in the country.
Rajasthan A
Profile :
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Government &
Administration
Overall Economic
Situation
Attraction for
Industrial Development
Industrial
Development
Natural Resources
Human Resources
Investment
Oppertunities
Industrial Infrastructure
Transportation
Power
Water
Telecommunication
Banking, Accounting
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