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The Rajasthan authorities connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) has decided to found a dedicated section to link the Non-Resident Rajasthanis (NRRs) settled successful India and overseas with the State’s development. The section volition supply a level for dialog and practice betwixt Rajasthani diaspora and the State government.
The State Cabinet approved a connection to found the caller section for nationalist and planetary NRRs astatine a gathering convened astatine the Chief Minister’s Office successful Jaipur. Other decisions included the support for the planetary capableness centre argumentation and the instauration of a associated task institution for constitution of caller coal-based thermal powerfulness and star powerfulness projects.
The section would laic down a argumentation model to widen the benefits of the government’s schemes to NRRs and fortify their relations with the State, Industries Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said astatine a property league aft the Cabinet meeting.
“Besides addressing their issues, the section volition organise events and speech programmes for NRRS,” Mr. Rathore said.
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma had announced the caller department’s instauration astatine an NRR conclave held during the Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit present successful December 2024. The archetypal Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas volition besides beryllium observed successful Jaipur connected December 10, on with the ‘Rising Rajasthan’ concern conclave, to harness the expertise of planetary diaspora crossed cardinal sectors.
The Rajasthan Foundation has truthful acold been functioning arsenic the State’s nodal department for diaspora outreach. Mr. Rathore said the support for the planetary capableness centre argumentation would pb to the instauration of implicit 200 GCCs by 2030, establishing Rajasthan arsenic a planetary innovation and concern hub and creating 1.50 lakh employment opportunities.
“Rajasthan volition lend importantly to the country’s 100 cardinal U.S. dollar GCC market. Through this policy, the State authorities volition make cities similar Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur arsenic the GCC hubs,” Mr. Rathore said. The GCCs volition get superior concern subsidy of 30% of the task outgo and the onshore outgo inducement of up to 50%.
Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa said the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam and Singareni Collieries Company Limited would clasp 26% and 74% stakes, respectively, successful a caller associated task company. It volition acceptable up an 800 MW coal-based thermal powerfulness task astatine a outgo of ₹9,600 crore and a 1,500 MW star task astatine a outgo of ₹6,000 crore.
