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Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has called upon the Non-Resident Rajasthanis (NRRs) settled successful Gujarat to lend successful making the State a planetary gems and jewellery hub. Mr. Sharma said Rajasthan was poised to go a 350 cardinal U.S. dollar system and had an investment-friendly environment.
Mr. Sharma was addressing a Pravasi Rajasthani Meet astatine Surat successful Gujarat connected Wednesday (October 8, 2025) successful the run-up to the first Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas to beryllium observed present connected December 10. The day, to beryllium hosted on with the ‘Rising Rajasthan’ concern conclave, volition fortify the State’s ties with the global Rajasthani diaspora and harness their expertise crossed cardinal sectors.
The Chief Minister said Surat and Rajasthan shared a “common spirit” of entrepreneurship, creativity, and perseverance. “Surat is world-renowned for diamond cutting and synthetic textiles, portion Rajasthan is celebrated for coloured gemstones, kundan, meenakari, textiles, and handicrafts,” helium said.
Mr. Sharma said the narration betwixt Gujarat and Rajasthan was not constricted to geographical proximity alone, but determination were immense possibilities for economic, taste and societal practice betwixt the 2 States. Besides the gems and jewellery sector, the projected petrochemical analyzable successful Rajasthan would connection immense opportunities, helium said.
The Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas would link the NRRs with their motherland and alteration them to widen the payment of their entrepreneurship to the State, Mr. Sharma said. He said the State authorities would confer the ‘Pravasi Rajasthani Samman Award’ each twelvemonth connected the NRRs making outstanding contributions successful science, business, art, sports, literature, cinema, music, and societal service.
The Chief Minister said the State authorities would widen afloat enactment to the investors for establishing planetary capableness centres and information centres. “An organization model has been created to fortify engagement with NRRs, and arsenic galore arsenic 26 chapters of the Rajasthan Foundation are progressive crossed India and overseas astatine present,” Mr. Sharma said.
The State authorities is besides readying to found a dedicated section to further fortify its engagement with NRRs. Mr. Sharma said this inaugural would guarantee progressive information of the planetary Rajasthani diaspora successful the State’s improvement and instauration of “Developed Rajasthan-2047”. The Rajasthan Foundation is the State’s nodal section for diaspora outreach.
Mr. Sharma besides referred to the State’s investor-friendly policies, pointing retired that the authorities had introduced and amended much than 20 caller policies to make a progressive concern ecosystem. “Under the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme-2024, investors person received subsidies of implicit Rs.1,400 crore during the past one-and-a-half years,” helium said.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel and Rajasthan Foundation’ Surat section president Shyam Rathi were among those who attended the Pravasi Rajasthani Meet.
