Rajasthan to Set-up Two Automotive Zones

In an attempt to develop Rajasthan as an automobile manufacturing hub, Rajsthan will be setting up two automotive zones in the Alwar district, Rajasthan industries minister Rajendra Pareek stated. An auto engineering zone already exists at Pathredi. The two new zones are going to be set up at the Khushkheda extension and the Tapukara extension in the Alwar district. According to the minister Rajasthan is an emerging hub for the automotive industry and has a lot of untapped potential in industries like solar power, minerals and oil and gas.

He also said that Rajasthan has a total of 79 different kinds of mineral deposits of which only 58 are being actively extracted. "Rajasthan also has rich reserves of oil and natural gas. Some of it is already being extracted. The Mangla oilfield discovered in our state in 2004 is the largest hydrocarbon find in the country since 1985," he said. Rajasthan's Principal Secretary also elaborated on the fields which had a lot of potential and opportunities to offer investors. He categorized them as infrastructure, power, ceramic and glass, auto and auto ancillaries, solar energy, information technology, outsourcing, cement, mineral and stone-based industries, agro processing, textiles and garments, tourism, gems and jewellery and education.