Rajasthan economy: sectors, income, budget and welfare

Key Points at a Glance

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   The 2026 Senior Secondary CET syllabus places this topic under Economy of Rajasthan: role of industry, agriculture, animal husbandry and minerals; features and issues; state income and budget; handicrafts; unemployment; drought and famine; welfare institutions; MGNREGA and VB-G RAM G.

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   Rajasthan Economic Review 2025-26 estimates GSDP at current prices at ₹18.75 lakh crore for 2025-26, up from ₹17.01 lakh crore in 2024-25; current-price GSVA shares are services 47.71 percent, industry 26.55 percent and agriculture and allied activities 25.74 percent.

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   Agriculture must be read with arid and semi-arid conditions, uneven rainfall, drought risk, crop-region links, water conservation, millet promotion and farmer income support.

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   Animal husbandry stabilizes rural income; the 2025-26 Economic Review places livestock-sector GVA at current prices at ₹2.17 lakh crore for 2025-26, higher than the crop-sector GVA of ₹1.88 lakh crore.

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   Industries in Rajasthan include mineral-based, agro-processing, textile, handicraft, small-scale, cottage and village enterprises; RIICO is the main industrial-area institution.

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   Handicrafts are a separate syllabus signal and should be linked with employment, exports, artisan livelihoods, local markets and market-access issues.

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   Unemployment should be prepared through concepts, rural and seasonal forms, causes such as low non-farm absorption and skill mismatch, and responses such as MGNREGA, skill training, self-employment support and small-enterprise promotion.

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   Welfare schemes, development institutions, financial institutions and Panchayati Raj institutions form the delivery system for rural development and support to weaker sections.

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   MGNREGA and VB-G RAM G are explicit syllabus items and should be remembered under rural employment, livelihood security and asset creation.