Question : Boosting Commerce and Industry Sector in Rajasthan

(a) whether the Government is taking any measures to boost commerce and industry sector in Rajasthan;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government is aware that additional expenditure and time is spent on import and export in absence of a port in Rajasthan which is a desert State;
(d) if so, the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; and
(e) whether the Government of Rajasthan has sent any proposal to the Union Government in this regard and if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard so far?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (e) : With an objective to ensure a continuous dialogue with all State Governments on measures for providing an International trade enabling environment in the State and to create a framework for making the States active partners in boosting India’s trade, a Council for Trade Development and Promotion (CTDP) has been constituted (notified in July 2015) under the chairmanship of the Union Commerce and Industry Minister, in which the Trade & Commerce Ministers of all the states, including Rajasthan are members. Regular annual meetings of the Council have been conducted to facilitate the States to articulate their views.
Further, key initiatives like ‘Make in India’, ‘Start-up India’ and ‘Ease of Doing Business’ have also been taken by the Government to facilitate industrial production and growth in the States, including Rajasthan.

The Government has facilitated setting up of dry ports which help the exporters from land locked States and have so far accorded clearance to 7 proposals for setting up of Inland Container Depots in Rajasthan. No specific proposal from Government of Rajasthan is presently pending with the Department.
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