Industries of Rajasthan: RIICO, SEZs, DMIC nodes, exports, policies

At a glance

Exports in 2024-25 were ₹97,171.66 crore. Engineering goods, gems and jewellery, metal, textiles and handicrafts are the top five groups and make up more than 67% of it.
The Rajasthan Industrial Development Policy 2026, notified on 1 June 2026 for five years, is the newest industrial policy. Investment incentives sit under the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS) 2024, notified on 8 October 2024.
The Rajasthan MSME Policy 2024 is in force until 31 March 2029. The 2023 amendment of the state's MSME Facilitation Act raised the exemption period for new enterprises from three years to five.
Lakheri (Bundi) is the state's first cement plant.
India's first greenfield integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex, HPCL's at Pachpadra (Balotra district), was dedicated to the nation on 4 July 2026.

Industry in the state economy

Industry's share of GSVA, 2025-26 (advance estimate, current prices)	26.55% (manufacturing 40.52% of the industry sector, construction 35.02%, mining and quarrying 12.42%, electricity, gas, water and other utilities 12.04%)
Index of Industrial Production (base 2011-12)	154.38 in 2024-25; 153.29 for 2025-26 up to November (provisional)
MSMEs registered on the Udyam portal	4.41 lakh in 2025-26 (up to December)
RIICO industrial areas	445 (Economic Review 2025-26); RIICO's website shows 472 on about 1,02,723 acres (21 October 2026)
New RIICO industrial areas	2023-24: ten, among them Nadol and Varkana (Pali), Dharmpura (Barmer), Umriya (Jhalawar), Maal ki Toos (Udaipur), Nainwa (Bundi) and Osiyan (Jodhpur); 2025-26 up to December: 19

In the state's accounts the industry sector means mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas, water supply and other utility services, and construction.

Mines and Hindustan Zinc's smelters are in the minerals notes, the salt lakes in the lakes notes, power plants in the energy notes and craft traditions in the handicrafts notes.

Exports by group, 2024-25

Export group	2024-25 (₹ crore)	2023-24 (₹ crore)
Engineering goods	19,849.29	16,592.51
Gems and jewellery	17,567.87	11,183.23
Metal	Ferrous 1,598.94; non-ferrous 8,425.88	Ferrous 2,148.23; non-ferrous 7,709.71
Textiles	9,700.60	8,819.58
Handicrafts	8,444.04	7,986.83
Agro and food products	7,195.18	6,486.78
Chemicals and allied products	4,994.54	4,585.72
Plastic and linoleum	4,447.06	4,010.27
Dimensional stones (marble, granite, articles of stone, mica)	3,764.83	3,665.94
Drugs and pharmaceuticals	3,169.92	2,954.20
Readymade garments	2,748.61	2,751.35

Each of the other groups (mineral fuels, electronics and software, carpets, leather, wool and others) was below ₹2,000 crore in 2024-25.

Major industries and their districts

Industry	Where	Facts
Cement	Plant sites listed for 2020-21 include Chittorgarh district (Chittorgarh, Chanderiya, Nimbahera, Mangrol), Lakheri (Bundi), Kota, Sirohi, Banswara, Udaipur, Suratgarh (Sri Ganganagar), Beawar (then Ajmer district, now Beawar), Gotan (Nagaur, white cement) and Kotputli (then Jaipur district, now Kotputli-Behror)	The raw material, limestone, is in the minerals notes.
Marble, granite and other stone	Districts whose ODOP product is stone, for example Ajmer, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand and Udaipur (granite and marble), Didwana-Kuchaman (marble and granite), Banswara, Dungarpur, Sirohi and Sawai Madhopur (marble), Jalore (granite), Jaisalmer (yellow stone), Bundi and Karauli (sandstone), Jhalawar (Kota stone) and Tonk (slate)	Recycling marble, granite, sandstone and mining waste into new materials is a thrust area of the 2026 policy. The stones and their mines are in the minerals notes.
Textiles	ODOP products: Bhilwara, Balotra and Pali (textile products), Kota (Kota Doria, a handloom product)	Rather than one mega park, the state plans to upgrade and link existing clusters into specialised Vastra Parks.
Petroleum refining	Pachpadra, Balotra district	HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd: a 9 MMTPA refinery with 2.4 MMTPA of petrochemicals; HPCL holds 74% and the Government of Rajasthan 26%. Planned crude for the first eight years: 1.5 MMTPA of Rajasthan crude and 7.5 MMTPA imported. Work began on 16 January 2018; the investment is over ₹79,450 crore. The oil fields are in the energy notes.
Auto parts and engineering	Neemrana (Kotputli-Behror district) and Bhiwadi (then Alwar district, now Khairthal-Tijara)	Automobile parts are the ODOP product of Alwar, Khairthal-Tijara and Kotputli-Behror districts.
Gems and jewellery	Jaipur (ODOP: gems and jewellery)	Plug-and-play gems and jewellery parks, with hallmarking laboratories and common facility centres, are planned for Jaipur, Udaipur and Bikaner.
Food processing	ODOP products: Bikaner (Bikaneri namkeen), Bharatpur and Hanumangarh (agro-based products), Sri Ganganagar (mustard oil), Nagaur (pan methi and spice processing), Baran (garlic products), Phalodi (sonamukhi products)	A new agro-processing policy was listed as proposed in June 2026.
Handicrafts	ODOP products: Jodhpur and Sikar (wooden furniture), Jhunjhunu (wooden handicrafts), Churu (wood products), Pratapgarh (thewa jewellery), Barmer (kashidakari)	The crafts and their centres are in the handicrafts notes.
Sugar	Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan State Ganganagar Sugar Mills, a state undertaking since 1957)	Beet-sugar trials began at the Ganganagar mill in 1968, the first in Rajasthan; the co-operative sugar mill at Keshoraipatan (Bundi) was a cane mill.

ODOP products are those listed for the 41 districts under the ODOP Policy 2024; the list differs from the one the districts identified in 2023-24 (Phalodi's salt and Pali's mehandi, for example, are no longer on it).

RIICO and its special zones

RIICO, the Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation, is the state's principal industrial development agency: it builds industrial areas, allots plots in them and also lends to industry.

Park or zone	Where	Facts
Medtech Medical Devices Park	Boranada, Jodhpur	274 acres; 21 plots allotted by e-auction up to December 2024.
Integrated Resource Recovery Parks	Tholai village, Jamwa Ramgarh tehsil (Jaipur district); Gundi–Fatehpur, Ramganj Mandi (Kota district)	48.21 hectares at Tholai and 21.09 hectares at Gundi–Fatehpur, for environmental protection and recovering resources from waste.
Agro Food Parks	Boranada (Jodhpur), Kota, Alwar and Sri Ganganagar	Four parks; a separate Agro and Food Processing Zone of about 33 hectares is at Tinwari, Jodhpur.
Sports Goods and Toys Zone	Khushkhera Industrial Area, Bhiwadi-II	56,576 sq m; all 39 plots allotted.
Japanese Zones	Neemrana and Ghiloth (both then Alwar district, now Kotputli-Behror)	Neemrana's zone had 49 units operating by March 2024, with ₹6,551.02 crore invested and more than 26,000 jobs; firms include Daikin, Hitachi and Nidec. The Ghiloth zone covers about 534 acres.
Ceramic and Glass Zones	Soniana (Chittorgarh) and Gajner (Bikaner)	Soniana: 196.95 acres, about 91 acres allotted to Asahi Glass India; Gajner: 237 acres with 13 large plots.
Handicraft and Furniture Park	Boranada Extension Industrial Area, Jodhpur	161.75 acres.
Rajasthan Petro Zone (RPZ)	Near the Pachpadra refinery	On 700 hectares, for downstream polymer-based units using the refinery's products; the first phase opened for allotment in September 2025, and 8 plug-and-play sheds are planned.

Special economic zones

SEZ	Where	Facts
Gems and Jewellery SEZ I and II (now multi-product)	Sitapura Industrial Area, Jaipur	Established by RIICO; exports of about ₹3,853.02 crore in 2023-24.
Mahindra World City (Jaipur) Ltd	Jaipur	A joint venture of the Mahindra group and RIICO running a multi-product SEZ; about ₹10,000 crore invested up to March 2024 and exports of about ₹3,688.27 crore in 2023-24.

Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor

The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from Dadri (Uttar Pradesh) to Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Mumbai) is 1,504 km long; about 39% of it passes through 28 districts of Rajasthan. A band of 150 km on both sides is the corridor's influence region.

Both first-phase nodes are Special Investment Regions under the Rajasthan Special Investment Regions Act, 2016 (notified on 26 April 2016). Their joint SPV is RIDCO (Rajasthan Industrial Corridors Development Corporation), set up on 15 March 2022.

Node	Area and place	Status
Khushkhera–Bhiwadi–Neemrana Investment Region (KBNIR)	About 165 sq km, 43 villages of the then Alwar district	Notified as a Special Investment Region by the notification of 28 December 2020 (42 villages then, 43 now); RIICO is its Development Authority, and its preliminary master plan was under preparation in 2025-26.
Jodhpur–Pali–Marwar Industrial Area (JPMIA)	About 154 sq km, 9 villages of Pali district	Notified as a Special Investment Region on 12 October 2020; RIICO is its Regional Development Authority. Built in three phases: Phase A (1,577.69 acres, on government and RIICO land) was approved by NICDIT on 14 December 2022, and NICDIT holds 49% of the project SPV; land acquisition for Phases B and C is under way.

Policies and schemes in force

Policy or scheme	What it does
Rajasthan Industrial Development Policy 2026	Rests on four pillars, Green, Governance, Growth and Globalization, and sets a target of merchandise exports up to ₹1.5 lakh crore by 2029.
Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS) 2024	Incentives for investment, with three priorities: Green Growth, Export Promotion and Capability Development. It codifies the Asset Creation Incentive for manufacturing and services and supports sunrise sectors; it runs to 31 March 2029 or until a new scheme is notified.
Rajasthan MSME Policy 2024	Implemented on 8 December 2024; up to 2% extra interest subsidy over RIPS 2024 and help with technology, certification, marketing and e-commerce.
Rajasthan MSME (Facilitation of Establishment and Operation) Act, 2019, as amended in 2023	Enacted on 17 July 2019. A new enterprise files a declaration of intent and gets an acknowledgement certificate, which exempts it from approvals and inspections under State laws for a set period.
One District One Product (ODOP) Policy 2024	Builds on each district's core product, with margin money, technology, certification, marketing and e-commerce support for ODOP producers.
Rajasthan Textile and Apparel Policy 2025	Notified on 13 February 2025; asset creation incentives for 10 years under RIPS 2024, 100% electricity duty exemption for 7 years, and State tax reimbursement for mega and ultra-mega projects.
RIICO Direct Land Allotment Policy 2025	Fast-track allotment of plots in RIICO industrial areas to eligible investors without auctions, based on project viability and employment potential.
Rajasthan Industrial Park Promotion Policy 2026	For private developers who set up and run industrial parks, alongside RIICO's own land allotment.

Remember: often mixed up

RIPS versionsRIPS 2019, 2022 and 2024 are successive versions of the same scheme; investments made after the launch of RIPS 2024 are eligible only under it.
Pachpadrathe refinery is in Balotra district (then Barmer district); Pachpadra tehsil stays in Balotra after the Barmer–Balotra reorganisation of 31 December 2025, though older books still write Barmer.
Bhiwadi and Neemranaboth were in Alwar district until the new districts took effect on 7 August 2023; Neemrana tehsil is now in Kotputli-Behror.

Test yourself: asked in exams

CET Graduation Level 2022 · Q89

Where was the first cement factory established in Rajasthan?

(1)Lakheri
(2)Dabok
(3)Beawar
(4)Gotan

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✓ (1) Lakheri

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CET Senior Secondary Level 2024 · Q127

To boost economy and getting State Government approvals Rajasthan Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Facilitation of Establishment and Enforcement Amendment Act, 2023) has increased the period of exemption to MSME from:

(1)3 years to 4 years
(2)2 years to 4 years
(3)4 years to 5 years
(4)3 years to 5 years

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✓ (4) 3 years to 5 years

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RAS Prelims 2024 · Q7

Medtech Medical Devices Park is located at

(1)Ganeshwar Extension, Sikar
(2)Maal Ki Toos, Udaipur
(3)Nainwa, Bundi
(4)Boranada, Jodhpur (undivided)

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✓ (4) Boranada, Jodhpur (undivided)

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RAS Prelims 2024 · Q53

Which of the following park/zone has not been developed by RIICO in Rajasthan ?

(1)Medtech Medical Devices Park – Boranada, Jodhpur
(2)Integrated Resource Recovery Park – Jamwa Ramgarh, Jaipur
(3)Sports Goods and Toys Zone – Khushkheda, Bhiwadi
(4)Agro Food Park – Udaipur

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✓ (4) Agro Food Park – Udaipur

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RAS Prelims 2024 · Q55

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists : List-I (New Industrial areas developed by RIICO in the year 2023-24) — List-II (Place) A. Nadol — i. Udaipur B. Dharmpura — ii. Jhalawar C. Umriya — iii. Barmer D. Maal ki Toos — iv. Pali Codes :