Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma invited global stone traders, particularly the non resident Rajasthanis (NRRs), to invest and evolve further the world fame stone sector of the state, which now has been transformed into the most attractive investor destination unlike the “unsafe industrial state” under the previous Congress regime.
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma invited global stone traders, particularly the non resident Rajasthanis (NRRs), to invest and evolve further the world fame stone sector of the state, which now has been transformed into the most attractive investor destination unlike the “unsafe industrial state” under the previous Congress regime.
He said, “Rajasthan happens to be the most favourite investor-friendly state in India. It has emerged as the most profitable industrial trading hub in the country. In the stone mining and trading sector, befitting the global fame of our stones, we are aspiring to establish the state as ‘world capital of the stone industry’.
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Addressing the delegates at the inaugural session in the four-Day India Stonemart-2026 at the JECC here Thursday, Sharma said, “Under the Congress regime until 2 year ago, neither there was a safe industrial environment in the state nor credible investor-friendly policies or sound law and order. In that situation, the state had lagged behind in the race for development, job avenues were eroded and dreams of youths were shattered”.
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However, now the scenario has totally changed, due to the untiring efforts by our double-engine BJP government with infrastructure strengthened, energy augmented, water and other essential resources available . Moreover, we have made 20 new policies for easing out bottlenecks and fast treking of industry — investment related procedures, everything now is time bound, only files of project proposals run (fast) the entrepreneurs need not to chase, matters are dealt with at single window, the CM said. “This instilled confidence in investors about our working and efforts, that is why the mega initiatives like Raising Rajasthan Global Investors Summit 2024 and the Rajasthanis Divas 2025 met with great success. We have succeeded in securing MoUs involving investment of Rs 35 lakh crore, of which the projects of Rs 8 lakh crore have already achieved ground breaking in the past one year.”
“Hence, we invite you all to invest and transact in the stone mining and trading sector that play a role in making our state the world capital of the stone industry as we have the best quality stones, of numerous varieties and features. Rajasthan is blessed with 85 mineral varieties, the strengthening and durability of Rajasthan’s stones is also the best and cost of maintenance of structures built using our stones is very low and just negligible,” he added.
“I also want to invite NRRs to play a role in further evolving the stone sector in the state under our “Karma Bhumi to Matri Bhumi” initiative,” he concluded.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajasthan Industries and Commerce Minister Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said the current edition of this 4-day annual mega event is providing a true sense global platform to our stone industry as 66 global entities (companies) from different countries are attending it.
A mega exhibition showcasing stones and their features was also inaugurated by CM Sharma.
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