There is an exhaustive network of roads in the state covering a length of 140,000 km. Of these 89000 km are coated or surfaced roads as per 1999 statistics. A stretch of 4,597 km of national highways crisscrosses the state. This is a significant rise from 65000 km in 1993. Rajasthan power units have a generation capacity of about 4,547 MW. 72% of this domestic generation capacity is thermal power. The state government’s department of energy has been rendering exceptional performance in the past few years. The count of landline (fixed wire telephone subscribers) in Rajasthan stands at about 1.6 millions as in 2002 while there are around 770,000 cellular users in 2004. Such development has promoted the influx of investments in the state and also has attracted foreign business investors. With the inflow of foreign revenue and multinational business units setting up ventures in Rajasthan, the economic system of the state has grown in leaps and bounds.


