Presently, Rajasthan can be considered as a developing state of Indian economy. More than half of its area is desert. Large part of agriculture depends upon the rain. State’s basic infrastructure (electricity, roads, transport, communication etc.) and social infrastructure (education, health, sanitation etc.) is still in a weak state and there are ample opportunities for the growth of such services. From the point of view of Relative Development Index of infrastructure, Rajasthan stands at the 14th position.

Per capita consumption of power in Rajasthan was 927.40 Kilowatt per hour in 2011- 12 which is quite low from Gujarat’s 1663.20. By March 2014, 40249 villages were electrified, whereas the estimated number of villages in Rajasthan was 45493. By the end of December 2014, the estimated length of roads in Rajasthan is expected to be 59.90 km per 100 sq. km area. By the end of March 2013, the length of railway tracks in the state was 5871.65 km in which 4801.18 km. was broad gauge, 983.71 km was meter gauge and 86.76 km was narrow gauge. This too cannot be termed as satisfactory. In 2010-11, the average size of landholding in the state was 3.07 hectare, while it was 1.15 hectares in entire India, Rajasthan stood at the fourth place in India in context to agricultural land holding. In 2009-10, Rajasthan stood at the third place with 11.3% of the total agricultural surface area of India.

Country’s 1/8th of the total oilseed production takes place in Rajasthan. The net irrigeted land area was 39.47% of the net agricultural area, which was found to be quite less than the entire India. About 39 types of large and 22 types of small minerals are found here. The state stands at the second place in the country in context to mineral wealth. Hence, it is clear from the above description, that the economy of Rajasthan lags far behind the economy of India. But, it is gradually proceeding ahead on the path of development.