COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY Initially : only 7 textile industries at Beawer, Kishangarh, Bhilwara and SriGanganagar.

At present : total 23 (17 in pvt, 3 in pub and 3 in co-op) 1st cotton textile mill, also oldest : in 1889 at Beawer in pvt sector, The Krishna Mills. Ltd by Seth Damodardas Vyas. 2nd :- Edward Mills Ltd. In Beawer in 1906(at the time of partition of Bengal) Biggest : Maharaja Ummed Singh Mills Ltd., in 1942 at Pali. 3 Co-op sector : (2 in Bhilwara,1 in Ganganagar) i) Rajasthan Co-op Spinning Mills in Gulabpura ii) Gangapur Co-op Spinning Mills in Gangapur iii) Shri Ganganagar Co-op Spinning Mills in Ganganagar In April 1993, all these were integrated under one unit called SPINFED or Rajasthan State Co-op Spinning & Ginning. CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Rajasthan State Chemical Works, Deedwana Shri Ram Fertilizer, Kota Zinc Smelter, Debri Udaipur Phosphate and Fertilizers. Modi Alkalies and Chemicals, Alwar Florespar Benefaction Plant, Dungarpur.

SUGAR INDUSTRY Initially: only 1 sugar mill At Present : 3 1. The Mewar Sugar Mills, Bhopalsagar(Chittorgarh): pvt sector, in 1932. For making sugar and khand sari 2. Shri Ganganagar Sugar Mills Ltd. ,Ganganagar: pub sector,as this region produces both sugarcane and white sugarbeet, sugar is prepared from both. Rectified spirit and wine also produced.Owns high-tech factory at Dholpur 3. Shri Keshoraipatan Co-op Sugar Mills,Keshoraipatan(Bundi): in 1965.

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ENGINEERING INDUSTRY 1. Capstan Meters Company(Meters for water and oil measurement at Jaipur and Pali, started with collaboration of famous English firm GuestShrines) 2. Jaipur Metals (1st estab 1943) 3. Instrumentation Ltd., Kota (electric and electromagnetic appliances) 4. Man Industrial Corporation, Jaipur(Steel, bars, rollers, window and door frames) 5. Cables Industry Kota & Pipalian(Cables, PVC and Rubber insulated wires) 6. CIMMCO Wagon Factory, Bharatpur Public (Railway Wagons) 7. National Engineering Company, Jaipur(Ball Bearing and roller bearing factory, leading one in Asia) 8. Rajasthan Electronics Corporation, Jaipur(TV) 9. Florespar Benefaction Plant, Dungarpur

SALT INDUSTRY Produces 10% of total Salt produced in India. All salt works are inland. Sambhar Salts Ltd (Govt. of Pachpadra Salt Source (Govt of India) Rajasthan) - Sambhar Lake is the single - 128 km SW of Jodhpur largest inland salt source in the -Salt here resembles to Sea Salt country. produces 6 lakh of quintals of salt - 8.5 % of total salt produced in annually. the country. 45% of total in Raj. - Manufactured by Kharwals 3 forms of salt produced: - produces all types of salt for 1) Kayar salt human consumption - by solar evaporation method from March to July. - Brine is collected and pumped to main reservoir c/d Kayars - extraction when brine has density of 25 to 26 degree Be and thick crust of salt in pans 2) Reshta Salt - wind swept method - collected as tiny crystals along edges of crystalising pans. It is of good quality. 3) Pan Salt - by percolation of canals into separate pans. - canal brine is whiter and contains max sod.chloride - It is an associate of Hindustan Salts Ltd.

Deedwana Salt Source (Govt of Rajasthan) - 50 km NW of Sambhar lake - the depression is surrounded by sand hills on three sides except in west - salt produced at cheaper cost - salt production does not depends on rainfall. - Salt is manufactured by small pvt agency c/d DEWALS - Salt extraction by old method from brine wells c/d Kuls - Also famous for Sodium Sulphate used for Dyeing, Printing and Tanning works. - 2 industries based on salt are : Sodium Sulphate Factory and Sodium Sulphate Union

Other Salt Sources: Phalodi, Kuchaman City, Pokran and Jabdinagar (Nagaur)

CEMENT INDUSTRY 1st Cement Ind : A.C.C. Ltd.Lakheri (1951) in Bundi. Lakheri also famous for good quality cement. Maximum Production of cement: J.K.Cement (1982) in Nimbahera Chittorgarh. White Cement: a) Gotan, Nagaur (J.K. Cement) b) KhariaKhanga,Jodhpur (Birla Grp.) Other: 1) Sawai Madhopur Cement Industry(1953) 2) Birla Cement Works, Chittorgarh. 3) Chittorgarh Cement Works 4) Manglam cement, Modak (Kota) 5) Shree Cement, Beawer 6) Straw Products, Banas (Sirohi) 7) Sri Ram Cement at Sri Ramnagar (Kota) 8) Hindustan Cement, Udaipur

GLASS INDUSTRY WOOLLEN INDUSTRY Glass is essentially a fuse sand. 50% of Indias Wool, Raj When sand is mixed with soda breed sheep is famous all ash, lime and broken glass and over India other and heated at 2500 to Well estab wool markets in 3000 deg F;it melts to a sticky, Bikaner, Beawer, Pali, Osian non-crystalline dat cools and Kekri slowly and can easily be Imp wool producing areas changed into finished product and mills at: of different shapes. Bikaner(superior in quality) Glass sand must be high in and Jodhpur Divisions. silica and low in iron-oxide Manufacture of woolen and alumina to make clear textile and threads:Jodhpur, glass. Kota, Bikaner, Nawalgarh Rajasthan is one of leading and Churu. producer of Silica Sand in 2 mills under Rural Industrial Thir(Jaipur), Kundi(Kota), Progrrame at Ladnu and Mudh(Bikaner), Alampur(SM) Churu. and Barodia(Bundi). Large Scale wolloen Lime from Sojat. Gotan, industries: Chittorgarh, Lakheri and SM. 1) State Woollen Mills, 2 glass factories located at Bikaner(pub) Dhaulpur : 2) Jodhpur Woollen Factory 1) Dhaulpur Glass Factory(Pvt) 3) Foreign Import-Export Inst, - Produces 1000 tons of glass material Kota every year 4) Worsted Spinning Mills, - produces scientific-ware and Churu penicillin vials 5) Worsted Spinning Mills, 2) Hi-Tech Precision Glass Ladnu. Works(Govt of Raj): 6) Nagpal Combing Mills, Kota - started prductn : 1964 7) Raj Woollen Mills, Bikaner - produces scientific instruments for 8) Friends Woollen Mills, Bik lab like beakers, flasks, burettes, 9) Bharat Woollen Mills, Bik pipettes, testtubes, penicillin vials and Last 4 are woolen threads and thermometers. woolen textile mills Carpet Training Centre at Bikaner in Oct 1992 by All India Wool Dev Board. Central Wool Board at Jodhpur