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Rajasthan looks to tap Israel's technological expertise

Press Trust of India  |  Tel Aviv May 2, 2013

Looking to tap its technological expertise and attract investments, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has offered to create a special area for utilising Israel's innovations.
 
"The experiment around creation of centres of excellence based on Israeli expertise in agriculture in the state has been a phenomenal success. We want to further deepen this engagement looking to utilise Israeli experience in other fields as well", Gehlot told PTI.
 
Israel will become the third such country to be provided this special concession by Rajasthan, which has allocated land for promoting Japanese and South Korean technologies in Neemrana.
 
"Given that local conditions in Rajasthan are quite identical to those in Israel and that there are many shared concerns, I think Rajasthan can benefit immensely from this engagement," he added.
 
To explore opportunities to cooperation and to boost investments in the state, Rajasthan chief minister is on an extensive tour of Israel accompanied by his energy minister Jitendra Singh and several other senior officials, including Chief Secretary C K Mathew.
 
Among the plans being mooted is the setting up of a water management institute, for which the state will provide the infrastructure and make the necessary investments.
 
The output from Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) in Jaipur has so far been going waste but discussions are now on to explore the possibility of diverting it to dryl areas near by where it can be used for irrigation purposes.
 
Several options are also being considered to boost the dairy sector in Rajasthan.
 
Israel has proposed that Rajasthan adopt invitrio fertilisation process instead of embryo transplantation for multiple growth of number of cattle contrary to the commonly used practice.
 
Gehlot visited several kibbutzims, leading agricultural institutes, farms specialising in various areas of agriculture and irrigation and water management related projects.
 
He has also held extensive discussions with Israel's agriculture minister Yair Shamir and various other officials from different ministries during his one week Israel tour.