Rajyavardhan Rathore

Rajasthan Industries Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore says the state is focused on ease of doing business, reducing costs, and welcoming investors, as Business Standard launches Jaipur editions

Rathore lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to ink free-trade agreements with different countries, and said the PM believes that India's market is its strength

Minister highlights the state's twin mantra - ease of doing business, and reduced cost of doing business

The summit was held from December 9-11 in Jaipur

BJP MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore stated that the party's focus is on good governance, women's safety, addressing farmers' and youth issues, and creating a secure environment for all citizens

Taking a jibe at Ashok Gehlot, Rajyavardhan Rathore said that the Rajasthan Congress has no other responsibility than backing a family all the time

Rathore accused the Rajasthan government of being insensitive towards cows and claimed that lakhs of cows have died due to lumpy disease but the state government is not serious

The minister also called the private sector to partner with the government with new and innovative ideas

Athens Olympic silver medallist shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was today appointed the new sports minister in place of Vijay Goel, who has been made the minister of state for parliamentary affairs. The 47-year-old Rathore was till now serving as minister of state for information & broadcasting. Rathore takes over from the pro-active Goel following a major cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Colonel Rathore first stepped in a shooting range in the mid 1990s and some years later, he became India's first ever individual silver medal winner at the Olympic Games. He stood on the podium after finishing second in the men's double trap at the 2004 Athens Games. A year before he created Olympic history, Rathore had won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships in Sydney. Prior to the Athens Games, Rathore was posted in Delhi with the army's marksmanship unit for two years to help him practise in the city's Tughlaqabad shooting range. .