Major Problems in Rajasthan - At glance :

Unemployment :  

Unemployment is certainly the biggest issue in the Rajasthan. Lack of innovation and entrepreneurship skills though Rajasthan known to be famous for marwari business families but they are involved in traditional business which needs to be changed according to the changing times.A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Rajasthan Assembly in September had pointed that just 37.45 per cent of the placements provided by the Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) between 2014 and 2017 were genuine.

Farmer distress: 

.Around 60 per cent of workers in Rajasthan depend on agriculture for a livelihood. Falling prices and weak government procurement are adding to the woes of the farmers. Low minimum support price for some crops further puts them in financial distress. In May 2018, five farmers in the Hadoti region in the state had committed suicide after garlic prices hit a record low because of a bumper crop.

Law and order: 

Rajasthan is not ignorant to mob lynching in the name of cow vigilantism. Albeit Rajasthan became the second state after Madhya Pradesh in the country earlier this year to have promulgated a law to hand out the death penalty to child rapists, the state has been drawing criticism over the rising sexual crimes targeting minors. 

Law and order has collapsed. There is social disharmony with cases of mob lynching, cow vigilantism and social unrest on the rise. The kind of negativity that is being spread in society.

Drinking water:

 Yes, scarcity of water is one of the most serious problems in Rajasthan. In June this year, Rajasthan had ranked low in a Niti Aayog report. As per the report, just 44 per cent of Rajasthan’s rural habitations were "fully covered" by drinking water supply. On the basis of the report, Rajasthan was urged to improve the access rate and the quality of drinking water in rural habitations. Rajasthan is a largest state of India by area. It is also the driest state. So eventually when there is scarcity of water there is less progress. You can also see it as water is directly propotional to economical progress or growth. Without water there is no agriculture and without agriculture the lands are becoming barren. Hence scarcity of water is one of the most common problem faced by rajasthan.

Child Marriage :

Prevalence of girl child marriage is found more common in rural areas than urban areas. Education and wealth index of the households are significantly related to child marriage amongst girls in India. Poorer the households, higher the chance of girls getting married early, the report analyses. In Rajasthan child marriage in rural areas is 89.4% while in urban areas it is 10.6%.

Silicosis problem in Rajasthan :

Silicosis has emerged at epidemic level in Rajasthan due to exponential growth in the mining sector, inadequate Governmental policies, and poor implementation of the laws of the land. A study in 1992-94 carried out by the DMRC, Jodhpur reported that 9.9% sandstone workers have silicosis. As many as 7,959 silicosis cases were detected in Rajasthan between January 2015 and February 2017, and in the same period, 449 people died of the disease in five districts.