Schools : There are about 34610 primary schools, 11071 upper primary schools, 3214 secondary school and 1257 senior schools in Rajasthan. The State also has a good network of private schools offering both English and Hindi as medium of instruction. Among these are missionary institutions like St. Xavier's at Jaipur, Sophia's at Ajmer, Kota, Jodhpur and Mt. Abu and public School at Jaipur. The private schools offer education as good as anywhere else in the country. Many of them are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi and follow a syllabus implemented by Central Board schools throughout the country.

Higher Education : There are nine universities in the State including deemed universities. There are about 173 general education colleges and 44 professional colleges providing higher education in engineering technology, medicine and teacher training.

Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur are the main centres of learning and have a medical college and an engineering college each as well as several institutes of specialised training. Ajmer, Bikaner, Kota and Pilani also have a concentration of higher education facilites.

Housing : It is possible to rent good accommodation at reasonable rates in Jaipur and Udaipur. A standard three bed-room house in Jaipur is available in the range of Rs.2000-3000 per month. A bigger bunglow type accommodation is available in the range of Rs. 4000-6000 per month.

In other larger towns, accommodation suiting cosmopolitan requirements is limited but it is possible to hire spacious houses of traditional construction at reasonable rents.

Cooking gas and electricity is available in all district and subdivisional towns of the State.

Health Services : There are 266 hospitals and about 10,000 dispensaries spread all over the State. General practitioners are available down to level of a sub-divisional town. Specialist medical practitioners are available at all major towns in the State.

Hotels and Restaurants : Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Ajmer, being on the tourist map of India, offer hotel facilities of international standards. These hotels, managed by national chains such as the Taj group, Welcomgroup, the Oberois, ITDC and the Clarks group, have excellent restaurants serving Continental , Chinese and Indian cuisine. In addition, all major towns in the State have hotels run by Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC), as well as by private local entrepreneurs, which offer services of a reasonable standard to tourists and business travellers. The Delhi-Jaipur highway has several motels.

Many private entrepreneurs have renovated old palaces of Rajasthan into Heritage Hotels in collaboration with national and International Hotels chains. Such Hotels are becoming increasingly popular with foreign tourists and with the Indian corporate sector for hosting conferences and 'get-aways'

Entertainment and Recreation : Rajasthan has much to offer by way of recreation and entertainment. There are numerous forts, palaces, and museums in practically every town which was the seat of an erstwhile princely state. The state has several sanctuaries including tiger sanctuaries and hosts numerous fairs at its various shrines, some of which like the Pushkar fair have gained international fame. The temple of Dilwara, Nathdwara, Ranakpur and Mahaveerjee draw devotees from all over the country and abroad. The folk tradition has been kept alive by the musicians and the State has several theatre groups of national acclaim.

There is a Television Station at Jaipur which relays programmes produced in-house. These can be viewed within radius of 80-90km around Jaipur. Apart from this, the state also has about 42 relay transmitters at major towns which relay the programmes broadcast on the National hook-up. Each of these has a coverage of about 15-20km radius. New relay stations at Bundi and Jaipur have a coverage of 120-140km each. All the relay stations have been linked to Jaipur station, which enables viewers to watch programmes on regional as well as national hook-up.

The state has 250 cinema houses and like the rest of the country is experiencing a video revolution. There is a large network of video film libraries, covering all major towns, offering a wide variety of Indian and foreign films. Cables/ Satellite TV facilities available at many of the larger towns bring international television programmes to the state.

Many district headquarters have good clubs. The clubs at the major towns like Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur and Alwar offer all the standard facilities of any club in a metropolis viz. tennis and squash courts, libraries, card room, billiards and bar. Many of them have reciprocal membership arrangements with well known clubs in other towns in the country.