Rajasthan News: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has made a big announcement in the assembly on Friday and said that 19 new districts and 3 new divisions will be formed in the state. Ashok Gehlot said that we have received demands for formation of some new districts in the state. We had constituted a high level committee to examine these proposals and we have received the final report... I now announce formation of new districts in the state. According to the announcement of the CM, now these 19 new districts have been included in Rajasthan and now Rajasthan has become a state with 50 districts. Although there are 33 districts in Rajasthan at present and after the formation of 19 new districts, their number becomes 52, but the total number of districts will remain 50. This is because Jaipur has been divided into Jaipur North and Jaipur South, while Jodhpur has been divided into Jodhpur East and Jodhpur West. In this case, if the first 31 districts are considered and after the formation, 19 new districts are considered, then the total number is 50.
These are 19 new districts- Anupgarh (Sriganganagar)
- Balotra (Barmer)
- Beawar (Ajmer)
- Deeg (Bharatpur)
- Didwana-Kuchamancity (Nagaur)
- Dudu (Jaipur)
- Gangapur City (Sawaimadhopur)
- Jaipur-North
- Jaipur-South
- Jodhpur East
- Jodhpur West
- Crab (Ajmer)
- Kotputli-Behror (Jaipur)
- Khairthal (Alwar)
- Neem Police Station (Sikar)
- Phalodi (Jodhpur)
- Salumbar (Udaipur)
- Sanchor (Jalore)
- Shahpura (Bhilwara)
Apart from this, new divisions of Banswara, Pali, Sikar have been created. Now there are total 50 new districts and 10 divisions in Rajasthan. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has made all these announcements in response to the debate on the budget.