State PCS - Rajasthan (RAS)

• 19 Apr 2025

Data Center Policy 2025

Why in News? 

Keeping in view the increasing importance of data centers, the Rajasthan Government has implemented the "Rajasthan Data Center Policy-2025".  

Key Points  

• About the Policy:  
  • The objective of this policy is to make Rajasthan a major hub for data centers , attract investments and generate employment opportunities in the IT sector. 
  • Under this policy, comprehensive concessions, environment-friendly incentives and modern infrastructure will be provided to the investors. 
  • There is a plan to attract investment of Rs 20,000 crore in the next five years . 
• Key provisions:  
  • Many attractive provisions have been made to promote the data centre sector , which includes an annual asset creation incentive of Rs 10 to 20 crore for 10 years . 
  • Private companies investing more than Rs 100 crore in the state will be given an additional 25 per cent sunrise incentive . 
  • Under the policy, 5% interest subsidy will be provided for 5 years, which will reduce the cost of setting up data centres. 
  • Data centres will be given 100% waiver in banking, transmission and wheeling charges . 
  • Flexible payment arrangements have been introduced to bring flexibility in land related processes , along with exemption in stamp duty, land conversion fee and electricity charges . 
  • Additionally, data centres will be exempted from external development charges up to Rs 10 crore . 
  • Environmental protection has also been given priority in this policy , under which 50% of the expenditure incurred on green solutions will be reimbursed , up to a maximum of Rs 12.5 crore . 
  • To enhance the efficiency of employees, 50%  of the cost incurred on their training or efficiency improvement will be reimbursed. 
  • The state government has also made provision to provide assistance on intellectual property rights such as GI tag, patent, copyright and trademark registration , which can be up to 50 per cent up to a maximum of Rs 1 crore . 
  • The policy also includes provisions for relaxation in building bylaws and ensuring uninterrupted power supply to ensure the operational efficiency and safety of data centres. 

Intellectual Property Rights  

• The rights given to individuals in the context of their intellectual creation are called Intellectual Property Rights. In fact, it is believed that if a person creates any kind of intellectual creation (such as writing a literary work , research , invention , etc.), then first of all, that person should have exclusive rights over it.  
• The basic purpose of granting intellectual property rights is to encourage human intellectual creativity . Since the scope of intellectual property rights is wide, it was considered necessary that relevant rights and related rules etc. should be arranged for a particular area