TheThird Ashok Gehlot ministry is the state cabinet of the Indian state ofRajasthan in the15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly headed by Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot.^[1][2][3]

Third Gehlot ministry
Ministry ofRajasthan
Ashok Gehlot Hon'ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Date formed	17 December 2018
Date dissolved	15 December 2023
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor Kalyan Singh (December 2018 – September 2019) Kalraj Mishra (Since September 2019)
Head of government	Ashok Gehlot
Ministers removed	4
Totalno. of members	29
Member parties	INC  Independent(s)
Status in legislature	Majority 121 / 200 (61%)
Opposition cabinet	71 / 200 (36%) BJP 8 / 200 (4%) Others
Opposition party	BJP
Opposition leader	Rajendra Rathore (from 2023)
History
Election	2018
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Second Raje ministry
Successor	Bhajan Lal Sharma ministry

The results for the2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election were announced on 11 December 2022. The result was a hung house, with theIndian National Congress falling one seat short of majority. With the help of three parties, theBahujan Samaj Party, theBharatiya Tribal Party and theRashtriya Lok Dal (combined 9 seats) announced their outside support for the Congress party, resulting in the formation of a Congress government in Rajasthan.^[4][5][6]

On 17 December 2017,Ashok Gehlot took oath as chief minister of Rajasthan for his third term inJaipur.Sachin Pilot also took oath as deputy chief minister.^[7]

On 12 July 2020, around 19 members of theRajasthan Legislative Assembly, as claimed by the thendeputy chief minister of RajasthanSachin Pilot, flew toDelhi after disputes over different offices between rival factions of theRajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee, triggering a month-longpolitical crisis in the state ofRajasthan. The rebel faction led bySachin Pilot claimed that they had the support of 30 MLAs and can topple theAshok Gehlot-ledCongress government in Rajasthan. He demanded the chief minister's post for which he was denied after the2018 elections.

The Congress Legislature Party issued a whip to all its MLAs to be present in the meeting which was scheduled to be held at the Chief Minister's House or strict action would be taken against them. Meanwhile,Sachin Pilot reaffirmed that he won't be joining the BJP. By 14 July, with Pilot refusing to back down, Gehlot sacked him from his posts of deputy chief minister of Rajasthan and president of theRajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee.

On 10 August, the event changed drastically, whenSachin Pilot met withRahul Gandhi &Priyanka Gandhi. On the same day, rebel MLABhanwar Lal Sharma reachedJaipur and met withChief MinisterAshok Gehlot.Sachin Pilot metChief MinisterAshok Gehlot and finally, both the factions of theRajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee reunited.

On 14 August, the political crisis officially ended withAshok Gehlot-led Congress Government winning the trust vote in theRajasthan Legislative Assembly throughvoice vote. All the MLAs of the Congress and its allies were present, although 73BJP MLAs were not present.^[8]

For the 2022-23 state budget, Ashok Gehlot announced the Rajasthan government launched the Krishak Sathi Yojana. In this scheme, financial assistance would be provided to farmers in case of death during agricultural activities or in case of partial or permanent disability. A separate budget for the agriculture sector was presented by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot under the budget allocation of Krishi Sathi Yojana was increased to Rs 5000 crore.^[9][10]

On 1 April 2022, the government announced that it would increase the days of employment granted by theMGNREGA scheme from 100 to 125 days.^[11]

On 9 September 2022, the Congress government in Rajasthan launched the Indira Gandhi Shehari Rojgar Guarantee Yojana (Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme), in which those in the age group of 18-60 years residing within the limits urban local bodies would be able to demand at least 100 days of employment in a year.

The scheme was rolled out with the objective of providing economic support to the poor and needy living in the cities. Poor and destitute people, especially those who lost their livelihood during the pandemic would be given preference to the scheme. The Rajasthan government had allocated ₹800 crore ($97 million) for the scheme, as announced by chief minister Ashok Gehlot in the 2022-23FY state budget.^[12][13]

On 1 April 2022, the Rajasthan government announced free electricity up to 50 units to those consuming 100 units per month in Rajasthan. It also said that for all household consumers, the cost of ₹3 per unit for consumption up to 150 units and ₹2 per unit for consumption from 150-300 units will be bourn by the state government. The government claimed that around 1.18 crore (11.8 million) families were expected to benefit from this scheme.^[11]

On 1 April 2022, the government increased the insurance amount under its health insurance scheme Chiranjeevi from ₹5,00,000 to ₹10,00,000. It claimed that it 1.34 crore (13.4 million) families were expected to benefit from this scheme.^[11]

Launched on 20 August 2020 by Ashok Gehlot in urban areas, theIndira Rasoi Scheme was started with the resolution that no one should sleep hungry. The scheme provides adequate, tasty and nutritious food to the people for only 8 rupees. As of September 2022, hundreds of Indira Rasoi centres have benefited around 5.5 crore people, according to government data.^[14][15]

There are currently 950 Indira Rasoi centres which have served 9 crore (90 million) thalis since 2020. The scheme has been extremely successful.^[16]

In the 2022-23FY state budget, the Rajasthan government restored theOld Pension Scheme for government employees who joined the service on or after 1 January 2004 (when theNPS took effect).^[9]

The Rajasthan government launched the Digital Seva Yojana scheme in which women heads of 1.35 crore (13.5 million) families would be given a smartphone with free internet connectivity for three years. The phones would also support the two SIM feature and one SIM will already come activated in its ‘primary slot’, which cannot be changed. The project was estimated to be worth ₹12,000 crore ($1.45 billion) and state owned company Rajcomp is responsible for the implementation of the project.^[17][18]