Jaipur : Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who returned from a 15-day visit to the US and London, today said she signed a path breaking agreement with Bill Gates Foundation during her tour to help tap the human resource in the state.
Terming her visit as highly successful, Raje said the highlight of her tour was her meeting with gates, who had recently retired from mainstream it business and plunged into fulltime social work along with wife Melinda.
Raje said she as per the agreement with Gates, a task force would be set up to bring about developments in health, education, women development and to generate more employment opportunities.
The agreement would help to make Rajasthan a frontline state, she said in an official statement. Senior representatives of Bill Gates Foundation and from Rajasthan government would be included in the task force.
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