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RAJASTHAN • Rajasthan No. 2 in green violations after UP According to the bureau report, the state registered 10,122 cases for violations related to environment-related offences. Rajasthan is second only to Uttar Pradesh, which reported 20,914 cases. In fact, 24 per cent of all environment-related offences in the country were reported from the state. … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bans unregulated ponzi schemes Rajasthan has become the first state to implement the central government’s Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019, providing a major relief to the account holders whose money has been trapped in ponzi schemes. The Act was passed in the Lok Sabha in July 2019 to plug gaps in the … Read more
RAJASTHAN Harsimrat Kaur Badal to inaugurate Rajasthan’s first mega food park in Ajmer Union Food Processing Industries Minister Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal will inaugurate the first mega food park at Roopangarh Village in Ajmer, Rajasthan. The Food Park is being set up at a cost of Rs 113.57 crore and will benefit around … Read more
RAJASTHAN Scheduled Area got bigger in state With assembly polls due this year end, the Union cabinet on Wednesday approved extension of the scheduled areas in Rajasthan, covering 3.7 lakh people in a number of districts to bring in more developmental funds for the tribal belt in south Rajasthan. The cabinet chaired … Read more
RAJASTHAN ● Rajasthan leads in violating official secrets Act Rajasthan recorded the highest violations of the official secrets Act in 2017. The state recorded four cases related to breaching the official secrets Act, majority of which were related to espionage activities. Being a border state, Rajasthan has always been a target of the Pakistan’s ISI … Read more
Devendra Jhajharia th ÿ On 8 March 2016, he won a gold medal at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia- Oceania Championship in Dubai. In the run up to the Rio Games he is being supported by the GoSports Foundationthrough the Para Champions Programme. CP Singh ÿ Head of Rajasthan Wrestling federation … Read more
RAJASTHAN Solar pumps may help cut subsidized power in Rajasthan The Budget proposals provided a fillip to the vibrant solar sector in Rajasthan. As per the proposals, the import of solar tempered glass for manufacture of solar cells will be exempted from customs duty. The decision will reduce the cost of manufacturing and eventually the cost … Read more
RAJASTHAN Indira’s name removed from Girls scheme in Rajasthan. The Rajasthan education department replaced the name of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s name from a scheme for meritorious girls in secondary schools. The Indira Priyadarshini Puruskar Yojana, given to girls who score the highest in their district in Classes 10 and 12 … Read more
RAJASTHAN Gender balance programme planned at schools in 9 Rajasthan districts The state education department is undertaking a special training programme, ‘Gender Balance’, for teachers in nine districts where the gender gap in literacy level is above 20%. The State Institute of Education Research and Training (SIERT), Udaipur, has integrated the gender balance component in their training modules … Read more
RAJASTHAN 5 sites in Rajasthan among 100 monuments under Adarsh scheme Archaeological Survey of India has declared 100 famous monuments in the country as Adarsh monuments in which five are in Rajasthan. On the demand and suggestions of tourists visiting these sites, ASI has started working on the plan for developing these sites and increasing … Read more