July 2017

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 Rajasthan to hand over 50 urban primary health centres to private players.   The state government has sought expression of interest from eligible private entities for the running of 50 urban primary health centres. The aim is to run these in public-private partnership(PPP) mode. The proposals will be opened on July 31. This move is explained as necessary because access … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Soon, ‘show your face’ to machines at health directorate to mark attendance.   Now employees and officers of the health department at the administrative offices will have to mark their attendance on face reading biometric machine from July 15.   The health department has issued orders in this regard on July 3 directing … Read more

RAJASTHAN   ·       MOU INKED TO PROMOTE TRAINING IN HANDPUMP MISTRI TRADE IN THE STATE A MoU being signed with WSSO (Water and Sanitation Support Organisation) for providing training in Handpumpmistri trade under Regular Skill Training Program (RSTP) of Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC). Under the MoU 2000 youth will be trained to … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan government to study noise pollution by infrastructure projects   Jaipur City’s eight ongoing infrastructure projects will go through an ‘environmental impact assessment’. The agencies will study the noise and sound pollution produced during the construction of these projects. These eight projects include the elevated road proposed between LIC Bhawan and Sodala, Dravyawati River Project, Bassi and other … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Wrestling event to be held in Jaipur.   The Rajasthan Wrestling Association (RWA) will organise a Junior National Wrestling Championship for boys and girls at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium from January 4 to 7. The decision was taken at the annual general on Sunday.   About 900 players, including 200 officials, are … Read more

  RAJASTHAN   85% Raj rural women don’t know about HIV/AIDS’   High migratory populationin the state makes Rajasthan vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. But a matter of even more serious concern is that the percentage of women with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDSis quite low here. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) -4 (2015-16), only 19.1% of … Read more

RAJASTHAN 1st Solar University of Nation – JNLU Jodhpur National Law University (JNLU) will be self-reliant as far as electricity is concerned. The university will run exclusively on solar power. NLU will become the first univ ersity in India to not only generate power, but also sell additional electricity to private companies so that the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Biodegradable bags to replace plastic bags.   Biodegradable bags, made of starch from maize, are likely to replace regular polythene bags in the state.   After imposing effective ban on usage of plastic bags, government has been looking for a substitute. According to officials, biodegradable bags look to be the best available option which … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan’s Sundar Singh Gurjar wins gold medal at World Para Athletics Sundar Singh Gurjar (21) won gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event at World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom. In the F46 category, Sundar recorded his personal best effort of 60.36m ahead of Dinesh Priyantha Herath (Sri Lanka) … Read more