oct 2017

RAJASTHAN Govt schools to issue voter IDs for students, sensitise them   To encourage youngsters to vote once they turn 18, government-run schools will issue voter ID cards to students, according to a directive issued by the state directorate of secondary education.The objective is to maximize the voting percentage in elections.   Most students enrolling … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government moves to curb witchcraft in districts   The social justice and empowerment department has directed district collectors to strictly enforce the Prevention of Witch-Hunting Act of 2015 in their districts. The department has also drafted a multipronged strategy to fight this menace. It has asked collectors to identify the pockets in their … Read more

RAJASTHAN NGT gives clearance to 9-tonne refinery in Barmer’s Pachpadra   The National Green Tribunal(NGT) gave environmental clearance to country’s biggest 9-tonne refinery to be set up at Pachpadrain   HPCL has 74% and state government has 26% stake in this project. Refinery-cumpetrochemical complex will be ready by 2021. HPCL refinery at Mumbai has capacity of 7.5million … Read more

RAJASTHAN Vasundhara Raje expands Annapurna Rasoi scheme in Rajasthan, launches 500 more mobile vans   Chief minister Vasundhara Rajelaunched 500 mobile kitchen vans of Annapurna Rasoi which serve subsidised food across the state.     The Annapurna Rasoi scheme was started by the state government on December 15, 2016 in Jaip   ur on the lines of … Read more

RAJASTHAN New Rajasthan ordinance seeks to protect judges, public servants from probe   The Vasundhara Rajegovernment has passed an ordinance which seeks to protect both serving and former judges, magistrates and public servants in Rajasthan from being investigated for on-duty action without its prior sanction. The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, promulgated on September 7, … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Assembly passes bill raising OBC quota to 26%   The Rajasthan Assemblyon Thursday passed a bill which increases reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the state from 21 per cent to 26 per cent. The BJPgovernment’s decision grants five per cent reservation to the five “most backward” OBC communities, which includes Gujjarsand four other communities … Read more

RAJASTHAN Gulab Bagh in Udaipur to house Rajasthan’s first bird park   A part of heritage park Gulab Baghis undergoing a transformation. It will soon house the state’s first bird parkwith a variety of local and scheduled species.   Gulab Bagh is being converted into an exclusive bird park.   The project comprises a water bird area, … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·               State govt begins process to invoke RAJPASA in Barmer crude oil theft The state government has initiated the process for invoking provisions of RAJPASA (Rajasthan Prevention of Antisocial Activities Act, 2006) in the high profile Barmer crude oil theft case.   Rajasthan Prevention of Antisocial Activities Act, 2006, provides for preventive detention of … Read more