RAJASTHAN

Oil Discovery in Rajasthan

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Vedanta Ltds. Cairn Oil & Gas has discovered oil in the Barmer district of Rajasthan. The company has notified the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) about this discovery. This oil was discovered by Cairn Oil & Gas in a block that was given to them under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP).

The Block RJ-ONHP-2017/1 is located in Chohtan and Gudamalani Tehsil of the district of Barmer.

This block covers 542 square kilometers of area and was one of the companys 41 blocks that were awarded in the 2018 OALP-I round of bidding.

In the block, Vedanta owns 100 percent participating interest.

This discovery is the third such discovery that the company has notified under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy.

Durga is the name given to this discovery.

Jaisalmer poised to become another cement hub in state

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Large number of tourists flock to Jaisalmer for its rolling sand dunes. But now, the desert district has started attracting investors.

In fact, Jaisalmer is poised to become anothercementhub in the state, which is already the largest producer of the building material in the country.

What is driving the boom is the auction of limestone mines. Recently, the mines department auctioned four limestone blocks, fetching estimated royalty revenues of Rs 11,847 crore over 50 years. Four companies have signed MoUs with the to invest Rs 6,000 crore in setting up as many cement Plants.

After exploration of 337 sq km, the mines department has identified 32 limestone mines in Jaisalmer, of which 7 have been reserved for RSMML.
As per the government data, steel-grade (SMS) limestone, which is superior, accounts for 2,596 million tonne, while cement-grade stands at 11466 million tonne.

Rajasthan is already the leading producer of cement having 20% of the countrys production, followed by Madhya Pradesh (13%), Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (12% each), Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (7% each), Gujarat (6%) and the remaining coming from other states.
The Growth of cement Industry in Jaisalmer will further bolster the Leadership position of the state in the country.

58% candidates placed under Deen Dayal scheme in a year

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As many as 58.34% candidates have been placed under theDeen DayalUpadhyaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana (DDU-GKY) inRajasthanin 2022-23, data from the rural development department revealed.
According to the data, out of 4,840 people trained under the scheme in 2022-23, as many as 2,824 have been placed in various sectors.
Around 52% candidates have been placed in the state in the last four years.

Out of 23,447 people trained in Rajasthan in the past four years, 12,405 have been placed, informed minister of state for rural development,Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, in a reply to an unstarred question in Lok Sabha.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is being implemented as a centrally sponsored scheme under (NRLM) since 2014-15.

DDU-GKY is focused on rural youths in the 15-35 age group from poor families.

As part of the Skill India campaign, it is proving instrumental in supporting social and economic programmes of the government like Make in India, Digital India, Smart Cities and Start-Up India, and Stand-Up India.

Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary set to be notified as 4th tiger reserve of Rajasthan

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Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary, which is among the proposed five sites in the country, is expected to be formally notified astiger reserve(TR) soon before the Global Tiger Summit, which is to be held at Vladivostok, Russia.

The Centre also announced the development during the 4th Asia ministerial conference on tiger conservation. It was said that the Centre has already given its approval of granting tiger reserve status toRamgarh Vishdhari WildlifeSanctuary, along with MM Hills in Karnataka, Guru Ghasidas in Chhattisgarh.

The total area of 1,017 sqkm that has been identified as the reserve area comprising two forest blocks of Bhilwara, territorial forest block of Bundi and Indargarh, which fall under buffer zone of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR).

After Independence, these forests came under the control of Rajasthan government. In 1982, a part of the forest was declared as Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary under Section 5 of the Rajasthan Wild Animals and Birds Protection Act, 1951. The core area of the Ramgarh Vishdhari has eight villages. The sanctuary has leopards, sambhars, chitals, wildboars, etc.

Thermal plants yet to provide fly ash free of cost to NHAI

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The thermal power Plants in the state are in no mood to provide fly ash free of cost to theNational Highways Authority of India(NHAI) so that the toxic residue piling up after the burning of coal is safely disposed of and is utilised in the construction of roads, as per the ministry of Environment, forest, and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change (MoEF & CC) directions.

The NHAI continues to struggle as plants have failed to adhere to the mandatory provision of providing fly ash for the construction of roads within a 300-km radius of coal-based thermal power plants to ensure safe and sustainable disposal of the toxic material.

Environmentalists alleged that operators of the plants are forging the figures as there is a big gap in generation and stock at the dyke. This way they sell the fly ash in open market.

Rajasthan: 43% Banswara kids between 0-6 years out of malnourished tag

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The state governments pilot project, Poshan Swaraj Abhiyan, launched in tribal-dominated Banswara district, has reduced the number ofmalnourishedchildren aged between 0-6 years by 43 per cent in less than 11 weeks.

Launched in August, the project is a collaboration with Banswara-based NGO Vaagdhara, which works on tribal livelihood issues. Under this campaign, children and adolescents in 750 villages of five blocks Kushalgarh, Anandpuri, Sajjangarh, Ghatol and Gangartalai were screened to identify malnourished and acutely malnourished children.

The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) screened 16,000 children in Kushalgarh to figure out 4,045 children were malnourished and severely malnourished.

Register tobacco sellers, demand health experts

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Health experts have demanded that the should make registration of all the vendors and shops mandatory for selling tobacco products.

Expressed their concern on the findings of Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), released recently, highlighting that 97% of current cigarette smokers (children 13-15 years) and 98% of current bidi smokers bought cigarettes and bidis from a store, paan shop and street vendor or vending machine,the health experts demanded effective implementation of Cigarette and other tobacco product act (COTPA) 2003 and Juvenile Justice Act.

The state child commission along with an NGO has launched a van for health consultation of women andchildrenin city slums. The van painted in bright yellow has been divided into three cabins for consultation, referral and medicines. The van, which will have women health workers, is equipped with tools for check-up. The van would be parked for health checks in at least six places in the city.

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The Services will be free and all the Women and children who come to the vehicle for preliminary Health check-ups will be registered before consultation.

Rajasthans first two government primary English medium schools will be opened in Laxamangarh and Sikar, both in the home constituency of education minister Govind Singh Dotasra.

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They are part of the 34 primary schools that were opened in different parts of the state as announced by the .

The government had announced to open 1,200 English medium schools and so far only upper primary Hindi medium schools were converted into English medium. With the opening of primary English schools, students can become stronger in the language.

As the importance of English language has increased, parents have shifted their wards from private schools to the the government English medium schools.

Plastic waste generation rises by 39% in last two years in Rajasthan

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The burden ofplastic wasteis huge in the state. In 2021-22, the plastic waste generated in the state was 72,045 tonne per annum (TPA). The estimated plastic waste generation was approximately 51,965TPAduring 2019-20. It has increased by 39% in two years. Concerned over it, the has taken policy decisions to curb plastic menace, however, its effects are yet to be seen on the ground.

Though Rajasthan is producing significant amount of plastic waste, it is slightly better than the national Average. Per capita plastic waste generation in the state based on waste generated in 2021-22 is low and comes out to be around 1.3kg/capita/year which is well below the national average per capita plastic waste generation of 2.4 kg/ capita/year.

The state board is conducting regular field inspections and market surveys in association with Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to ensure effective implementation of ban on single-use plastics. As of now, total 1,10,570 kilogram plastic has been seized and a penalty of Rs 67.8 lakh has been imposed on defaulters from July 2022 to April 2023. The cause of concern that the plastic has become ubiquitous and most of the time, plastic is thrown away after usage; hence being inert in nature, it persists in the Environment. High consumption of plastics and its short-term usage led to high disposal rates.