RAJASTHAN

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 distressing reality is that 98% of cigarette smokers and99.5% of bidi smokers were not refused because of their age, shows, the survey. The survey is showing children are purchasing tobacco products from shops and they are not being refused. Being an expert in ENT and cancer surgeon, I see patients suffering from cancer due to use of tobacco. Some children are initiating chewing tobacco at the age of 7 only.

According to the instructions issued by the directorate, the school session will begin from 2021-22 itself. The allotment of posts in these schools will be done as per the staffing pattern from the reserved posts available in the department.

The department has also given instructions that till the time the buildings of these schools are not available, alternative arrangements will be made for the safe building of their operation. Along with this, two third class teachers will be engaged from such government primary schools and government upper primary schools where the number of teachers is more than the enrolment. Significantly, chief ministerAshok Gehlothad announced the opening of these schools in the budget.

The on Monday sanctioned Rs 13.48 crore to promote religious tourism in Nagaur, Jaisalmer and Alwar districts.

Under the initiative, Rs 3.10 crore has been sanctioned for Butati in Nagaur district, Rs 1.65 crore for GhatveshwarMahadevTemple, Rs 1.61 crore for Harmal Das Ji Maharaj Temple and Rs 1.36 crore for improving facilities at Dargah Hazrat Samman Badi Khatu.

Chief MinisterAshok Gehlothas also approved Rs 1.50 crore for developingShriKaledungar Rai Temple complex, a historical and religious tourist site in Jaisalmer.

Besides, an aid of Rs 4.24 crore has been sanctioned for development work of Mataji Mandir and Ganga Mata Mandir of Talvriksha located in Bansur Fort in Alwar district. The amount will be utilised for the repair of stairs in Mataji Temple, construction of new pathway in the fort, steel railing, a new hall, stone benches, a solar power plant and various upgradation works on the temple premises.

ven before the Corona outbreak,Phadpainting had lost many of its 150 practitioners. For some of the remaining 50-odd artists in 15-20 families living in Bhilwara, Shahpura andChittorgarhregion, depending solely on the art for livelihood is no more the option.

The pandemic has put an end to tourism and there is no idea when it will restart. Fairs, festivals, and exhibitions have stopped. During weddings in villages, people used to have Phad painting on the front walls of their houses. That window is also closed. A few families supply to agents for online sale, but thats not option many could explore due to the small size of their business.

Phad is a scroll painting done on a starched cloth. Initially, the paintings narrated stories of deities Pabuji and Devnarayanji (God Vishnu) and folk heroes. The stories on the paintings would be narrated by priest-singers for entertaining the village crowds.

A new website called Raj Healthportal (rajhealth.rajasthan.gov.in) was launched by Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot for maintaining real-time data of doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, officers and non-gazetted employees of the department of medical, Health and family welfare.

It is estimated that the state has around 1.5 lakh employees are working at health institutions and offices of the health department. Since it has always been a herculean task for the authorities to maintain real-time data by gathering information from the districts, the health department launched the Raj Health portal.

The portal intends to provide a one-stop solution to many human resource problems along with real-time accessibility, transparency and tracking. It is an integrated digital platform developed as an in-house e-Office for the health department.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot demanded free vaccination for all. He said while the gives free vaccine to people above 45 years, charging the young Population will be discriminatory.

In a series of tweets, the chief minister said after continuous demands by the Congress and the states, the central government has decided to vaccinate people above the age of 18 years, which we welcome.

The central government should also announce the roll out of free vaccine to youth above 18 years of age. If there is no free vaccine, there will be resentment among the youth towards the central government.

In a much anticipated move, CM AshokGehlotannounced the creation of 19 newdistricts, including newly carved ones following the reshaping of the existing Jaipur and Jodhpur districts, on Friday.
The announcement was made during the CM’s reply to the Budget debate in the assembly. The CM also declared adding three new administrativedivisions- Sikar, Banswara and Pali – to the list of existing seven.

With 50 districts,Rajasthannow has the third highest number of districts in the country after Uttar Pradesh (71) and Madhya Pradesh (53). In terms of Population, the state is seventh.

The present Jaipur district has been divided into four new districts – Jaipur North, Jaipur South, Dudu and Kotputli-Behror. The CM’s bastion of Jodhpur has been reshaped into three districts – Jodhpur East, Jodhpur West and Phalodi.

Deteriorating law and order was also an element behind the downsizing of giant districts. Interestingly, there was no popular demand for the creation of Jaipur North and South or Jodhpur East and West as separate districts. Ajmer district has been divided into Ajmer, Kekri, and Beawar districts. Of all the newly created districts, the demand for Beawar is 40 years old.

List of New Districts:

Jaipur- Jaipur North, Jaipur South, Dudu and Kotputli – Behror

Jodhpur Jodhpur East, Jodhpur West and Phalodi

Ajmer Kekri and Beawar

Alwar Khairthal

Sikar Neem ka Thana

Sri Ganganagar Anupgarh

Nagaur Deedwana-Kuchaman

Barmer Balotara

Jalore Sanchore

Udaipur Salumber

Bhilwara Shahpura

Bharatpur Deeg

Sawai Madhopur Gangapur city

Chief ministerAshok Gehlot, during the inauguration of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, once again requested PM Narendra Modi to issue gazette notification soon regarding declaring 50 roads of the state as national highways.
Gehlot said that NHAI is preparing the DPR of Jaipur Ring Road, Jodhpur Elevated Road, Lalsot-Pachpadra Road and Hanumangarh-Sadhuwali Road and construction of these should begin soon. The chief minister said that with the development of the refinery at Pachpadra and with the construction of Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway, traffic pressure will increase from Jodhpur to Pachpadra. Therefore, a 6-lane road should be constructed to connect Jodhpur and Pachpadra refinery with Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway.

Gehlot said that availability of water is very important for drinking and Irrigation in 13 districts of Rajasthan. The with its Resources is carrying forward the work ERCP.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said his government is committed to provide quality Education to students in the state and various steps have been taken in this regard in the last three years.

The chief minister asserted that it is the ‘s endeavour that boys and girls get better and equal opportunities in the field of education.

He also announced Rs 5 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the hostel and assured to provide more financial support through CSR fund. He also called upon the people of the Society to extend their cooperation in this noble cause.

About 775 hostels for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes are being operated in the state. More than 36,000 students are benefiting from these hostels.