The Rajasthan government has decided to upgrade 703 government primary schools in the state to upper primary level. In a tweet from his official handle, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said a decision has been taken to upgrade 703 government primary schools to the upper primary level in accordance with the budgetary provisions.
He said the decision will make Education accessible to students, especially girls, in their immediate neighbourhood.
The will open over 2,000 government-aided English medium schools.
The government has opened about 2,700 English medium schools. We will open 2,000 more such schools, said Kalla.
During the event, Kalla conducted online lottery to admit students under the Right To Education (RTE) schemein 32,722 non-government schools. Under this scheme, 25% seats are allotted underRTEscheme for students of pre-primary to Class-1 in these private schools. The fee is reimbursed by the state.
The government had conducted lottery for around 2 lakh seats at 37,354 non-government schools. However, number of students who applied for this scheme is more than the number of seats.
All set to host theRajiv Gandhi Urban Olympic Games, RajasthanSportsminister Ashok Chandna launched its registration portal.
The inaugural edition of the Games will begin from January 26 in 240 civic bodies of the state which include 10 municipal corporations, 36 municipal councils and 194 municipalities. The participants will be seen competing in seven games-kabaddi(men and Women), tennis ball cricket (men and women), kho-kho (women), volleyball (men and women), athletics (100m, 200m, 400m sprint for men and women), football (men and women) and basketball (men and women).
Like the Rural Games, the Urban Games will also see players of all age-groups in action.
On the occasion of completion of three years of the tenure of the , chief minister Ashok Gehlot launched I Am ShaktiUdaanYojana, Jagriti-Back to Work Scheme from chief ministers residence on Sunday and newly created Sakhi Centres in four districts of Jhunjhunu,Churu, Bundi and Hanumangarh.
On this occasion, Women and child development minister Mamta Bhupesh said in her address that 1.2 crore women ofRajasthanwill be benefited by this scheme in a phased manner in the coming times. The CM also assured that there would be no shortage of funds in theUdaan scheme.
During the event it was also mentioned that in the One Stop Centre scheme started in the financial year 2015-16 and operational in 33 districts of the state assistance has been provided to women in 13,934 cases since 2017. In 2021-22 till November, 2,021 women were assisted in 2,145 cases. Under the scheme, 24 X 7 medical, Police, legal, counselling and temporary accommodation facilities are provided free of cost to the victim of violence/harassment at one place.
The Southern Command of the Indian Army launched tactical military exercise Dakshin Shakti in the border areas ofRajasthanandGujaraton Saturday after a gap of almost two years.
The objective of the exercise is to validate the battle readiness and operational effectiveness of troops of the command in the southern sector, which covers about 41 % of the countrys landmass.
Conventional as well as modern military tactics will be on display during the five-day-long exercise.
A key focus of the exercise will be on the exploitation of new and indigenous technologies such as Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv, with the integrated weapon system, swarm drones, and -driven systems providing cohesive intelligence and surveillance.
TheRajasthanElectricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) while issuing the tariff order for 2022-23 advised the to consider framing rules for mandating solar power generators who are taking energy outside the state to provide 10% free power to the states Discoms.
In the past one year, the issue used to come up sporadically in discussions among Industry members, think-tanks and government officials. But RERCs advisory now is certainly bringing more and more stakeholders into the issue with strong opinions from both sides of the aisle.
Those who argue in favour of companies providing free power say the generators use the Resources of the state extensively, be it vast swathes of land, power Infrastructure and the Environment. Solar power uses maximum land compared to any other industry. In the process, it takes over the entire ecosystem and resources of the local areas.
The Rajasthan government will soon bring an ordinance to further strengthen the law to prevent malpractices in recruitment exams, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Sunday after the state witnessed protests and arrests and over alleged irregularities in REET-2021. He said the ordinance will have provisions for strict action — including seven years’ jail term and dismissal from government service — against those involved in cheating, paper leaks and other irregularities in competitive examinations, an official statement said.
He said that under the ordinance, the use of unfair means in recruitment examinations will be included in the category of a cognisable and non-bailable offence and a provision will be made to increase the jail term from three years to seven.
Though enrolments jumped from 11.96 lakh to 12.59 lakh, Growth rate fell from 7.18% (2019-20) to 5.26% (2020-21).
Experts have called the rise an achievement since lockdown led to student dropout in huge numbers across the state. The credit for growth goes to the for repeatedly extending the admission deadlines followed by continuing the Scholarship programme and opening new colleges when the nation was in the midst of uncertainty, said Puneet Sharma, a higher Education expert.
The growth rate would have crossed the previous year mark had the girls enrolment matched that of the boys. The girls enrolment registered a growth of 2.61% as against 8.21% of the boys. In absolute numbers, girls are still leading in the enrolments with 6,46,378 in 2020-21 while boys are at 6,13,103. Experts believe that those girls who have been left out in the pandemic years should be given special provisions to admit them in colleges. The exception to the trend is found in communities registered underScheduled Tribeswhere girls registered a higher growth rate than the boys.
The data shows that communities under theScheduledCaste have recorded the highest growth of 14.36% while the lowest growth of 4.86% as compared to the 2019-20 figures was recorded by general category. When underprivileged communities outperform the privileged communities it means that programs related to special assistance are working in the right direction, said KB Kothari, former policy planner, Unicef (New York). He believes that the state should run a special assistance program by motivating those who were not able to take admission in 2019-20.
hief ministerAshok Gehlot saidRajiv Gandhi Jal Sanchay Yojanawas an ambitious scheme whose main objective was to increase the ground water level and to prepare water harvesting structures. He said water catchment development works should be approved on priority in all the departments related to the scheme so that projects could start soon after monsoon.
Gehlot was reviewing the progress of works related to watershed development and land conservation through video conferencing from the chief minister’s residence on Monday. He said the progress made in the Rajiv Gandhi Jal Sanchay Yojana should be reviewed every month at the state level.
The chief minister said that state had faced famines and droughts many times. He said water availability had increased in areas with low rainfall due to projects underNREGAand construction of water harvesting structures. He said under NREGA and watershed development works, a study should be conducted on the increase in ground water level from the structures like anicut, pond and rivulets etc.
Under the Atal Bhujal Yojana (2019-20 to 2024-25), a central government scheme, Rs 19.32 crore was sanctioned as incentive amount to complete 396 works in Ajmer, Jaipur and Dausa districts by June 30, 2023. However, according to panchayatirajdepartment data, only Rs 66.10 lakh (3.42%) has been spent so far (up to June 9) on carrying out 37 development works in these three districts.
The department has stated that the remaining 359 works have not been started yet. The department has asked the three districts to ensure utilising 100% of the sanctioned amount by June 2023. According to the data, Rs 55 lakh has been spent in Ajmer to carry out 14 works (total 51 works to be done), out of the target sanctioned amount of Rs 4.85 crore.
Also, not a single rupee has been spent in Dausa (total 168 works to be done), out of the target sanctioned amount of Rs 8.52 crore. In Jaipur, Rs 11.1 lakh has been spent to carry out 23 works (total 177 works to be done), out of the target sanctioned amount of Rs 5.94 crore.
The goal of Atal Bhujal Yojana (Atal Jal) is to demonstrate community-led sustainable groundwater management which can be taken to scale. The major objective of the scheme is to improve the management of groundwater Resources in select water stressed areas in identified states viz. Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,Rajasthanand UP.
Atal Bhujal Yojana is targeted at sustainable groundwater management, mainly through convergence among various schemes and with involvement of local communities and stakeholders.