RAJASTHAN

Over 11 lakh voterswill decide the fate of 617 candidates as the for the posts of panchayat samiti and zila parishad members will be held in Baran, Kota, Ganganagar and Karauli districts.

State election commissioner P S Mehra informed that of the 11.05 lakh voters in these districts, 5.85 lakh are male, 5.20 lakh female and seven are third gender voters. In the first phase, elections will be held for 187 panchayat samiti wards across 1,434 polling booths, said Mehra.
The elections will be conducted in compliance with the Covid guidelines issued by the Centre, State Government and the state Election Commission.

The three years of pre-primary classes in schools would see modules on hygiene and healthcare, effective Communication and better understanding for children aged 3-6 years.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, theRajasthanState Council of Educational Research & Training,Udaipur, has designed the three-year curriculum for government schools to keep pace with private institutes.

The content is fully loaded with graphics, illustrations and texts with localised examples catering to children who are first-generation literates. The three-year content will lead to improved outcomes, including better Nutrition, Health and Education in both the short and long run.

The pre-primary curriculum designed by the SCERT is a balanced one and there is a need to train the teachers to handle the kids.

Chief MinisterAshok Gehlotsaid that Japanese companies have prominently invested inRajasthanand such has been an inspiration for entrepreneurs in the state. He said theMoUssigned with 11 Japanese companies will bring an investment of Rs 1,338 crore, which will further strengthen the relationship between Japan and Rajasthan.

The CM said the framework of Japanese investment, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) andFreight Corridorwas prepared during the Japan visit of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in 2005. The Japanese Zone at Neemrana is also a part of DMIC. He stated that DMIC projects will be set up at six places in the state.

Rajasthan is one among the 11 states in the country where more than 55 per cent of the Pradhan MantriJan Dhan Yojana(PMJDY) account holders are Women, an RTI response has revealed.

In the state, 55.37 per cent (1.48 crore) of the total 2.68 crore PMJDY account holders are women, stated a reply to an RTI application filed by Venkatesh Nayak. Out of 43.47 crore PMJDY account holders in the country, 24.15 crore (55.55%) are women, according to the data.
Among the 29 states, Andhra Pradesh (AP) recorded the highest Percentage of women beneficiaries at 88.32 per cent. Meghalaya took the second position with more than 67 per cent PMJDY account holders being women, followed by Kerala at third position with more than 60 per cent PMJDY account holders being women in March 2020.

The states of Assam (59.48%), Nagaland (58.17%) Nadu (57.46%), Arunachal Pradesh (55.95%), Jharkhand (55.81%), Himachal Pradesh (55.76%), Bihar (55.66%) and Rajasthan (55.37%) recorded more than 55% women PMJDY account holders till March 2020.

Data also revealed that while all districts in Rajasthan were covered in the ministry of rural developments list, 1.98 lakh beneficiaries belonged to the unspecified district category, which means the the districts of residence of the women beneficiaries was not available. Rajasthan was also among the top five states with 1.48 crore beneficiaries in the country.

The assembly session that reconvened on 9^th September will continue till September 18.
The decision was arrived at during the meeting of theBusiness Advisory Committee(BAC) chaired by the speakerCP Joshi.

The House was adjourned till Monday after four bills were tabled and obituary references made.

According to the sources, a total of 12 bills will be passed in the current assembly session including eight pending bills and the four bills tabled on day 1.

The university will give an opportunity to youths to fulfil their dreams by studying in the higher Education institute. It will empower the communities by giving their youths a chance to reap the benefits of the development, said Gehlot. It is not clear that the university will start its academic year from the present year or next year.

Reiterating his commitment to girls education, he said that if any school has 500 girl students in class 11th and 12th it will be upgraded to a girls college. He informed that Kalibai Bhil Meritorious Girls Scooty Scheme has already been implemented for the meritorious girl students to promote education among the girls.

At a state-level review meeting of the department, Education minister BD Kalla, along with secretary and other senior officials, stressed on improving the quality of classroom education by increasing the presence of teachers and proper implementation of ban on passbooks in schools.
The minister said that expansion of the number of schools has been done in the state but now officials must ensure that teachers are available in schools and focus on makingRajasthana knowledge hub.

The minister instructed officials that every school in the state must prepare a 25-year master plan depending on the enrolment numbers. This should be a plan of overall development of the school with details of whatever development is needed in that particular school, he said.

Chief MinisterAshok Gehlotwants to make Rajasthan a knowledge centre and for this we must make qualitative changes and ensure that teachers are available in schools. Students cannot gain knowledge from passbooks or one-week series, they cannot become able enough to sit for state level, national level competitive exams.