RAJASTHAN

To improve door-to-door waste collection system in the city, JMC-Greater launched aSwachhta Appwhich will help in real-time monitoring of waste collection processes. The objective of this mobile application to strengthen the user feedback system and improve cleanliness facilities in the city based on the complaints received.

For better, regular, and effective control of door-to-door garbage collection system, JMC Greater will do real time monitoring through this mobile application. This facility has been started inMalviya Nagarand Murlipura zones where RFID tags have been installed on houses and business establishments.

During its Invest Rajasthan summit roadshow in Mumbai, the inked MoUs and letter of intents (LoIs) worth Rs 1.94 lakh crore.

The two-day investors summit will take place in Jaipur on January 24-25.

Of the total Investment proposals, MoUs accounted for Rs 1.27 lakh crore and LoIs Rs 67,379 crore.

The investments are proposed in the sectors such as RENEWABLE ENERGY, mines and Minerals, city gas, pharma, engineering, etc.

The 40 proposed projects are estimated to generate about 1.44 lakh EMPLOYMENT opportunities.

Some of the investors who have evinced interest to invest are JSW Future Energy (Rs 40,000 crore), Vedanta (Rs 33,350 crore),Greenko Energies(Rs 30,000 crore), Adani Green Energy (Rs. 20,000 crore), Adani Total Gas (Rs 3,000 crore), andKrish Pharma(Rs 750 crore) among others.

Rajasthan is perhaps the only state in the country which earns more tax revenue frompetrolper litre than the Centre. As per calculations, the state gets Rs 30.69 as taxes on petrol compared to Centres Rs 27.98. While the state gets Rs 2.71 more on petrol, it is almost the same for diesel.

High taxes in the state have shifted demand to neighbouring states with small states like Punjab and Haryana selling more fuel than Rajasthan.

Punjab has over 3,300 fuel stations and Haryana a similar number compared to Rajasthans 5,667. But Punjab sold 55 lakh kilo litres of fuels last year compared to Rajasthans 39 lakh kilo litres. Rajasthans sales volume was even lower than Haryanas 45 lakh kilo litre during the last financial year.

In fact, Rajasthan sold nine lakh kilo litres less in the last financial year compared to 2019-20.
The worst hit in the state have been the border districts in divisions like Jodhpur, Bikaner, Alwar and Bharatpur.

Rajasthanhas one of the highest numbers of government colleges and universities in the country, but none of them were able to get a place in top 100 of the NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranking, 2021 released by the Union ministry of Education.

Fresh investments made by the in opening 113 new colleges seem to have fallen flat as none of the existing state government institute made it to the top 100.

Among the top 100 institutes BITS-Pilani, Banasthali Vidyapith and MNIT Jaipur were ranked 29, 66 and 72, respectively. WhileBITS-Pilaniand Banasthali Vidyapith are private organisations, MNIT-Jaipur is a central government institution. Similarly,IIT-Jodhpur,National Law University-JodhpurandAIIMS-Jodhpur, which have bagged ranks in the top 100 in various categories, are all governed by the central government.

Only Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, which is run by the state government, managed to get a place in top 200 of NIRF in overall category and its pharmacy institute managed the 67th rank. The biggest institute of the state Rajasthan University failed to earn a rank this year.

It was mentioned in the application that the khatedari lease holders were issuing rawannas for a distance of 600 to 700 km for a truck having a capacity of almost 20-30 tons whereas mineral allegedly being filled was hardly 2-3 tons simply to legitimise illegality. The area of leases falls within 5km of the riverbeds, non-compliance of the sustainable sand mining guidelines 2020 issued by MoEF and CC, mining being undertaken in monsoon season, which creates a pit in khatedari land and stops the recharge/replenishment of the riverbed by the water being flown in the adjoining fields and permission of mining without replenishment study, it said.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has made a mandatory provision even for small lease holders to carry out a replenishment study. But none of the holders in Rajasthan has conducted the study.

The child commission has planned to start the development of model villages in all the divisions in terms of kids welfare which will have the best standards against child marriage, labour, Education, Health and others. The commission, in order to encourage this practice, will also give recognition to the best model villages.

The commission will also form a strategy to ensure that Child Labour is eradicated and street children are rehabilitated effectively.

The department plans on starting to work on this from Jaipur which will be then implemented in other districts as well. Last month, during a meeting of stakeholders, it was found that more coordination was required between states and while children were being rescued successfully, their rehabilitation continued to be irregular which would also be an area of focus in the coming days. For the same, high-level committee comprising of officials and experts is to come up with a policy for prevention of child labour and trafficking in the state.

With a rise in heart related disorders and heart attacks, the Health department, for the first time, has issued hypertension protocol that will be useful in treatment of patients in rural areas. In primary health centres (PHCs) and community health centres (CHCs), the protocol will be followed for the treatment of patients as many cannot reach other centres in bigger cities.

Under the new protocol, the doctors will measure blood pressure of all adults over 18 years. If they find that the blood pressure systolic is higher than 140 mm Hg or diastolic is higher than 90 mm Hg, the doctors have been asked to start treatment of the patients with medicine.

The hypertension protocol has separately defined the treatment of hypertension among pregnant Women, diabetic patients, patients who had suffered heart attack in last three years, patients who had suffered heart attack or stroke ever, patients with high cardiovascular disease risk and chronic kidney disease patients.

The NationalFamily Health Survey (NFHS-5) released recently shows that 17.9% of men aged 15 and above have elevated blood pressure or are taking medicine to control blood pressure compared to 15.4% women who have the same problem.

The Percentage of hypertension is more in urban areas, but the difference is quite less. While it is 16.9% for women in urban areas compared to 14.9% in rural areas, for men it is 19.2% in urban and 17.4% in rural areas.

The manufacturing sector inRajasthanhas remained a laggard in jobs creation. As per Niti AayogsSustainable Development Goalreport, the sector generates only 7.5% of the total jobs against a target of 20%. Rajasthan ranks 25th among the states and Union Territories.

Another sector where value addition leaves much to be desired is dimensional stone including, marble, granite, sandstone where Rajasthan enjoys a clear edge over other states. But much of the production (stone blocks) is exported without value addition closing the door for new economic opportunities including creation of jobs.