RAJASTHAN

In the competitive bidding for 1,000-MW solar power projects conducted byRajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd(RUVNL), the -owned company received tariffs of Rs 2.61 per unit. The rates were lower than the Rs 2.73 that theGujarat Urja Vikasgot for its 600-MW projects in the e-reverse auction process.

While solar power developers said RUVNL did well to pull off the auction without doing it throughSolar Corporation of India, there are challenges in getting evacuation approvals.

In fact, there were more than half-a-dozen proposals for evacuation approval that is pending withRajasthan Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd(RVPN) for a long time. Solar developers said the winners of the auction should not face evacuation issues.

The stategovernmenthas issued an order thatRemdesivirand other drugs will be distributed to private andgovernment hospitalsthrough state-runRajasthanMedical Services Corporation Limited (RMSCL) in order to curb black-Marketing and hoarding of injections and medicines.

The central government has scaled up the allocation of the drugs for Rajasthan to 1,41,600 vials up toMay 9. Among all the seven companies, Zydus Cadila will supply 43,000 vials, Mylan will supply 32,000vials, Cipla will supply 26,500 vials and Hetero will supply 24,000 vials of Remdesivir.

Apart from these, Syngene/Sun will supply 1,600 vials of Remdesivir, Jubilant will supply 8,000 vials and Dr Redyys will supply 6,500 vials.

Health ministerParsadi Lal Meena said the Right to Health (RTH) Bill was now applicable to all hospitals with capacity of more than 50 beds and claimed thatRajasthanis the first state in the country to give this right to its people through a bill.

Efforts are underway to increase the manpower according to requirement in hospitals and collectors and CMHOs of the districts were authorized to ensure the same.

Sariska Tiger Reserve’s habitat management program began in June 2020. This has increased the number of tigers in the area.

Highlights:

The number of tigers in reserve has risen to 25. Water holes and grasslands were created as part of habitat management.

For tourists, new paths have been opened. The paths were established in the tiger reserve’s buffer zone. It’s close to Alwar.

As part of its corporate social responsibility spending, a private company delivers needed goods and Resources.

Earthen bunds, water holes, and meadows have been built using CSR funding in ten different areas.

Sariska Tiger Reserve is situated in Rajasthan’s Alwar district. In 1978, it was designated as a tiger reserve.

The state has recorded the highest ever enrolment of 13 lakh students in government schools in the 2021-22 academic session. This has taken the total enrolment to almost 1 crore against 87 lakh in the 2020-21 academic year.

The rise is attributed to transfer of students from private to government schools in the pandemic year, enrolment of children from migrant families and improvement in quality Education. The desert state is among the few in the country that offers free education in government schools.

The situation in several schools has come to a level where they have refused admission to students due to running full capacity.

The performance of government schools during lockdown has also shown exemplary results. Programmes like SMILE and Aao Ghar Se Seekhen (Lets Learn From Home) where students are being taught online or through pre-recorded Videos have had a major impact in containing the Learning outcomes of students.

The rise in figures in government schools clearly means that fall of numbers in private schools. Data on private school enrolments for 2021-22 and 2020-21 is officially not available. In 2019-20, the official figures say that enrolment in private schools were 81 lakhs while in the government schools were 85 lakh in 2019-20.