RAJASTHAN

The will focus on attracting investments in thrust sectors such Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture equipment, automobile and electric vehicle, petrochemical, IT, healthcare, mines, RENEWABLE ENERGY, textiles, tourism and electronics, a senior official of the industries department said during a review meeting of the proposed Invest Rajasthan-2022 Summit.

Explaining the preparations, industries secretary in the meeting said the department was reaching out to investors in Chennai, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata among others.

During the 18th All India Legal Services Authorities convention, which was held here, National Legal Services Authority ChairmanUday Umesh Lalitunveiled the first digitalLok Adalatdriven by . RajasthanState Legal Services Authoritys (RSLSA)digital Lok Adalat was created byJupitice Justice Technologies, the organizations technological partner.

N V Ramana, the Chief Justice of India, opened the two-day event in the presence ofKiren Rijiju,the Union Minister of Law and Justice, andAshok Gehlot,the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

Indias increasing litigation backlog has recently made attention, particularly during the pandemic when courts were temporarily halted.

The oldest pending case in the nation was recently resolved by a district court in Bihar after 108 years of deliberation.

The state tribal development department has formed over 392 clusters with every cluster consisting of 300 Women in the notified tribal areas under the Centres ambitious scheme of Van Dhan Vikas Yojana. The scheme is to promote entrepreneurial skills among tribal women in the state.

The target given to the state was to form 479 clusters which are called Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK) and are eligible to receive a low-interest loan of Rs 15 lakh to start their own enterprise or start-up.

Five districtsUdaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh and Chittorgarh are covered under the scheme providing livelihood opportunities, skill training, marketplace based on forest and its produce. It has helped over 57,000 tribals in the five districts by providing them with sustainable livelihood opportunities.

All the energy requirements of these cities will be met from solar sources, Kalla said. The projects will be implemented under the solar city scheme of theUnion Ministry of New and Renewable EnergyandRajasthanRenewable Energy Corporation will work as a nodal agency.
The programme aims at reduction in projected demand of conventional energy which can be achieved through a combination of Energy Efficiency measures and enhancing supply from sources. The exercise involves preparing the master plan taking into the needs of various sectors. Energy base-line for the city has to be documented in detail factoring in existing energy demand and supply scenario. It consists of sector-wise energy consumption matrix and energy supply-mix for the Base Year.

The programme assists urban local governments in preparation of a master plan for increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy supply in the city, setting-up institutional arrangements for the implementation of the master plan and creating awareness and capacity building activities.

Of the total 50.78 crore persondays, 15.39 crore persondays have been generated by Rajasthan, which is the highest among all the six states. The total expenditure during the campaign was Rs 39,293 crore.

The objectives of the campaign were to provide immediate EMPLOYMENT and livelihood opportunities to the distressed, to saturate villages with public and creation of livelihood assets to boost the income generation activities and enhance long-term livelihood opportunities by giving focus on 25 works (including work under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in 116 selected districts across 6 states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Two-wheeler manufacturerOkinawa Autotech announced that it will invest Rs 500 crore to set up anEV manufacturingplant in Karoli, Rajasthan. After setting up two factories inRajasthan, this is the third manufacturing plant from the manufacturer that will be spread across 30 acres of land, says Okinawa.

The brand states that the fully-integrated electric two-wheeler plant will be operational from October 2023. Moreover, it added, the plant will offer EMPLOYMENT to more than 5,000 people.

The brand states that under the current joint venture withTacita, the manufacturing of the entire range of electric scooters and motorcycles will be done at this EV plant and these units are meant for domestic as well as international markets.

Private and forest nurseries in the state are witnessing a rapid rise in demand for medicinal Plants during Covid pandemic as residents are increasingly buying such plants for their gardens.
As many of these plants with medicinal values including Tulsi significantly improve air quality as per the traditional medicine system, the demand in recent past has increased manifold. Other plants with medicinal value including turmeric, ashwagandha (within somnifera) and guduchi are also in tremendous demand.

The forest department also soon plans to implement its Ghar Ghar Aushadhi Scheme to promote medicinal herbs with multiple Health benefits. Under the scheme, the department targets to distribute medicinal plants including Kalmegh, Tulsi, Giloy and Ashwagandha.

In an executive committee meeting of theState Water and Sanitation Mission, the government has sanctioned more than Rs 15 crore for works related toJal Jeevan MissioninRajasthanfor this fiscal.

In the meeting, it was planned to provide 26.40 lakh water connections this financial year and another 23.40 new connections in the next.

In the meeting chaired by additional chief secretary Subodh Agarwal it was announced that the National Jal Jeevan Mission has approved Rs 474.06 crores for support activities. Accordingly, has approved District Action Plans (DAP) for all the 33 districts of the state.
So, far the state government has spent Rs 14,579 crore under the JJM and, till April 26, has provided connections to 40.44 lakhs connections to rural Rajasthan under the Har Ghar Jal scheme.

In the previous fiscal, Hanumangarh has topped the list ofJJM connections, where 59% connection had already been provided. While Banswara was the least performing district with only 14% connections so far.

Having caught off guard in the face of anoxygen crisis, the district is witnessing unprecedented action on establishment ofnew Oxygen generation Plants.

While theSN Medical Collegeadministration has pushed for setting up an oxygen generation plant, one of the three stalled since six months, a financial aid has come from Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhwat for the one atMG Hospital.

But all these efforts are falling way short of the requirement. Government hospitals, however, have been receiving oxygen from these tankers, but condition at private hospitals is worse, who have been constantly referring patients requiring oxygen to the government hospitals in critical condition.

The state forest department is planning to reintroduce dholes (also known as whistling dogs) inRajasthans forests from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The is also considering a proposal to introduce gaurs (Indian bison).

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) discussed the proposal to introduce dholes and Indian gaur from other states to Rajasthan. There is no specific time frame, but the proposal has been studied for reintroduction of a species in the state having similar eco-systems.

According to the proposal, dholes, which are on the IUCN list of endangered species, will be reintroduced in either Sariska Tiger Reserve or Ranthambore.

There are about 13,000 to 30,000 gaurs in the world with approximately 85% of the Population in India.