Cabinet push for setting up of legislative council in Rajasthan

The council of ministers unanimously decided to convey the state governments opinion to the Centre to constitute the legislative council as per the provision of the Constitution. The assembly had already passed a resolution to this effect earlier.

The cabinet also approved to launch the Rajasthan Government Health Scheme (RGHS) on the lines of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) from this month with the objective of providing better treatment to the employees and pensioners of the , bodies, boards and corporations including MLAs and ex-legislators.

Under the campaign in villages, the work of 19 departments will be conducted on the spot in special camps at 11,341gram panchayat headquarters. This will help to solve the problems of the common people on the spot. Similar campaigns will be held in urban areas.

The cabinet has approved the draft notification of Rajasthan Educational (State and Subordinate) Service Rules-2021 with a view to bring uniformity and SIMPLIFICATION in the service rules of the personnel of Education department. The amendment to the service rules is expected to create more promotional opportunities and would improve the quality of education. According to new rules, additional director and joint director posts will now need four years of experience, post of DEO will be filled by promotion, qualification for principal will be PG and for lecturer will be UG and PG in the same subject.

The cabinet has approved amendments to the Rajasthan Police Subordinate Services Rules, 1989. After this amendment, there will be no need to give separate age relaxation again and again for direct recruitment of subordinate police service in future. The permission of the state government had to be obtained repeatedly for providing relaxation in upper age limit to candidates in case of non-recruitment every year.

The cabinet has given its approval to amend the Rajasthan Technical Education Subordinate Services Rules, 1973 for the employees of Government Polytechnic Colleges.

Implementation Strategy of BharatNet Project

The BharatNet Project’s implementation strategy has been revised.

Highlights:

The Cabinet approved the revised BharatNet implementation strategy through Public Private PARTNERSHIP mode in 16 states across the country.

The programme will be expanded to include all inhabited villages outside of Gram Panchayats (GPs)

The revised strategy also includes the creation, upgrade, operation, maintenance, and utilisation of BharatNet by the concessionaire, who will be chosen through a competitive international bidding process.

The Cabinet has given in-principle approval to cover all inhabited villages in the remaining states/UTs of the country. The Department of Telecommunications will work out the details separately.

iLEAP Program AIM

The first fintech cohort of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), AIM-iLEAP, has concluded.

About AIM iLEAP:

This programme under the Atal Innovation Mission gives AIM-backed start-ups access to , markets, and investors.

The fintech cohort was formed through a series of thematic virtual demo days organised by AIM in collaboration with Startup Rseau and Visa as part of the AIM-iLEAP (Innovative Leadership for entrepreneurial agility and profitability) initiative.

The AIM-iLEAP programme invites technology start-ups from a wide range of functions to present their solutions to the corporate leadership and innovation team in order to enable market access and industry partnerships.

Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme

The Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme was approved by the .

About the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme:

It is a reform-based and results-oriented scheme to improve the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of all DISCOMs/Power Departments, with the exception of Private Sector DISCOMs.

The scheme envisages providing conditional financial assistance to DISCOM to strengthen the supply Infrastructure.

Assistance will be based on meeting pre-qualification criteria and basic minimum benchmarks achieved by DISCOM. These will be evaluated according to an agreed evaluation framework related to financial improvement.

Rather than a “one-size-fits-all” approach, each state would develop its own action plan for implementing the scheme.

The scheme proposes to incorporate the ongoing schemes of IPDS, DDUGJY, and PMDP-2015 for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

The scheme will be available until 2025-26.

REC Limited and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) serve as nodal agencies for the scheme’s implementation.

The scheme focuses on improving farmers’ electricity supply and providing them with daytime electricity through solarization of agricultural feeders.

India Ranked 10th in Global Cybersecurity Index

India has been ranked as the tenth excellent country in the world in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020, launched by ITU (International Telecommunication Union). The GCI 2020 is the 4th edition of the annual index and ranked 194 countries. The GCI measures the dedication of countries to cybersecurity at a global level. Countries have been ranked on the foundation of overall performance on five parameters, which includes: legal measures, technical measures, organisational measures, capacity development, and cooperation.

Index:
India ranked at the tenth position, with 97.5 factors to rank amongst the top ten high-quality countries in the world.
The United States has topped the GCI 2020.
The United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia is tied in the second position
Estonia was ranked third in the index.