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RAJASTHAN Government to install 100 statues of prominent people in Rajasthan With an eye on the 2018 assembly elections, the Vasundhra Raje government has decided to erect statues of prominent personalities, leaders and philanthropists from different communities and naming roads after them. Sources said the government is likely to erect 100 statues across the state. The … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan HC notice over condom ads regulation Rajasthan High court issues notice to the Centre challenging the ban of condom advertisements during day time on television as an ” unhealthy practice and indecent for children. The petition has challenged the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry advisory issued to all television channels on Dec 11 2017 … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to be part of Centre’s study on dengue The state will be one of the centres for the multi-centric cross-sectional study to be conducted in the country to estimate the sero-prevalence of dengue virus infection in India. The study will be conducted by the Centre with the main objective to establish age specific sero-prevalence … Read more
RAJASTHAN High tax results in 5.6% drop in tobacco use in Rajasthan The prevalence of smoking in Rajasthan has decreased by 5.6 percentage points in Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS-2), 2016-17, compared to GATS-1, as per the recently released GATS-2. Experts give the credit to high tax on tobacco products in Rajasthan. State government had imposed up … Read more
RAJASTHAN Japan to Offer Grant For Vocational Training Centre In Rajasthan Japan has decided to offer a grant worth 8.4 million Yen for the construction of a vocational training centre for poor women and youth in Rajasthan’s Baran district. The Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) for development projects are designed to meet … Read more
RAJASTHAN Tribal artists to sell crafts vie e-com platform Tribal artists from the state will now be able to sell their article or hand-made items in international market through e-commerce platforms. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has signed a MoU with Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and GeM for selling 5,000 tribal items. … Read more
RAJASTHAN BPL families to get free chicks in Rajasthan’s Kota In an effort to promote entrepreneurship, the Agriculture University in Kota is set to transform the lives of 150 BPL families by providing them 30 free chicks to start poultry business. The distribution of chicks will take place in the coming weeks. The university will also give them a … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan is First state in India to Offer e-mail IDs in Hindi Rajasthan becomes the first state in the country to launch free email addresses in Hindi (in Devanagari script) for its residents, as per the state IT department Principal Secretary Akhil Arora. The initiative aims to ensure maximum participation of people towards e-governance … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan cabinet lifts ban on transport of ‘Nagori’ calves The government will make the necessary amendment to Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, 1995, to allow the export of these male calves to states where slaughter is banned. The move was proposed by Gulab Chand Kataria-led sub-cabinet committee about … Read more
RAJASTHAN HC notice on abolition of commercial courts in Rajasthan The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, state government and High Court administration on a PIL challenging the new notification through which commercial courts constituted in every district of the state have been abolished. Singhvi said the state government … Read more