25.10.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN • Rajasthan No. 2 in green violations after UP  According to the bureau report, the state registered 10,122 cases for violations related to environment-related offences. Rajasthan is second only to Uttar Pradesh, which reported 20,914 cases. In fact, 24 per cent of all environment-related offences in the country were reported from the state. … Read more

03.10.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bans certain categories of pan masala The Rajasthan government announced a ban on pan masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine, tobacco, mineral oil and flavoured ‘supari’ in the state. With this, Rajasthan has become the third state after Maharashtra and Bihar to announce such a move.   All such products will now be banned … Read more

07.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan govt sets up committee to study farmers’ demands   The state government has set up a five-member cabinet sub-committee under home minister Gulab Chand Kataria to study the demands of farmers’ organisations and representatives and give recommendations to the government. The government’s move to set up the sub-committee under Kataria is seen as one to … Read more

01.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Uma Bharti Launches 2nd Project Of Swajal Yojana In Rajasthan   Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti launched the Swajal pilot project at Village Bhikampura in Rajasthan. Besides ensuring the availability of clean drinking water to every household around the year, the project would also generate employment. Swajal is a community-owned drinking water … Read more

29.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Government to revise industry policy to boost local recruitment   In a bid to make companies recruit local people in a bigger way, the government is working on a policy that would provide enhanced incentives to employers. A committee has been set up under additional chief secretary (industries)  to frame guidelines within the framework … Read more

23.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets its fourth liquor-free village   Through a referendum, the villagers voted to shut a decade-old liquor shop in Foga. With over 97% votes going against the shop, the verdict was crystal clear. The polling was organised by the excise department. Only 46 votes were polled in favour of the liquor shop, and 30 votes … Read more

20.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Jaipur among other Indian cities to host 8th Theatre Olympics   The city has geared up to grab the limelight as one of the co-hosts of the 8th Theatre Olympics, the largest international theatre festival to be held for the first time in India.   The Jaipur chapter of the Theatre Olympics, 2018, will … Read more

06.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Chief Minister conferred with e-Ratna award by Computer Society of India Chief Minister Smt Vasundhara Raje has been given the India’s first e-Ratna award by the Computer Society of India. She has been conferred with e-Ratna award by Computer Society of India (CSI) and Rajasthan under her governance has emerged as the ‘Best e-Governance … Read more

05.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN 11,000 youths to get skill training in Rajasthan   The Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) has signed 16 Mous under Deen Dayal Upadhaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana (DDUGKY) and Regular Skill Training Program (RSTP) to train over 11,000 youths.   The RSLDC signed three Mous under the DDUGKY, 12 under the RSTP and … Read more

16.10.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bans unregulated ponzi schemes   Rajasthan has become the first state to implement the central government’s Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019, providing a major relief to the account holders whose money has been trapped in ponzi schemes.   The Act was passed in the Lok Sabha in July 2019 to plug gaps in the … Read more