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Ambedkar Sambal Scheme

for the economic and social empowerment of the Dalit community
Under the scheme various programmes will be run to promote skill, livelihood and innovation among the Dalit youths.
Ambedkar Skill Training Centre: This centre will be set up in the premise of Ambedkar Peeth and shall be run by RSLDC where Dalit students will be given preference for skill training. Rs. 1 crore will be spent annually on this centre.
Ambedkar Startup Scheme: In the first phase 100 startups will be included in the first phase under Ambedkar Startup Scheme. In this scheme dalit youth shall be promoted in entrepreneurship based on IT, new techniques and innovations.
Ambedkar Fellowship Scheme: For extra-ordinary dalit students the Chief Minister announced fellowship for PHD and research work in Sociology, Public Administration, Law, Economics, Political Science and Phiolsophy subjects. In the first phase six students will get this fellowship annually.
Ambedkar Electronic Information Library Network: For the students of Ambedkar Peeth a modern library will be set up where students will get facility of free books.
Ambedkar International Scholarship Scheme: Every year five outstanding research scholars of scheduled castes to get financial assistance of up to Rs. 25 lakh for PHD in reputed foreign universities.
B. R. Ambedkar Research Chair: For research on ideas of Baba Sahab Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Research Chair will be set up in Kota University.

The Infant Mortality Rate is 47 and Maternal Mortality Ratio is 318

RajNET

RajNET launched on 21^st March by CM
RajNET is envisaged as the platform to provide network connectivity through multimode (i.e. VSAT and TERRESTRIAL) of connectivity throughout Rajasthan
Raj Net shall ensure connectivity availability till the Gram Panchayat level through multiple mechanisms, e.g. Broadband, SATCOM, OTA, LAN, SWAN etc.

Kalisindhi and Chabra Power stations to be privatized

Bhamsha Yojna gets e-governance award

Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan

has been launched on 27^th Jan 2016 at Gardan Kherdi Village, Jhalawar
has been launched in the State with the vision to ensure effective implementation of water harvesting and water conservation related activities in the rural areas using a holistic approach, informed by the values of leadership, moral responsibility, excellence, innovation, partnership and purity

Shubh Shakti yojna

for higher education and marriage of registered Workers Daughters
Fund of 55,000/-

UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana)

for financial turnaround of Power Distribution Companies
State Govt joined on 7^th Dec

Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojana

Health Insurance Cover of Rs. 30,000/- for general illnesses and Rs. 3.00 lacs for critical illnesses shall be given to a family on floater basis in one year for IPD procedures.
7-day pre-hospitalisation and 15 days post hospitalization is covered under the scheme.
Transport allowance of Rs. 100 to Rs. 500 for cardiac and polytrauma cases.
Patients shall be benefitted for 1045 packages under General Illnesses, 500 packages under Critical Illnesses, and 170 packages reserved for Govt. Hospitals.

RAJASTHAN STARTUP FEST

A national level event where Startups, Mentors & Investors come together to be a part of the growing ecosystem & to celebrate entrepreneurship.
Organized on 9^th and 10^th October at Sitapura ,Jaipur

Cash less health Insurance

will be launched from dec 2015.
1 crore families will benefit without premium.
rajasthan is third state after tamil nadu and maharastra to launch CLI scheme

Smart city: Rajasthan govt sends four names to Centre

The state government has finalized and sent a proposal to the Centre to incorporate four cities under smart city mission, including Jaipur.
The other three cities are Ajmer, Udaipur and Kota.

central govt scheme house for everyone’s first installment is 139 crores.

9 state and 305 cities ,
in rajasthan(40) – Jaipur, Ajmer , Jodhpur and Udaipur.
other state Chhattisgarh(36) , Gujarat(30) , Jammu and Kashmir (19), Jharkhand(15) , Kerala (15), Odisha(42) , Telangana (34), Madhya Pradesh(74) .

state govt launched startup village for youth business ideas on 9 august 2015

Rajasthan Startup Village and e-Platform. Until the setup is done, a cloud server for start-ups, MOOCs and co-ordinating with various related state and central govt.
startup village gave a platform to doctor, engineering, biotechnology ,pharmacy and industries youth business ideas.

25 august 2015 rajasthan state road transport corporation

rajasthan State govt will upgrading and modernising the existing terminals and constructing new.

Justice Sunil Kumar Garg Commission

justice sunil kumar garg commision submit their report on 14 august 2015 about GOPALGARH MASSACRE.

Resurgent Rajasthan 2015

Resurgent Rajasthan scheduled to be held in Jaipur on November 19-20, 2015.
Resurgent Rajasthan mobile app available for Android and Windows platforms.
Launched by Union Minister, Shri Nitin Gadkari recently.
will bring together leading investors from all over the world for interacting with policy makers, including the political leadership, government officials and, local business leaders on the investment environment and opportunities in Rajasthan.

Van Dhan Yojana on 17 august 2015 for national park and zoo

Van Dhan Yojana to be launched on pilot basis.
Additional provision of Rs. 51.90 crore for people in forest areas and special ST groups.

Government extends e-Tourist Visa scheme to 36 more countries and 7 more airports from August 15, 2015

Lucknow , Tirchy , Varanasi , Ahmedabad , Gaya , Jaipur, Amritsar. With this, the total number of designated airports will become 16.
With this addition, the total count of countries under the scheme will go upto 113.
The Government of India has launched e Tourist Visa on November 27, 2014.

Rajasthan Energy Development Nigam limited

to over-site the power trading and other functions of power companies.
five power companies will be under it and it will be chaired by Secretory of electricity department

Arogya Rajasthan campaign

Rajasthan State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on 25 August 2015 approved the launch of Arogya Rajasthan campaign. The campaign will be held from December 2015 to March 2016 .
The three-month campaign will help in collection and compilation of health data of the rural population in the state. During the campaign, the rural residents would be issued health cards based on spot diagnoses. The cards would be used for further treatment and follow-up of patients.
The cabinet also approved a drive to collect health information of citizens to build an online datatbase, which will be held between 15 September and 31 October 2015. The campaign Health camps will be organised at gram panchayat level and every citizen will be issued a Health Card.

‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana’

PM Modi Launches the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana’ started from sri ganganagar.
The Centre has selected ten districts in Rajasthan for its ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao‘ – Jaipur, Alwar, Dausa, Dholpur, Sawaimadhopur, Karauli, Sriganganagar, Sikar, Bharatpur and Jhunjhunu.

The Rajasthan Cabinet approved seven proposals, which would bring investments worth Rs 3,981 crore.

benefits of customised package under Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS) -2014, the projects will generate an employment for 17,000 persons approximately.
two projects worth Rs 2150 crore have been cleared for the manufacturing of mobile phones, LED TV and allied products. Both these projects will be located at Karoli Industrial Area in Bhiwadi.
the IT and allied industries will contribute Rs 1,600 crore.
Intex Technology (India) will set up a project at a cost of Rs 1000 crores, generating an employment for 7,500 persons. Similarly, Micromax will set up a unit at a cost of Rs 500 crores and will employ almost 6,000 people

Adani to set up country’s largest solar park of 10,000 MW in Rajasthan

Adani Group, a global infrastructure player, has set a target of 10,000 mega watts (MW) of solar power by 2022 and signed a joint venture agreement with the Rajasthan Government to set up a 10,000 MW solar park.
The proposed park, which is expected to attract investments over Rs. 60,000 crore.
Adani itself plans to generate 5,000 MW in this solar park.
The proposed park will create both direct and indirect employment opportunities.

Dhurmalla( Alvar)

220th village to be lighted under project chirag.
through solar power
project chirag is a group of 10,000 students ,who work to provide healthand education to remove villages of the country.

Solar power projects:-

IL&FS Energy Ltd. and Essel Infra Projects Ltd. would develop solar parks of 5,000 MW capacity each, Adani Enterprises would install one park of 10,000 MW capacity and Reliance Power Ltd. of 6,000 MW.

Skill and Livelihood Development Corporation (RSLDC)

Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje launched the countrys first and biggest skills development project aimed at creating employment opportunities for the young people of the state.
union government has proposed Rs. 398 crore for this Livelihood Skills Project.
union government selected Rajasthan as the first state to start this project.
this project would change lives of lakhs of young people of Rajasthan who could then get their dreams fulfilled.

Nand Ghar Yojana

Rajasthan’s Women and Child Development Minister Anita Bhadel has asked the anganwadi workers to work with full dedication to address the “serious” issues of malnutrition, maternal and infant mortality rate.
Women and Child Development Department said the government was focusing on improving and strengthening anganwadi centres across the state.
the government would link 10,000 centres in the state to ‘Nand Ghar Yojana’ in next two years to strengthen them.

‘Justice at your doorstep’

‘Nyay Aapke Dwar’ (Justice At Your Doorstep) initiative would be organised between May 18 and July 15 for disposal of cases pending in the revenue courts.
state about 3.5 lakh revenue cases were lingering on for long and causing sufferance to the farmers.
Therefore, revenue Lok Adalats would be organized every year with the target of disposal of almost all these cases in next three years.

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY)-

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Union Minister Kalraj Mishra launched Centre’s three major social security schemes in the state which were nationally launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata.
Raje and Mishra launched the schemes pertaining to insurance and pension – Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)- .offer a renewable one year accidental death-cum-disability cover of Rs 2 lakh for partial/permanent disability to all savings bank account holders in the age group of 18-70 years for a premium of Rs 12 per annum per subscriber.
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) -offer a renewable one year life cover of Rs 2 lakh to all savings bank account holders in the age group of 18-50 years, covering death due to any reason, for a premium of Rs 330 per annum per subscriber.
and Atal Pension Yojana (APY)- in the state – 20 years or more.

Mission Indradhanush

Mission Indradhanush’, an immunisation programme initiated by the Union Government would be launched in the 201 district from April 7 ,2015.
rajesthan , Madhya Pradesh , bihar , up .
nine districts of Rajasthan – Barmer , jaipur , Karauli , jodhpur , dholpur , Sawai Madhopur , tonk , alwar , Bundi .
The immunisation programme aims to cover all children below two years of age who have either not been vaccinated or partially vaccinated against seven diseases which can be prevented through vaccines, including Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Whooping Cough, Hepatitis B and Tuberculosis.

SH-90 and SH – 91

rajasthan state govt launched two new highways.
SH90 between jaipur-nagore 229 km
SH91- between dhariyawar- peeth dungarpur

Defense sector:-

included in state investment promotion policy
under Make in India campaign PM modi advocated the development of indegenious defense industries
100-500 crore will be invested in the state for defence sector.

The rajasthan apartments ownership bill 24 april 2015

“As per the Rajasthan Apartment Ownership Bill 2015 the Promoter needs to declare all Information regarding land, number of floors ,build up area in the building , description of common areas and facilities etc.

Rajasthan River Basin and Water Resources Planning Bill, 2015(8th april 2015)

1st state to have river linking and management law
Bill seeks for the establishment of State Water Resources Advisory Council and Rajasthan River Basin and Water Resources Planning Authority
for management and development of river basins and sub-basins on sustainable basis on integrated water resources management (IWRM) concept.

rajasthan budget 2015 farmers agricultural loan rate reduced to 7.8%

Electronics instruments production

Geotech invested 1000 crore in electronics production
plant will be setup in Karoli industrial area ( Bhiwari)
7500 employment opportunity with the plant
Micromax also invested 1000 crore in feb

The programme (‘Akshada’)

The Rajasthan government on 2nd march entered into a partnership with Tata Trust and ‘Antara’ Foundation to improve the status of maternal and child health in the State.
The programme (‘Akshada’) will focus on the crucial ‘1000 days’ between conception and age 2 of a child and will include the most critical areas like maternal anaemia, neo-natal mortality and improving immunization. The programme would deploy interventions that could greatly reduce the levels of malnutrition amongst children under five.
To begin with, the programme will focus intensively in Jhalawar and Sirohi districts and would subsequently be replicated, amplified and rolled out across the State.

Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (amendment) Bill, 2015

which makes Class VIII pass mandatory for the post of sarpanch — except in tribal reserved areas, where the minimum qualification is Class V — and Class X for Zila Parishad or Panchayat Samiti elections.
functional toilet mandatory in the house of a contestant.

E-Biz:-

web-portal by central government to ease the problems faced during initiation of new projects in a state.
all the information of new trade or industry will be on the webportal.
services such as online payment, licence renewal ,permit renewal, permissions and tax payments will be provided on the web portal.

Export Promotion board:-

to promote export from rajasthan along with international trade fair.
Green cards will be issued to the exporters
export of rajasthan:- agri products(37.12%), garments(9.72), jwellery and gems(7.73%),handicrafts(6.04%), marbles stones(5.19%),it(3%)

Rajeev Gandhi Yojna:–

16 cities to be made slum free under the programme
which are:jaipur,jodhpur,kota,ajmer,bikaner,udaipur,bharatpur,alvar,chitorgarh,nimbhaherda,kapasan, pratapgarh,choti sadrdi,fathehpurand bengu

vijayaraje scindia child-protection and award yojana

any female child below 18 years who has, either defended her child marriage or her friend or has prevented a child abuse will be awarded

Mansagar lake:-

proposal to be declare as wetland has been send to rajasthan lake developement authority.

restricted practices in wetland area will include:-

construction in lake area
destroying lake flora and fauna
disturbing lake ecology
disturbance to water flow

Virasat autority

to advise and reconstruction of private heritage properties.
such historical, heritage and cultural properties will be declared protected

child mortality rate

47/1000 , while for nation as a whole its 40/1000
assam and mp have 54/1000
mother mortality rate is 244/lakh while for nation it is 167/lakh

rajasthan

1st state to have its own domain
soon will be first state to have micro domain
each government administrative department will have a webportal with all information which can be assesed by mobile , tablet or PC

The Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit-15 dec 2014

It will be held at Jaipur Exhibition & Convention Center, EPIP Sitapura,Jaipur.
theme was “partnership for shared new realities”
Its a global investment meet
partnership with confederation of Indian industries

6000MW solar power plant by reliance:-

initiated with 100 mw plant in ghurdsar(jaisalmer)

MOU in water resouce management

with singapore
will train in water management and re-cycling

Minor minerals:-

31 major minerals are now classified as minor minerals
now state govt has the power to issue lease related to these minerals

Minimum wages:-

skilled-increased from 186rs to 209rs
semi skilled-increased from 176rs to 199rs
unskilled-increased from 166rs to 189rs

Pahal Yojna:-

from 1st jan 2015
direct cash transfer of gas subsidy to bank accounts of subscribers

Bhamashah Yojana

is a scheme introduced by the Government of Rajasthan to transfer financial and non-financial benefits of governmental schemes directly to recipients in a transparent way.
The scheme was inaugurated by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on 15 August 2014. from ajmer

Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY)

started by panchayatiraj minister sursh goel on 15th dec 2015
all members(1lakh 53 thousand) associated with rajasthan grameen ajivika yojna will benifit from it.
benefits:-

natural death-30,000rs
accidental death-75,000rs
accidental handicap -37,500rs

yearly premium is 200rs out of which 50% is paid by LIC

RAJASTHAN URBAN AREA DEVELOPEMENT SCHEME(RUDSA)

prior to acquiring the land the plan of development of the land will be prepared
a pool of person detached from there land will be prepared

Rajasthan handicrafts:-

snapdeal will provide an online platform for Rajasthan handicrafts
snapdeal enter into agreement with rajasthan small industries commission
a special store will be created on the website named as rajasthali

Chief Minister adarsh gram yojna

each legislative assembly area will select a village by lottery and it will be developed

CM jan avas yojna

renewed policy of affordable housing to disadvantaged section 2009,
Housing to all by 2022 by PM is integrated in the policy

Grameen gaurav path yojna:-

to provide smart road connectivity to 3000 village panchayats

Janani-Shishu suraksha yojna:-

to provide free medicine, testing and transport
time period is increased from 1 month to 1 year
each year abouth 17 lakh children are born in the state

PM Jan Dhan Yojna:-

launched on 28 aug 2014 at state level from Vidhyashram school complex, jaipur
its for reducing the financial divide
bank accounts will be opened close to the residence of customer through banking correspondents
upto 5000rs loan/ over withdraw(after 6 months of account activation)
1 lakh accidental insurance coverage
Rupay debit card
accounts will be opened in each village panchayat.

Shree Yojna:-

from 2nd October 2014 it will be extended to the whole state
Upto 2017 toilets will be constructed under this project throughout the state
SHREE means:- sanitation,health,rural connectivity,education and energy.

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