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RAJASTHAN Wrestling event to be held in Jaipur. The Rajasthan Wrestling Association (RWA) will organise a Junior National Wrestling Championship for boys and girls at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium from January 4 to 7. The decision was taken at the annual general on Sunday. About 900 players, including 200 officials, are … Read more 04/07/2017 RAS Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gives 1% quota to Gujjars, 4 other communities The Vasundhara Raje government on Friday announced one per cent reservation for Gujjars and four other castes by creating a new category — most backward classes (MBC). This will take the total reservation in the state to 50%, which is the limit for quotas permitted by … Read more 21.12.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets Rs 784 cr for smart city projects The Centre has released Rs 784 crore for Rajasthan’s four cities – Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer – which were selected under the smart city projects. The housing and urban affairs ministry has announced 99 cities for central assistance under the BJP government’s flagship programme. The state has … Read more 17.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
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 16.12.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan tops in economic offences Rajasthan remains a land of gullible investors with ever-increasing numbers of chit fund scams, ponzi schemes and cheating cases. According to 2017 NCRB figures, the state topped in economic offences in 2017 with 21,645 cases and thus going past traditional cheating dens in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Bureau figures say … Read more 24.10.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rs 900 crore Benami properties attached in Rajasthan in 16 months A total of 201 benami properties including bank accounts worth Rs 921-cr, claimed to be the biggest haul in the country, were attached by the income tax department under Benami Transaction (prohibition) Amendment Act 2016 in Rajasthan till March 31 this year. Procedure: once a … Read more 09.05.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Indrajit Mahanty is new chief justice of Rajasthan high court The senior-most judge of Orissa High Court and presently Justice of the Bombay High Court, Indrajit Mahanty, has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. He is the 37th Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. Justice Mahanty was born on November 11, 1960 … Read more 04.10.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN 85% Raj rural women don’t know about HIV/AIDS’ High migratory populationin the state makes Rajasthan vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. But a matter of even more serious concern is that the percentage of women with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDSis quite low here. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) -4 (2015-16), only 19.1% of … Read more 21.07.17 Rajasthan (RPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Gulab Bagh in Udaipur to house Rajasthan’s first bird park A part of heritage park Gulab Baghis undergoing a transformation. It will soon house the state’s first bird parkwith a variety of local and scheduled species. Gulab Bagh is being converted into an exclusive bird park. The project comprises a water bird area, … Read more 05.10.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Centre stops job scheme funds for cleanliness drive The Centre has asked the Rajasthan government to stop using national rural job scheme funds for a village cleanliness drive in the state, said officials familiar with the development. In 2016, chief minister Vasundhara Raje announced Mukhyamantri Swachh Gram Yojna (MSGY) to ensure cleanliness … Read more 25-26.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs