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In any Rajasthan state competitive exam current affairs section (specially Rajasthan State current affaires) is becoming more and more important with time. So it becomes equally important that students should be provided with authentic current affairs related to Rajasthan state and specially to English Medium students who face several problems regarding authentic current affairs of Rajasthan.
In order to provide authentic current affairs of Rajasthan an initiative has been taken to provide you with authentic text material series to cater to the requirements of English Medium students.
This is the first of the two parts booklet of SPECIAL YEARLY-2021 ISSUE OF CURRENT AFFAIRS OF RAJASTHAN. THE SECOND AND FINAL PART WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU BETWEEN 20-25 AUGUST 2021. THESE TWO PARTS WILL COVER ALMOST COMPLETE RAJASTHAN CURRENT AFFIARS AND THE CURRENT AFFAIRS WILL BE UPDATED UPTO 15 AUGUST 2021. SO THAT IT FULLY BENEFITS THE STUDENTS SPECIALLY WHO ARE PREPARING FOR RPSC SI EXAM AND RPSC ASSTT. PROFESSOR EXAM.
I am fully confident that this initiative will be highly supportive in your preparation for the competitive examinations.
I hope that benefits of this endeavour will not be limited to English Medium students but Hindi medium students will also be equally benefitted by this initiative.
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PERSONS IN NEWS
Ishrat Bano Anganwadi worker from Jaipur was awarded with ‘Female th Covid Warrior’ award in Vigyan Bhawan Delhi on the 29 National Women’s Day She was honoured with Letter of appreciation and Shield. Justice Shri Pratap Former Judge of the Rajasthan High Court was appointed as Krishna Lohara the new Lokayukta of Rajasthan. He assumed office on 9 March 2021 Justice Shri Banwari Former Judge of Rajasthan High Court has been appointed Lal Sharma as the Chairman of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. The appointment is four years or till the completion of 65 years whichever is earlier Justice Shri G G Former Judge of the Rajasthan High Court has been Vyas appointed as the Chairman of the State Human Rights Commission. Mahesh Goyal Former IPS has been appointed as the member of the State Human Rights Commission Ms. Kiran Soni Gupta Former IAS has been appointed as the Director of the Western Region Cultural Art Centre by the Governor after approval from the Union Government Vasundhara The brave girl from Dholpur was honoured by the Chief Chauhan Minister and was offered direct appointment for the post of SI in Rajasthan Police for showing courage of pitching in direct fight against hardcore criminals. The criminals attacked a public transport bus in order to get their accomplice, a hardcore criminal freed from police custody. The offer of appointment is a step towards promoting women
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empowerment and as a mark of honour to the girl showing courage, virility and presence of mind
Anshuman Singh Former Governor of Rajasthan and Gujarat and former Judge of Allahabad and Rajasthan High Court died on 8 March 2021 Dadi Hridyamohini Chief Administrator of the Prajapati Brahmakumari Iswariya University died on 11 March 2021 at the age of 93 at a private hospital in Mumbai Vinayak Vishnu The duo had been awarded with Komal Kothari Lifetime Khedekar Achievement Award 2020. & Both the duo belongs to Goa. Kanta Kashinath Vishnu Khedekar is famous Folk Artist while Kanta govde is Gavde famous musician and dancer. Shri Pradyuman He has been appointed as the Chairman of the 6th State Singh Finance Commission by the Governor. Shri Ashok Lahoti He has been appointed as the Member of the 6th State Finance Commission by the Governor. Shri Laxman Singh He has been appointed as the Member of the 6th State Rawat Finance Commission by the Governor. Shri Bannalal He has been appointed as the Member Secretary of the 6th State Finance Commission by the Governor. Shri B N Sharma He has been appointed as the Chairman State Electricity Regulatory Commission. He was administered the oath of office by the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. Shri Gautam Lal BJP MLA from Dhariyawad Constituency of Pratapgarh Meena District died of Covid on 19th May 2021 Shri Jagannath Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan died of Covid on 19th Pahariya May 2021.
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He also served as the Governor of Haryana and Bihar. Daksh Kori The 13 year old student and environmental activist from Mount Abu was praised by the Governor during his visit to the hill city. He is spreading awareness among the people of Mount Abu wildlife conservation and cleanliness. Shri D B Gupta Former Chief Secretary of Rajasthan was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner of the State by the Governor. Shri Narayan Bareth The Governor had appointed him as the Information Commissioner of the State Ms. Sheetal Dhankad The Governor had appointed her as the Information Commissioner of the State
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PLACES IN NEWS
Alwar The third Military School of the state will be set in Alwar. The other two Military Schools are operational in Chittorgarh and Jhunjhunu. Bamanwas Rathore Barrage will be constructed in the Bamanwas region under the Easter Rajasthan Canal Project. This will not only benefit Bamanwas Tehsil but also the adjoining areas. Its storage capacity will be 143.09 M.C.M. Suratgarh (Sri Ganga The 8th Unit of Suratgarh Super Critical Thermal Power Plant Nagar) was successfully synchronised. The capacity of the Unit is 660 MW. Churu The second Solar Energy Plant started producing electricity in Ghadsisar village of Sardar Sahar Tehsil of Churu on 3 June 2021 under the Component-A of KUSUM scheme. The capacity of the plant is 2 MW, The plant had been constructed on 4 hectares of land with a cost of about 7 Crore. Jaipur To provide better health facilities to the people a 22 storey IPD tower will be constructed in SMS Medical College with a cost of 300 crore. The constructed will be started from August. Udaipur A new Species of bird has been spotted in the Gamda-ki-Nal in the Phulwari-ki-Nal Wildlife Sanctuary of Udaipur. This has added a new dimension to the rich biodiversity of Rajasthan. The small resident bird is a Puff-throated babbler, whose scientific name is Pelornius ruficeps. It had been spotted by Environmental scientists Satish
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Sharma, Dharmendra Khandal and Harkirat Singh Sangha, who are working for biodiversity conservation in South Rajasthan. A detailed report has been published in Part-5 of Issue-16 of Indian Birds. Kotputli (Jaipur) The first Solar Energy Plant of the Country under the Kusum Scheme Component-A started producing electricity in Bhaloji Village of Kotputli Tehsil in Jaipur district on 1 April 2021. The capacity of the plant is 1 MW. The project in Kotputali has a 25-year contract between the RRECL and farmland owner Devkaran Yadav. The contract was signed on September 2, 2020 and the project has been developed at an investment of nearly Rs 3.7 crore.
Six New Colleges- Six Naturopathy and Ayurveda Colleges will be set-up in six districts of the State.
Government Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy Integrated Colleges will be set-up at Kota, Sikar, Bikaner, Bharatpur and Jaipur.
Govt. Yoga and Naturopathy College will be set-up at Udaipur.
KUSUM (Kisan Urja Surksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan) Scheme The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved PM-KUSUM scheme in its meeting held on 19-2-2019. The Scheme consists of three components. The Component-A includes installation of Decentralised Ground Mounted Grid Connected Renewable Power Plants. Component-B included installation of standalone Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps and Component-C includes solarisation of Grid-connected Agriculture Pumps.
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FLAGSHIP SCHEMES OF RAJASTHAN
In any democracy the people elects their representatives by the process of election and give them mandate to run the administration in order to provide the objective of welfare states.
The elected governments in order to fulfill their promises made to the people during the time elections formulate different types of schemes/policies for the welfare of the people in general and of the vulnerable sections in particular. Similarly the Government of Rajasthan has also implemented certain policies for the purpose of the welfare of the people of the state. Out of the total schemes a few of the schemes are given priority over the other ones, which are treated as Flagship Schemes (Schemes with high priority).
On 15th May 2020 the Government of the State declared 19 Schemes of 9 different Ministries or departments as Flagship schemes. The importance of categorising some selected into Flagship schemes is firstly these follow an integrated approach in solving the problems of the people, secondly priority is given to efforts in the solving the problems and thirdly since a large chunk is diverted towards these schemes so the schemes are not effected due to the paucity or dearth of funds.
Since the Flagship schemes are prioritised schemes so in this Part-1 of the yearly issue (of two parts), the Flagship schemes are discussed in detail other schemes specially of the Latest year will be discussed in next part. These schemes are very important since mostly questions on current affairs are asked from these schemes. Also these schemes are very important from the point of view of RAS mains examination where questions can be asked about the policies of the government specially about the vulnerable sections of the state.
SHUDH KE LIYE YUDH (PURE FOR SURE)
Scheme of the Department of Medical, Health and Family Welfare against adulteration of food products.
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This scheme was commenced in the State from 26 October 2020 in order to make pure food commodity available to all the consumers of the state. District Collector will be the Nodal Officer of the Scheme. A reward of ₹ 51,000 has been announced under the scheme to those who give correct information about adulteration under the campaign. The name of the person giving information will be kept confidential.
NIROGI RAJASTHAN ABIHYAN
Scheme of Department of Medical, Health and Family Welfare. This scheme was inaugurated on 17th December 2019 at the First anniversary of the present Ashok Gehlot Government. The prime objective is this scheme is to spread awareness about health among the people of state so that everybody remains health without falling sick in order to fulfill the dream of Healthy Rajasthan. ‘Run for Nirogi Rajasthan’ was organised on the this occasion on 17th December 2019. It has also been decided from 17th December 2020 that this day of December will be celebrated as Nirogi Rajasthan Diwas. Under this scheme Health Volunteers (Swasthya Mitra) are selected for every Gram Panchayat and Ward. A Nirogi Rajasthan Prabandhan Kosh (Management Fund) of ₹ 100 crore has been declared in the State Budget 2020-21. Every district will be provided with ₹ 1 Crore from this fund for the management and publicity of this Abhiyan via different methods.
MUKHYA-MANTRI NISHULK DAVA YOJANA
Scheme of Department of Medical, Health and Family Welfare. This scheme was inaugurated on 2nd October 2011. Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation Limited (RMSCL) was incorporated on 4th May 2011 as a Public Limited Company under the Companies Act 1956.
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RSMCL has been established as centralised agency for procuring generic medicines, surgical and sutures & medical equipments for Medical Health and Family Welfare Department, Medical Education Department and other departments. At present the scheme consists of 713 essential drugs, 77 sutures and 181 surgical items (As per Economic Review of Rajasthan 2020-21) This is the largest free medicine scheme of the World. Union government added it in its National Health Mission.
MUKHYA-MANTRI NISHULK JANCH YOJANA
Scheme of Department of Medical, Health and Family Welfare. This scheme was inaugurated in 2013 in three phases. First phase was inaugurated on 7 April (World Health Day) 2013 in Medical College Hospitals, District/Sub Divisional/ Satellite Hospitals. Second phase was inaugurated on 1st July (Doctor’s Day) in Community Health Centres. Third phase was inaugurated on 15th August in Primary Health Centres and Dispensaries. As per the Budget speech 2021-22 of Rajasthan the no. of tests has been increased from 15 to 61 in Primary Health Centres(PHC), from 37 to 95 in Community Health Centres (CHC) , from 56 to 109 in Sub-District Hospitals, and from 56 to 133 in District Hospitals.
AYUSHMAN BHARAT-MAHTAMA GANDHI RAJASTHAN SWASTHYA BIMA YOJANA
Scheme of Department of Medical, Health and Family Welfare. This scheme was inaugurated on 1st September 2019. This scheme is created by merging the erstwhile Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojana of the State and Ayushman Bharat Scheme of Central Government in order to include more no. of eligible families into a single scheme and to provide them with quality health services. The main objective of this scheme is to cashless healthcare services to poor families (under NFSA – 2013 and selected families of SECC - 2011). RAJ CURRENT YEAR BOOK PART-1 website- rajshreeacademy.in Page 9
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1 crore 10 lakh families will be benefitted with this scheme. Second phase- this phase (new version) of this scheme was launched on 30 January 2021. The no. of packages in this for various diseases in the scheme has been increased from 1401 to 1576. The scheme will provide insurance cover of up-to ₹ 5,00,000/ (of which upto ₹ 50,000/ would be available for treatment of general illness and upto ₹ 4,50,000 for serious illness). The beneficiaries of this scheme will be families under the SECC (Socio Economic Caste Census) 2011, Eligible families under the National Food Security Act, Members of the Ayushman Bharat (PMJAY) Scheme.
MAHATMA GANDHI GOVERNMENT ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOLS (MGGES)
Scheme of Department of School Education Ministry of Education. This scheme during the 150th birth anniversary year of father of the nation Mahatma Gandha. The state is divided into 301 educational blocks. In 134 blocks Swami Vivekananda Model schools are already in operation which are based on the CBSE pattern. Mahatma Gandhi schools will be provided in the remaining 167 blocks of the state. These schools will be based on RBSE pattern. These schools will be for class 1-12. In the first phase of the scheme 1-1 schools each were opened in each district of Rajasthan. The first school which was opened under this scheme was Government Girls Senior Secondary School Mansarovar.
₹ 1 PER KG WHEAT
Scheme of Department of Food and Civil Supplies.
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Under this scheme wheat at ₹ 1 per kg is provided to Antydaya Ann Yojana beneficiaries and BPL and state BPL families under the National Food Security Act- 2013. The difference is that under the NFSA-2013 the rate of wheat is ₹ 2 per kg but under this scheme the rate is ₹ 1 per kg of wheat. This scheme has benefitted 94 Lakh families of the state.
SILICOSIS POLICY (POLICY ON PNEUMOCONIOSIS)
Scheme of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Pneumoconiosis is applied to the ‘Group of Lung diseases which result from inhalation of dust particles in varies occupation’. Most of the dust related diseases are incurable, cause permanent disability and are totally preventable by available control measures and technology. These diseases mostly affects workers engaged in Mines and Building and Other Construction works. Silicosis is a type of Pneumoconiosis Pneumoconiosis is a type of occupational lung disease. It usually takes years to develop. The mission of this policy will be prevention and control of pneumoconiosis as an occupational disease with the ultimate aim of elimination and provide relief and rehabilitation to affected workers. This policy was launched on 3rd October 2019 This policy will be applicable no only to the workers directly affected but also to habitants residing in the neighbourhood of the mines and industries and the family members of the workers who are likely to be exposed to dust. Under this scheme a person suffering will be treated at par with the differently abled person. This provision will provide all the benefits of Permanent Disability Act 1995 to the person. Under the scheme the benefits provided to the affected person and its family members are:- ₹ 3,00,000/ one time rehabilitation assistance, ₹ 2,00,000/ to nominee on the death of the registered person, disability pension to person or pension to widow and ₹ 10,000/ funeral assistance. RAJ CURRENT YEAR BOOK PART-1 website- rajshreeacademy.in Page 11
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A pension of ₹ 1,500/ per month has been provided under the Mukhyamantri Vishesh Yogyajan Samman Pension Yojana from 16-12-2019.
MUKHYA-MANTRI KANYADAN YOJANA
Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The erstwhile scheme of Sahayog and Uphar Yojana was renamed as Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana on 12-10-2020. The Sahayog and Uphar Yojana was itself the result of the two earlier running similar but independent schemes which were amalgamated in 2017 and named as Sahayog and Uphar Yojana The first one was the grant scheme for the marriage of the daughters of the widows of economically weaker section started in 1997-98 and similar scheme for the daughters of BPL families of Schedule Castes known as Sahayog Yojana started in 2005. This scheme is applicable only to the bonafide residents of the state. This will be applicable any two girl child above the age of 18 yrs. The beneficiaries of this scheme are- girls of all categories of BPL families, antyodaya families, daughters of economic weaker section widows, girls of palanhar beneficiaries and specially abled persons and for the marriage of woman sports persons. This assistance is provided at the time of marriage. The scheme divides the beneficiaries into two categories and the assistance into 3 categories as per the education of the girl to be married. In case of BPL families of Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribes/ Minorities is ₹ 31,000/ (extra support of ₹ 10,000 if the girl is 10th pass and ₹ 20,000 if the girl is graduate). For all other categories of beneficiaries ₹ 21,000/ (extra support of ₹ 10,000 if the girl is 10th pass and ₹ 20,000 if the girl is graduate). 50% under this scheme will be provided before the marriage and the remaining 50% will be provided after the marriage of the beneficiary.
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MUKHYA-MANTRI OLD AGE SAMMAN PENSION YOJANA
Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The beneficiaries in this scheme are divided into two categories viz. first females who are above 55 years and less than 75 years & males who are above 58 years and less than 75 years. Second males and females above the age of 75 years. The criteria for the beneficiary is that the annual income of the beneficiary or husband/wife should not be less than ₹ 48,000/. The beneficiaries who are less than 75 years of age will get pension of ₹ 750/ per month and the beneficiaries who are above than 75 years will get a pension of ₹ 1,000/ per month. The complete amount of the pension will be borne by the state government.
MUKHYA-MANTRI EKAL NARI SAMMAN PENSION YOJANA
Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The beneficiary of this scheme is single woman (widow or divorcee) who is the bonafide resident of the state and also residing in the state, the other condition to avail the benefit is that the annual income of the female from all sources should be less than ₹ 48,000/ annually. Some categories females viz. BPL, HIV infected, antayodaya, astha card holder, saharia/kathodi/khairwa females have been provided income related relaxation. The females are divided into different categories as per their age viz. first females 18 years and above but less than 55 years of age will get a pension of ₹ 500/ per month, second females of 55 years and above but less than 60 years will get pension of ₹ 750/ per month, third females of 60 years and above but less than 75 years will get pension of ₹ 1,000/ per month, fourth females of 75 years and above will get pension of ₹ 1,500/ per month.
MUKHYA-MANTRI VISHESH YOGYAJAN SAMMAN PENSION YOJANA
Scheme of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
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The beneficiaries of this scheme are first who have disability level of more than 40% due to any one or more reason. Second adult dwarf person with height less than 3 feet 6 inch certified by competent medical officer. Third person suffering from
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The beneficiaries are divided into different age categories viz. females with less than 55 years and males with less than 58 years of age will get a monthly pension of ₹ 750/ per month. All females of 55 years and above but less than 75 years and males of 58 years and above but less than 75 years of age will get pension of ₹ 1,000/ per month. All females and males of 75 years and above age will get pension of ₹ 1,250/ per month. A special category of people that is leprosy recovered specially abled person of any age will get a pension of ₹ 1,500/ per month under the scheme.
The complete amount of the pension will borne by the state government.
PALANHAR YOJANA
Scheme of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. This scheme was started in 2004-05. A palanhar is a person other than the biological mother or father of the child who has voluntarily taken the responsibility to look after the upbringing of the child. To avail the benefit the annual income of the palanhar family should not be more than ₹ 1,20,000/. That is this scheme provide financial assistance to that palanhar whose family is income less. To avail the benefit the child should not be above the age of 18 years The beneficiaries of the scheme are the vulnerable children of the state who either have become orphan or whose mother/ father or both are not in a condition to look after their child due to one of the other reasons, viz. children of person suffering life imprisonment, child of widow/divorcee, children of silicosis, leprosy patients, disabled parents.
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Two categories of financial assistance is provided in this scheme viz. first for child from 0-6 years of age (who mandatorily goes to aganwadi) and 6-18 years (who mandatorily goes to school). One time annually ₹ 2,000/ for dresses, shoes and winter wears etc. (not provided in case of widow and Nata palanhar). An amendment has been made in the policy with effect from 3-7-2019, as per this amendment an adult who takes the responsibility of his/her minor brother or sister will be treated as the Palanhar of the his/her brother or sister.
RAJASTHAN AGRO-PROCESSION, AGRI BUSINESS AND AGRI EXPORTS PROGRAMME POLICY 2019
Scheme of Department of Agriculture. This scheme came into effect 12 December 2019 (vide a Notification of the Government of the same date) and shall remain in force till 31st March 2024 (till the policy remains in force) and shall be reviewed in the year 2021. Though the policy was released by Chief Ministry Ashok Gehlot on 17 December 2019 during a Farmers meet in Jaipur. A Farmers welfare Fund of ₹ 1,000/ Crore was launched on the same occasion. He also launched Krishi Gyan Dhara Programme to link farmers with the latest farming technologies. These initiatives as per the government will help the state in the direction of ‘Ease of Doing Farming’. This scheme will provide capital assistance, subsidy, incentives and interest subvention for agro-processing and infrastructure units. Capital subsidy is being provided at 50% of project cost subject to a maximum of ₹ 1 Crore for Farmers and their organisation and 25% subject to a maximum of ₹ 50 Lakhs for all other eligible entrepreneurs. An interest subsidy of 5% is provided for agro processing and agro infrastructural projects in normal cases and 6% for units with 100% ownership of SC/ST or Women Entrepreneur or Young Entrepreneurs with age below 35 years. The same 6% interest subsidy is applicable to units set in TSP and backward areas.
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MUKHYA-MANTRI LAGHU UDHYOG PROTSAHAN YOJANA
Scheme of Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). This scheme was launched on 19 December 2019 in Jaipur. This scheme is applicable for individual applicants and institutional (self-help groups/ societies/ partnership firms/ LLP firms/ Companies). No collateral is required for loan upto ₹ 10 Lakhs as per RBI guidelines. Under this scheme different categories of interest subsidies are provided viz. 8% interest subsidy on loans upto ₹ 25 Lakhs, 6% interest subsidy on loans upto ₹ 5 Crore, 5% interest subsidy on loans upto ₹ 10 Crore.
THE RAJASTHAN MICRO,SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (FACILITATION OF ESTABLISHMENT & OPERATION) ACT
Scheme of Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). The objective is to promote livelihoods, inclusive economic growth and entrepreneurship in the State by giving exemption to MSMEs from approval under any Rajasthan Law and inspections for establishment and operation of enterprise. New micro, small or medium enterprise, whose date of commencement of commercial operation is proposed on or after the date of promulgation of the Act i.e. March 04, 2019.(This scheme was promulgated by an ordinance by the state government on 4th March 2019). The exemption from inspections under all state laws is provided for 3 years. A RAJUDYOG MITRA portal has been started for this scheme.
RAJASTHAN INVESTMENT PROMOTION SCHEME 2019
Scheme of Department of Industries. This scheme was launched on 19 December 2019 in Jaipur. The scheme came into force on 17-12-2019 and shall remain in force upto 31st March 2026. This was done via a notification of Government of Rajasthan. The implementation of this scheme has been made online from 1-3-2021.
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This scheme provides different types of incentives to investors to generate employment and promote rapid, rapid sustainable and balanced growth in the state of Rajasthan. The different types of incentives provided by the scheme are employment generation subsidy, exemption on electricity duty, exemption from land tax, exemption from stamp duty, subsidy on state tax and others, these exemptions are generally given for seven years.
JAN SOOCHNA PORTAL
Portal of Department of Information Technology and Communication. This portal was launched on 13 September 2019 This portal has been developed as per Section 4 (2) of Right To Information Act- 2005 which talks about the proactive disclosure of that much information to the people that they do not require to resort to the act in order to get information from the government. Rajasthan is the first state to implement this section of the RTI act On the day of the launch of the portal 23 scheme and services related information of 13 departments were made available in the portal. At present 427 information related to 175 schemes of 70 departments is available on the portal to the people. More information related to more schemes and more and more departments is regularly updated on the portal.
RAJASTHAN JAN AADHAR YOJANA
Scheme of Department of Planning. This scheme was launched on 18 December 2019. The objectives of the scheme are first to create the Data-Base of the Demographic and Socio-Economic information related to the citizens of the state, second to provide benefits of the Direct Benefit Transfer Schemes, third to promote Women’ Empowerment and Financial Inclusion. RAJ CURRENT YEAR BOOK PART-1 website- rajshreeacademy.in Page 17
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All families of the state are eligible for registration and get Jan Aadhaar Card. Each family will provided with 10 digit Family Identity Number containing Jan Aadhaar Card.
The punch line of this scheme is ‘One Number One Card One Identity (एक सं奍या
एक का셍ड एक ऩहचान).
In Normal cases the card will be issued in the name of a female member (designated as the head of the family) of the family who is above the age of 18 years. In case there is no female above the age of 18 years a family the card can be issued in the name of a male member above the age of 21 years. If in case there is neither a female above the age of 18 years in the family and nor a male above the age of 21 years in a family than in that case the Head of the family can be any member of maximum age. This card is applicable as the Proof of Identity and Proof of address document for the family and its members as per orders of the Government of India (UIDAI) through its circular on 9th May 2020. For effective implementation for the scheme an Independent Rajasthan Jan-Aadhaar Authority under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary with its Head Quarters has been established by the State Government.
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RAJASTHAN WHO’S WHO
Shri Kalraj Mishra Govenor of Rajasthan Justice Indrajeet Chief Justice of Rajasthan Mahanty Shri Ashok Gehlot Chief Minister of Rajasthan C P Joshi Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan Gulab Chand Kataria Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly B S Yadav Chairman RPSC Hari Prasad Sharma Chairman RSMSSB Justice Pratap Lokayukta Krishna Lohara M S Singhvi Advocate General Prem Singh Mehra Chief Election Commissioner Praveen Gupta Chief Electoral Officer Niranjan Arya Chief Secretary M L Lather Director General of Police Pradyuman Singh Chairman State Finance Commission Dr. Mahesh Joshi Chief Whip Dr. R Venkateswaran Chairman Revenue Board Justice Sri Gopal Chairman State Human Rights Commission Krishan Vyas D B Gupta Chief Information Commission Arvind Mayaram Chief Economic Advisor Vaibhav Gehlot Chairman Rajasthan Cricket Association Smt. Sangita Beniwal Chairman Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (RSCPCR) Ashok Gehlot (Chief Chairman Rajasthan Foundation Minister) Dhiraj Srivastava Commissioner Rajasthan Foundation
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AWARDS & HONOURS
PADMA AWARDS
Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
This year the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The award comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards. 29 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.
3 Persons from Rajasthan have been awarded the Padma Shri, they are
1. Shri Lakha Khan in the field of Art 2. Shri Shyam Sunder Paliwal in the field of Social Work 3. Shri Arjun Singh Shekhawat in the field of Literature and Education
NATIONAL PANCHAYAT AWARDS-2021
The awards are given annually on 24th April, celebrated as National Panchayati Raj Day (NPRD) to commemorate 73rd Constitution Amendment Act, 1992 which came into force with effect from 24th April, 1993.
PANDIT DEENDAYAL UPADHYAY PANCHAYAT SHASHKTIKARAN PURASKAR
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Under this scheme awards are being provided every year to one best performing Zila Parishad, two Panchayat Samitis and Five Gram Panchayats of the State. The following are the awardees under this scheme
1. Zila Parishad Kota District Kota 2. Panchayat Samiti Kotra District Udaipur 3. Panchayat Samiti Chirawa District Jhunjhunu 4. Gram Panchayat Tyonda Panchayat Samiti Khetri District Jhunjhunu 5. Gram Panchayat 4 NN Chanana Panchayat Samiti Padampur District Sri Ganganagar 6. Gram Panchayat Thoor Panchayat Samiti Bargaon District Udaipur 7. Gram Panchayat Nidharia Kalan Panchayat Samiti Saipau District Dholpur 8. Gram Panchayat Bar Panchayat Samiti Raipur District Pali.
Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar Under this award scheme one Gram Panchayat is selected and awarded for excellence in organisation of the Gram Sabha as per Panchayat Raj Acts & Rules and norms decided by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and State Government. Bhojasar Panchayat of Jhunjhunu district has been awarded this award.
Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award This award was institutionalised in 2019, under this award scheme only one Gram Panchayat selected for excellence in various criteria, like participatory planning approach, quality of plans, sustainable development goals, low cost, no cost activity, convergence, plan execution & appropriate monitoring system, own sources revenue, process documentation and use of information technology in planning
Arawar Panchayat of Panchayat Samiti Mundwa of District Nagaur has been awarded this award Child Friendly Gram Panchayat Award Under this award Scheme, only one best performing Gram Panchayat of the State is awarded for Child Friendly activities.
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Minda Panchayat of Panchayat Samiti Nawa District Nagaur has been awarded with this award OTHER AWARDS
CSI SIG E GOVERNANCE AWARD- The Statistical Portal (Price Statistics in Rajasthan) of the State was awarded with the 18th CSI SIG E-Governance Award 2020.
SKOCH SILVER AWARD- Swachh Bharat Mission Rural Rajasthan was awarded this award for remarkable work in the state. The mission director of Swachh Bharat Mission Rural Sh. Vishwa Mohan Sharma was presented with a Felicitation certificate by the Skoch Group in an online ceremony on 20th February 2021.
SKOCH SILVER & SKOCH ORDER OF MERIT AWARD- The Integrated Child Development Services of Rajasthan has been awarded with Skoch Silver and Skoch Order of Merit Award. This award was given to ICDS for remarkable work in primary education during Covid times their efforts in providing online education to children aged between 3 and 6 at Anganwadi Centres.
WATER STEWARD OF THE YEAR AWARD- Ajitabh Sharma Principal Secretary (Mines, Petroleum and IT Department) was awarded ‘Water Steward of the Year’ for his remarkable work and contribution in the field of Water Conservation. The award was given by Ratan Lal Kataria Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti at the Second Annual Water and Sanitation Innovation Conference organised virtually.
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SOLVED PAPERS AND MODEL PAPERS SECTION
In order to succeed in any field of life and specially mere knowledge of that is not sufficient the most important aspect is the application that knowledge and the appropriate application of knowledge requires ample practice to succeed in the competitive exams.
For the same the following Solved papers from the recently held examination has been provided which are fully solved with explanation corroborated from authentic sources this endeavour will benefit the students in their upcoming competitive exams.
These Questions have been taken from recently held RSMSSB Stenographer Exams. These Questions are equally useful for all exams conducted by RPSC and RSMSSB.
Only selected and relevant questions regarding the exam are provided in this section.
GEOGRAPHY & ECONOMY (SECTION) OF RAJASTHAN
1 Which of the following is the highest mountain peak of Aravalli Range.
(A) Gurushikhar (B) Ser (C) Delwara (D) Kumbhalgarh
Answer- A
Gurushikhar is the highest peak of Aravalli Range in Mount Abu. Its height is 1722 meter. The height of other peaks are Ser- 1597 meter, Delwara- 1442 meter, Kumbhalgarh- 1224 meter.
2 Amrita Devi award is given for
(A) sports (B) wildlife protection (C) music (D) politics
Answer- B
It is a national award instituted by the Government of India and is given for wildlife protection.
It is given in the memory of Amrita Devi Bishnoi, who sacrificed her life for the sack of protection of trees in 1731 in Khejarli village of Rajasthan.
3 In which district of Rajasthan Alluvial soil is found
(A) Nagaur (B) Bharatpur
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(C) Barmer (D) Jaisalmer
Answer- B
This type of soil is found mainly in the river basins of the eastern Rajasthan. This soil has a dearth of humus content. This type of soil is found in Bharatpur, Jaipur, Dausa, Jaipur, Tonk districts.
4 Old rich deposits of copper lie in Rajasthan at
(A) Bikaner region (B) Udaipur region
(C) Khetri (D) Deedwana region
Answer- C
Copper is metallic mineral. Its rich deposits are found in Khetri-Singhana region of Jhunjhunu district.
5 Which districts of Rajasthan has the maximum ‘Reserved Forest Area’
(A) Jaipur and Chittorgarh (B) Jaisalmer and Bikaner
(C) Dungarpur and Kota (D) Jodhpur and Sri Ganganagar
Answer- A
6 Which of the following pair is not correct
(A) Jawai Dam - Pali
(B) Rana Pratap Sagar Dam - Chittorgarh
(C) Ummed Sagar Dam - Bhilwara
(D) Bajaj Sagar Dam - Dungarpur
Answer- D
Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam is situated in Borkhera village of Banswara District.
7 Which of the following is not the variety of sheep of Rajasthan
(A) Chokla (B) Pugal (C) Magra (D) Barbari
Answer- D
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Barbari is a breed of Goat and not sheep.
8 Match the following and choose the correct answer from the codes given
1. Bird Santuary a. Tal Chhapar
2. Tiger Project b. Kevladev
3. Black Buck Santuary c. Ranthambore
Codes
1 2 3
(A) a b c
(B) b a c
(C) c a b
(D) b c a
Answer- D
Tiger Project- Ranthambore, Bird Sanctuary- Kevladev
Black Buck Sanctuary- Tal Chhapar
9 In which of the following district of Rajasthan maximum wheat is grown
(A) Karauli (B) Sri Ganganagar (C) Dausa (D) Jaipur
Answer- B
The maximum wheat in Rajasthan is grown in the district of Sri Ganganagar due to the irrigation facilities provided by the Ganga Canal.
10 All of the following are Rabi oilseeds of Rajasthan except:-
(A) Rapeseed Mustard (B) Taramira
(C) Linseed (D) Groundnut
Answer- D
Groundnut is sown in the Kharif season under rainfed condition.
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11 Which neighbouring state of Rajasthan has a share in the Chambal Project
(A) Punjab (B) Gujarat
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer- C
Chambal is the joint project of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. This project was approved by Central Jal Shakti Board in 1950. Both Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh has 50:50 share in this project.
12 In which of the following places Leather based Small Scale Industries are situated
(A) Bikaner and Jaisalmer (B) Kota and Sri Ganganagar
(C) Jaipur and Jodhpur (D) Pali and Alwar
Answer- C
Mojri or Juttis are footwear of Rajasthan made of leather with artistic embroidery. They are famous of Jaipur and Jodhpur.
13 Which is the main centre of art for making clay (Terracota) idolss in Rajasthan
(A) Molela (B) Akola (C) Shahpura (D) Tankla
Answer- A
Molela village in Rajsamand is famous for Terracota idols
14 Which organisation provides industrial infrastructure facilities in Rajasthan at present
(A) RIICO (B) DIC (C) RFC (D) RAJSICO
Answer- A
RIICO has played a catalytic role in the industrial development of Rajasthan.
It provides infrastructural facilities for the development of small, medium and large industries.
15 Where is the second largest Solar Park of state going to be set up
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(A) Rawatbhata, Kota (B) Pokharan, Jaisalmer
(C) Nokh, Jaisalmer (D) None of these
Answer-C
The second largest Solar Park of state will be set up at Nokh in Jaisalmer District.
The capacity of the park will be 925 MW.
16 First Direct Benefit Yojana (Scheme) in Rajasthan is
(A) Bhamashah Yojana (B) Kishori Shakti Yojana
(C) Ladli Yojana (D) None of these
Answer- A
Bhamashah Yojana was the First Direct benefit scheme of Rajasthan.
17 According to the Census 2011, which one of the following districts has the highest population
(A) Jaisalmer (B) Jodhpur (C) Udaipur (D) Jaipur
Answer- D
As per Census 2011 the population of the mentioned districts are
Jaisalmer- 669919 Jodhpur - 3687165
Udaipr - 3068420 Jaipur - 6626178
18 Which of the following city of Rajasthan is known as ‘City of Stepwells’
(A) Jalore (B) Dausa (C) Bundi (D) Jaisalmer
Answer- C
Bundi is known as the ‘City of Stepwells (बावड셍यⴂ का शहर)’
19 Where is summer festival observed in Rajasthan
(A) Jaipur (B) Pushkar (C) Jodhpur (D) Mount Abu
Answer- D
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Summer Festival in Rajasthan is observed at Mount Abu
20 In Rajasthan ______is known for its Tillpatti
(A) Jodphur (B) Bikaner (C) Beawar (D) Alwar
Answer- C
Beawar is famous for its Tillpatti.
21 CM’s Seven Point Programme is associated with
(A) Rural Development (B) Conservation of Wildlife
(C) Urban Development (D) Empowerment of Women
Answer- D
This programme is associated with Empowerment of Women.
It was launched by the Govt. in 2009.
22 Which city in Rajasthan is famous in the world for ‘Gems Market’
(A) Jaipur (B) Ajmer (C) Alwar (D) Udaipur
Answer- A
Jaipur is famous for its ‘Gems Market’ in the world.
23 Match them
Animal Breeding Centre Breed
1. Dug (Dag) a. Rathi
2. Chandan b. Tharparkar
3. Nohar c. Malvi
Codes
1 2 3
(A) c b a
(B) a b c
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(C) b a c
(D) a c b
Answer- A
Following are the three given animal breeding centres
1 Dug (Dag) for Malvi Breed in Jhalawar District 2 Chandan for Tharparkar Breed in Jaisalmer District 3 Nohar for Rathi Breed in Hanumangarh District
24 Rajasthan was the ______state in introduction of the three-tier system of Panchayati Raj in the Country
(A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth
Answer- A
Rajasthan was the first state to introduce the Panchayati Raj system in the country
It was inaugurated by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru on 2nd October 1959.
25 The correct descending order of the following districts in terms of area is
1. Jaisalmer 2. Nagaur 3. Tonk
(A) 3, 2, 1 (B) 2, 3, 1
(C) 1, 2, 3 (D) 3, 1, 2
Answer- C
The area of the above mentioned districts are
Jaisalmer - 38401 square km Nagaur – 17718 square km
Tonk - 7194 square km
HISTORY & CULTURE (SECTION) OF RAJASTHAN
1 Which of the following Hill Fort of Rajasthan is not included in UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites.
(A) Ranthambore Fort (B) Chittorgarh Fort (C) Taragarh Fort (D) Kumbhalgarh Fort
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Answer- C UNESCO included six forts of Rajasthan in the list of World Heritage sites in June 2013 viz. Amer Fort, Ranthambore Fort, Jaisalmer Fort, Chittor Fort