Rajasthan Current Affairs 2019: 0 Rajasthan Current Affairs 2019: INDEX Person in NEWS .................................................................................................................................. 2 Places in NEWS ................................................................................................................................. 10 Current Affairs ................................................................................................................................. 16 Schemes in NEWS ............................................................................................................................. 70 Rajasthan Government: New Policies ............................................................................................... 81 NEW Bills & Acts ............................................................................................................................... 97 Rajasthan Budget 2019-20 .............................................................................................................. 100 1 Rajasthan Current Affairs 2019: Person in NEWS Person in NEWS Persons on Important Posts: Rajasthan S.No Post (Rajasthan) First Current (2018 Nov) Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh 1 Chief Justice of Rajasthan Indrajit Mahanty (1949) 2 Chief Electoral Officer of Rajasthan Anand Kumar State Election Commissioner of 3 Prem Singh Mehra Rajasthan 4 Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Suresh Chaudhary 5 RPSC Chairman Sir DR. S K GHOSH Deepak Upreti 6 Financial Commission Chairman Dr. Jyoti Kiran (5th) MAHENDRA SINGH 7 Advocate General of Rajasthan G.C. Kasliwal SINGHVI 8 Lokayukta of Rajasthan ID Dua (1973) --- Rajasthan State Human Rights 9 Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar Mahesh Chandra Sharma Commission 10 Chief Secretary Rajasthan D B Gupta 11 Pro-Term Speaker Maharav Sangram Singh Gulab Chand Kataria 12 Speaker Vidhan Sabha Narottam Lal Joshi Dr. C. P. Joshi 13 Leader of Opposition Jaswant Singh Gulab Chand Kataria Maharaj Man Singh II 14 Governor of Rajasthan (1949) Reorganised 1956 - Kalraj Mishra Gurumukh Nihal Singh Deputy Chairman - Chief Ministers 15 Advisory Council Chairperson State Commission for 16 --- Women 17 DGP Rajasthan Police Bhupendra Singh 2 Rajasthan Current Affairs 2019: Person in NEWS Suman Rao: After winning the titles of Miss World 2nd runner-up 2019 and Miss World Asia 2019 in London, Suman reached her hometown Aaidana, village in the Rajasamand district of Rajasthan. Kalraj Mishra The Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kalraj Mishra was transferred and appointed as the Governor of Rajasthan by President Ram Nath Kovind. Kalraj Mishra has replaced Kalyan Singh as the Rajasthan governor. Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat (currently Supreme Court Judge) administered the oath of office to Mishra. Former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya has been appointed the new governor of Himachal Pradesh. Jagdeep Dhankhar Jagdeep Dhankar from Jhunjhunu, a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, member of Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1991 and a former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kishangarh, Rajasthan has been made 28th Governor of West Bengal. Tarun Chaudhri Wing commander Tarun Chaudhri became the first pilot of Indian Armed Forces (IAF) to do a wingsuit jump. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat Chief Justice Ravindra Bhat was elevated to the Supreme Court. Justice Indrajit Mahanty Justice Indrajit Mahanty of Bombay High Court has become chief justice of Rajasthan High Court. He is the 37th Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. 3 Rajasthan Current Affairs 2019: Person in NEWS Brajesh Yadav Brajesh Yadav from Rajasthan Police won Silver medal in Thailand Open Boxing Championship. Payal Jangid Payal Jangid from Alwar district became the first Indian to receive the ‘Changemaker Award’ at the Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards 2019 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in New York for her contribution in abolishing the practice of child marriage in her native Hinsla and other neighbouring villages. She is also the sarpanch (president) of the Bal Panchayat (children’s parliament) in Hinsla, which is a Bal Mitra Gram (child-friendly village) — a concept founded by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi. Diya Kumari Rajsamand BJP MP Diya Kumari of Rajasthan has been made a member of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on behalf of Union Ministry of Forest and Environment. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was established in December 2005 following a recommendation of the Tiger Task Force,constituted by the Prime Minister of India for reorganised management of Project Tiger and the many Tiger Reserves in India. Tiger Protection Program, popularly known as Project Tiger was started in 1973, by the Government of India in co-operation with WWF. Hina Joshi Hina Joshi from Pali, represented India in the International Championship held at Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and won two gold medals. Shyam Sunder Swami Shyam Sunder Swami from Bikaner has secured Quota in Paralympics 2020, Tokyo after coming at 9th rank in World Para Archery Championship held in Netherlands. 4 Rajasthan Current Affairs 2019: Person in NEWS Om Prakash Bhatia Omprakash Bhatia has received Acharya Laxmi Kant Joshi Award for his collection "Burj, Chand Aur Dhuan". Justice Mohammad Rafiq • Justice Mohammad Rafiq, senior judge of Rajasthan High Court will now be the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. • Justice Rafiq would be the third high court judge from Rajasthan to become a chief justice. As at present, o Justice Govind Mathur is Chief Justice at Allahabad High Court, o Justice RS Chauhan is Chief Justice at Telangana High Court, Mahendra Goyal and Farzand Ali The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi recommended appointment of two advocates as judges of the Rajasthan High Court. The advocates are Mahendra Goyal and Farzand Ali. Bhupendra Singh The Rajasthan government appointed DG ATS and SOG Dr Bhupendra Singh as the new DGP of Rajasthan Police. Mr. Singh replaces Kapil Garg, who retired on 30th June. An IPS officer of the 1986- batch, Singh is a recipient of the President's police medal (2016) and police medal (2002) for distinguished services. Dr. Mahesh Joshi Dr. Mahesh Joshi has bee nominated as Government Chief Whip in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 5 Rajasthan Current Affairs 2019: Person in NEWS Maharana Mewar Foundation Awards 37th Annual Awards – list of awardees – 2019 • Colonel James Tod Award: Dr. Paul T. Craddock • Haldighati Award: Ms. Swati Chaturvedi • Hakim Khan Sur Award: Mr. Suresh Wadkar • Maharana Udai Singh Awards: Ms. Geeta Seshamani & Mr. Kartick Satyanarayan • Panna Dhai Awards: Mr. Swapan Debbarma & Ms. Suma Debbarma • Maharishi Harit Rashi Awards: Dr. Narottam Pujari & Dr. Hemant Krishan Mishra • Maharana Mewar Award: Ms. Malini Awasthi • Maharana Kumbha Awards: Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh ‘Sanjay’ & Dr. Girish Nath Mathur • Maharana Sajjan Singh Award: Mr. Jamna Lal Kumhar • Dagar Gharana Award: Ustad Mohi Bahauddin Dagar • Rana Punja Award: Mr. Jhalam Chand Angari • Aravali Award: Mr. Sandeep Singh Maan • Maharana Mewar Special Award: Best Police Station of Rajasthan Makbara, Kota About Maharana Mewar Foundation Awards The Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation has been established in the year 1969 by the king late highness Maharana Bhagwat Singh Mewar to conserve the old heritage traditions. These Annual Awards were instituted in 1980 – 1981 to recognize college and school students, in Udaipur, for their academic and sporting achievements. The scope and spectrum of the awards have been steadily widening since 1981, now the Annual Awards Ceremony not only applauds students but also honors international and national scholars for their work of permanent value to society. N C Goel The state government appointed former Chief secretary NC Goel as the chairman of Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) of Rajasthan. Goel’s tenure will be five years. Mahendra Singh Singhvi • Mahendra Singh Singhvi has been appointed as the new Advocate General of Rajasthan. 6 Rajasthan Current Affairs 2019: Person in NEWS Subhash Chandra Garg Subhash Chandra Garg, a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre has been appointed as the Economic Affairs Secretary and Finance Secretary of India. Ruma Devi Ruma Devi of Mangla ki Beri village in Barmer was selected for the prestigious Nari Shakti Puruskar 2018 by the Union government for engaging, training and providing livelihood to rural women through her self-help groups in last one decade. She received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind on the International Women’s Day on March 8. She also got a certificate and Rs 1 lakh as award. Ruma Devi has been recognized as a force behind the financial independence of 22,000 women living across 75 villages of Barmer, Bikaner and Jaisalmer. Abhijeet Gupta Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta from Bhilwara, won the Cannes International chess title by defeating Italian GM Pier Luigi Basso. Qatar Open Shotgun Championship Rising Indian shooters Vivaan Kapoor and Manavaditya Rathore clinched gold and silver medals respectively at the junior trap event in Doha. Two Farmers from State awarded Padam Shri Hukumchand Patidar from Manpura, Jhalawar and Jagdish Chand Pareek from Ajitgarh, Sikar have been awarded with Padma Shri for using and promoting organic farming. Both these farmers never used a drop of chemical fertilizer and have now become examples for other farmers in the state. C.P. Joshi: C.P Joshi was appointed Speaker of Vidhan Sabha 7 Rajasthan Current Affairs