Rajasthan government

The ‘Indira Mahila Shakti Nidhi’ fund will be used to empower women through various schemes of the state government, including granting loans of up to Rs 1 crore to women self-help groups. read more

The NGT bench ordered that the National Wetland Authority, State Wetland Authority, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board and Jaipur district magistrate to file a joint factual and action taken report before the next date of hearing on January 22,... read more

State urban development and local self government minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal said in a statement that in the local body elections scheduled for next month, mayors and chairpersons would be chosen by the elected councillors. read more

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said the decision to remove the provision of immovable property in the reservation of Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in government services and educational institutions will come as a relief to a large number of youths. read more

In last 12 months, 3 million people in Rajasthan haven’t turn up to claim ration from Fair Price Shops for two months in a row read more

The objective for providing mid-day meal in schools is not only to enhance the nutritional status of school going children from class 1 to 8 under the age of 6-12 years but also to encourage enrollment and regularity in attendance of the school going... read more

The scheme launched to give more subsidies to farmers will prefer women for benefits for gender mainstreaming in agriculture, said officials read more

Rajasthan health minister Raghu Sharma made the announcement of banning pan masala and flavoured supari in the state during one of the several events held in Jaipur to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. read more

The reshuffle also included new collectors in Bharatpur, Kota, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Tonk, Karauli, Sikar and Dholpur. read more

Following the death of Roop Kanwar on her husband’s funeral pyre, the Rajasthan government brought an ordinance on October 1, 1987, to prevent Sati and its glorification. read more

Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are ruled by the Congress and West Bengal by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. read more

The health department has asked Jaipur’s SMS hospital, its affiliated hospitals and government hospitals in districts to make blood tests free in view of the rising cases of diseases. read more

After an Alwar court acquitted six men, accused of lynching dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, Rajasthan government decided to file an appeal against the decision in HC. read more

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi also took to social media and called the court’s verdict shocking. However, she lauded the Congress-led Rajasthan government’s efforts in enacting a law against mob lynching. read more

A committee, formed by the families of those killed in the stampede, has been fighting to expose the guilty whom, it alleges, the government is trying to save. read more