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RAJASTHAN 11,000 youths to get skill training in Rajasthan   The Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) has signed 16 Mous under Deen Dayal Upadhaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana (DDUGKY) and Regular Skill Training Program (RSTP) to train over 11,000 youths.   The RSLDC signed three Mous under the DDUGKY, 12 under the RSTP and … Read more 05.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Education department gears up for student enrolment drive   The state education department is set to push its human resource (teachers) to make Pravesh Utsav (admission festival) a success with record breaking admissions in the election year.   The tentative dates for the festival are May 1 to 19 and June 19 to 30. The … Read more 04.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Harsimrat Kaur Badal to inaugurate Rajasthan’s first mega food park in Ajmer   Union Food Processing Industries Minister Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal will inaugurate the first mega food park at Roopangarh Village in Ajmer, Rajasthan.   The Food Park is being set up at a cost of Rs 113.57 crore and will benefit around … Read more 03.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan plots major startup drive with funds, infrastructure, mentoring ecosystem   Rajasthan may have entered the startup space late, but the state government is now pushing the pedal harder to accelerate the pace and beat first-mover locations such as Telangana, Pune and even Bengaluru in creating a compelling ecosystem. The government-led initiative is elaborate and encompassing all … Read more 01-02.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan artisans carve stones for temples in US   Artisans from Bayana town of Bharatpur are busy carving stones imported from Turkey which will be used to construct the Akshardham Temple at Robinsville city in the US state of New Jersey.   The temple is being constructed by Swami Narayan TempleTrust of Ahmedabad. Other than New Jersey, … Read more 31.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN State tops in issuing ID cards to divyangs   Rajasthan has topped the country in issuing Universal ID and Disability (UDID) cards, a single document of identification and verification for differentlyabled persons, with a total of 2,22,422 cards made so far.   In the latest status report of the department of empowerment of persons … Read more 30.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Government to revise industry policy to boost local recruitment   In a bid to make companies recruit local people in a bigger way, the government is working on a policy that would provide enhanced incentives to employers. A committee has been set up under additional chief secretary (industries)  to frame guidelines within the framework … Read more 29.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Soon, university for specially abled   A government-run university for specially abled persons will start functioning in Rajasthan soon to provide them with education and skills.   The university will come up at Jamdoli on the outskirts of Jaipur from the next academic session.   The aim is to provide education to the differently … Read more 28.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Chipko originated in Rajasthan’s Khejadli village in 1730   About 240 years before the launch of Chipko Movement in Uttar Pradesh by Sunderlal Bahuguna, 363 persons of the Bishnoi community had laid down their lives to save the ‘khejadi’ trees (Prosopis cineraria) in Jodhpur’s Khejadli village in 1730.   The Jodhpur king had ordered wood for the … Read more 27.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Chittor’s human milk bank best in Rajasthan   Human milk bank in Chittorgarh has been adjudged as the best in all 16 such banks operational in the state.   In a state level function organised at Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sansthan for celebrating first annual function of milk banks in the state, 14 persons received awards … Read more 25-26.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs