Rajasthan State PCS

• 04 Aug 2023

Governor launches 'Read the Constitution and Live' campaign

Why in News?

On August 2, 2023, the Governor of Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra started the 'Read the Constitution and Live' campaign of Sanskriti Yuva Sanstha at Raj Bhavan.

Key Points:

• Governor Kalraj Mishra also inaugurated the message 'Preamble of the Constitution and Basic Duties' printed in 2 lakh numbers by Sanskriti Yuva Sanstha.
• He said that the intention behind the construction of the Constitution Garden in the Raj Bhavan has been to display the original copy of the Constitution and its clauses in a simple, easy way. He said that the original copy of the Constitution was prepared by Nandlal Bose, a renowned artist of Shantiniketan and his fellow artists. Late Kirpal Singh Shekhawat of Rajasthan also had a great contribution to this.
• Pandit Suresh Mishra of Sanskriti Yuva Sanstha said that the Constitution Awareness Fortnight is being celebrated to learn the objectives of the Constitution and to follow the basic duties. Under this, the Preamble and Fundamental Duties of the Constitution have been published along with the Governor's message in two lakh copies. It will be disseminated door-to-door as part of the 'Read the Constitution and Live' campaign.

The state tops in the whole country in 'Tarbandi Yojna'

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On August 2, 2023, Rajasthan's Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria told the assembly that the state is on top in the country in terms of benefiting farmers under the 'Tarbandi Yojana' to protect farmers' crops from stray cattle and other animals.

Key Points:

• Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria while answering the supplementary questions asked by the legislators in this regard during the Question Hour said that a total provision of Rs 444.40 crore has been made in the year 2023-24 for the purpose of benefiting the farmers under the fencing scheme.
• He said that till now more than Rs. 4 crore has been spent under the scheme. He assured that efforts will be made to fulfil the targets set after harvesting.
• He said that being impressed by this scheme, now the scheme is being started in Uttar Pradesh as well but at present, under the fencing scheme, the state is on top in the whole country in providing assistance from the state government to farmers for protection of their crops from animals by fencing around their fields.
• Earlier, in response to the original question of MLA Narendra Nagar, the Agriculture Minister said that from the year 2017-18 to the year 2022-23, a total of 69 crore 66 lakh 42 thousand rupees have been spent.
• Kataria said that in 3 years, 127 farmers have benefited under the wire fencing scheme in Khanpur assembly constituency. He placed the year-wise numerical details of the benefited farmers on the table of the House.