Rajasthan

• 06 Jan 2022

Organized District Level Investment Summit

Why in News

• On January 5, 2022, before the Invest Rajasthan 2022 Summit, a District Level Investment Summit was organized in Jaipur under the chairmanship of Industries Minister Shakuntala Rawat. In this, MoUs and LOIs of more than 23 thousand 528 crores were signed, due to which more than 1 lakh 13 thousand jobs will be created in the state.

Key Points

• On this occasion, Shakuntala Rawat said that the Invest Rajasthan Summit is being organized this time in a new way, so that more and more investment proposals can be landed.
• For this, for the first time, the government is organizing such investment conferences in the districts before the conference. These conferences will be held in all the districts for a month before the main summit.
• The Industries Minister said that for investment of more than Rs 5 crore, the process from MoU to purchase of land would be decided here. When the investment is confirmed, it will be brought to the main summit at the stage of inauguration itself.
• On this occasion, MoU was also signed for manufacturing of electric vehicles and establishment of Skill University. Apart from this, MoUs and LOUs were signed for the establishment of industries related to solar panels, infrastructure, food processing, furniture, automobiles, gems and jewellery, plywood, hotels and hospitals, textiles and garments.

Election Department did the Final Publication of Voter List of 200 Constituencies of the State

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• On January 5, 2022, the Election Department made the final publication of photo voter lists of all 200 assembly constituencies of the state under the special brief revision program of electoral rolls in Rajasthan.

Key Points

• Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta informed that 14 lakh 22 thousand 968 voters' names were added during the special brief revision program of voter lists in the state. Of these, 7 lakh 20 thousand 223 are males and 7 lakh 2 thousand 745 are females. Thus there was an increase of 2.87 percent voters in all the assembly constituencies of the state.
• He informed that till the date of last publication, a total of 5 crore 9 lakh 43 thousand 21 voters are registered in the state. Out of these 2 crore 65 lakh 32 thousand 787 male voters and 2 crore 44 lakh 10 thousand 234 female voters are included.
• A total of 23 thousand 869 specially-abled persons were also registered during the revision programme. A total of 5 lakh 26 thousand 991 specially qualified voters are registered in the voter list of all the assembly constituencies.
• A total of 28 lakh 46 thousand 506 applications have been received online during the revision program, which is the highest in the entire country. 3 lakh 26 thousand 103 young voters of 18 years of age and 7 lakh 78 thousand 718 voters above 18 years of age have registered themselves in the voter list by giving their own mobile number in the application form.
• The Chief Electoral Officer informed that a total of 13 lakh 17 thousand 741 voters of age 80 or above 80 years are registered in the published voter list.
• Similarly, in various assembly constituencies, a total of 5 lakh 26 thousand 991 specially qualified voters are registered in the voter list. He informed that 1 lakh 42 thousand 827 service employed voters are registered in the last part in various assembly constituencies of the state.

New Revenue Villages Declared in Nagaur, Churu and Ajmer

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• On January 5, 2022, the Rajasthan government issued separate notifications and declared Majras and Dhanis of Churu, Ajmer, Nagaur districts as new revenue villages.

Key Points

• According to the notification issued by the Revenue Department, the original revenue village Sabalpura of Kuchaman City Tehsil of Nagaur district has been declared as new revenue village Nadapura and Sindhpura as Shaheed Rameshwar Nagar new revenue village.
• Similarly, Padlia original revenue village of Bhinai tehsil of Ajmer has been declared as Gordhanpara and Gudakhurd as Indrapura new revenue village. In Ajmer itself, Somalpur original revenue village has been declared as Agla Kankad, Shahi, Chandwala and Dali new revenue village.
• According to the notification, Ramdevra and Jasrasar revenue village of Churu district have been declared as Jasrasar Bass new revenue village.
• The collectors of the respective districts have been authorized for the separate maintenance of the records of the original and new revenue villages affected by the formation of these revenue villages and for the rectification work of their separate Jamabandi, Khasra numbers and map records.
• In another notification issued by the state government, the Patwar Mandals of Churu, Jasrasar and Nakrasar have been reconstituted. The jurisdiction of Jasrasar village will now include Jasrasar, Rampura Bass, Dudhwamitha, Jasrasar Bass revenue villages and Nakrasar and Ramdevra revenue villages will be included in Nakrasar village.