Rajasthan

• 13 Jan 2022

Online Inauguration of Gyandoot 2.0

Why in News

• On January 12, 2022, Rajasthan's Higher Education Minister Rajendra Singh Yadav launched the online Gyandoot 2.0, the second edition of Gyandoot, a special assistance program for students' academic support, guidance and preparation for examinations, on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti.

Key Points

• The Higher Education Minister said that while innovating in this program, e-contents are being prepared in Hindi language according to the syllabus of those subjects of all the state universities which are run in the government colleges. For this, an initiative has been taken by the College Education Department to prepare this e-content in total 14 subjects including 8 subjects of Arts, 4 of Science and 2 subjects of Commerce.
• For this, 9 government colleges-Government College Ajmer, Government Dungar College Bikaner, Government College Churu, Government College Banswara, Government College Jodhpur, Government College Pali, Government Arts College Sikar, Government Arts Girls College Kota and Government Girls College Nathdwara were made subject wise nodals.
• Through this special academic support program, good quality e-content will be available online to the students in Hindi language, which can be viewed and read in 24×7 mode from anywhere and anytime. Along with this, online live solutions of the subject problems of the students will also be done in this program every week, so that the students will be able to solve their doubts. The relevance of this Gyandoot 2.0 program has increased, especially in the circumstances of Covid that are arising now.
• The e-content being prepared in all subjects according to the university syllabus will be available on the Gyandoot channel of the College Education Department, which will be available completely free of cost to all the students.
• Government Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Department, Narayan Lal Meena said that students of Hindi language medium face problems in getting good quality e-content in college and university education cadre of Rajasthan. Therefore, through this program, the department is going to make available good quality subject material in Hindi language, so that students can understand and read.

GST Advanced Analytics Portal Launched

Why in News

• On January 12, 2022, Chief Tax Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Department, Rajasthan Ravi Jain launched the GST Advanced Analytics Portal.

Key Points

• The Advanced Analytics Portal has been developed by the Business Intelligence Unit of the Commercial Taxes Department, taking the initiative of using technology to make tax assessment easier and prevent tax evasion.
• On this occasion, Additional Commissioner (IT & BIU) Sharad Mehra said that through this portal, tax evasion and other information would be available to the departmental officers quickly. Along with this, this initiative will be helpful in making a special contribution to the revenue growth of the state.

405 Animal Owners Were Honored in the State Level Pashupalak Samman Ceremony

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• On January 12, 2022, 405 progressive cattle breeders of the state were honored in the state level Pashupalak Samman ceremony held virtually in the conference hall of the Government Secretariat of Rajasthan.

Key Points

• On this occasion, Minister Lalchand Kataria also inaugurated a new dairy plant at Babai (Khetri) built at a cost of Rs.10 crore 27 lakhs.
• Fifty-five thousand rupees were given to two cattle rearers who were honored with agriculture and animal husbandry at the state level, twenty-five thousand rupees were given to 68 cattle rearers including seven women cattle rearers who were honored at the district level. Apart from this, an amount of ten thousand rupees each has been provided to 335 cattle rearers including 32 women cattle rearers who are honored at Panchayat Samiti level.
• At the state level, Surendra Kumar of Bikaner district and Subhash Chand, a cattle rearer of Sikar district, have been honored by animal husbandry minister Lalchand Kataria in the conference hall of the Government Secretariat by giving him a citation and a prize money of fifty thousand rupees.
• At the district level, the divisional commissioner and collector honored the livestock farmers. An amount of Rs 51.50 lakh was given to 405 cattle rearers of the state in the state level Pashupalak Samman ceremony.
• Government Secretary Animal Husbandry, Dr. Aarushi Malik said that like farmers, animal husbandry should also get respect and respect in their area, for this, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had announced in the budget to organize an honor ceremony for the cattle rearers.
• Government Secretary Animal Husbandry, Dr. Aarushi Malik said that like farmers, animal husbandry should also get respect and respect in their area, for this, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had announced in the budget to organize an honor ceremony for the cattle rearers.