Rajasthan

• 16 Nov 2022

66th State Level Hockey Competition

Why in News?

On November 15, 2022, Rajasthan Sports and Youth Affairs and Public Relations Minister Ashok Chandna inaugurated the 66^th State Level Under-17 Student Hockey Competition being held at Government Higher Secondary School of Gram Panchayat Lava in Sub-Division Malpura of Tonk district.

Key Points

• Highlighting the importance of sports, Ashok Chandna said that the environment of sports eliminates the trend of drugs among the youth and reduces crimes.
• He informed that more than 600 players in the state have been given government jobs by the state government so far. All the players have made the country proud by participating in the Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. For the first time, the Rajasthan women's team has won the title by performing brilliantly at the international level in volleyball.
• He said that on the demand of the players and villagers of Lava, it has been announced to get the work done under Major Dhyan Chand Yojana for the construction of mini sports stadium in Government Higher Secondary School Lava and an amount of Rs 50 lakh has been announced for mini stadium on its behalf.

Online Portal for Academic Session 2022-23 of Ambedkar DBT Voucher Scheme

Why in News?

On November 15, 2022, Rajasthan Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Tikaram Juli launched the portal for submission of online applications for the academic session 2022-23 of the Ambedkar DBT Voucher Scheme run by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Key Points

• Tikaram Juli said that the department will provide Rs.2000 per month (for a maximum of 10 months) under the Ambedkar DBT voucher scheme as reimbursement for facilities like accommodation, food and water for students (who stay away from home and study at another place by renting a room or as paying guest) studying in all Graduate and Post Graduate colleges (only for academic courses- arts, science and commerce faculty) run by the district headquarters.
• He said that the benefit of the scheme will be payable to the students of SC, ST, OBC, MBC, EWS and Minority studying regularly in undergraduate or postgraduate classes of government colleges in the academic session 2022-23 .
• Under this scheme, 1500 students of Scheduled Castes, 1500 of Scheduled Tribes, 750 of Other Backward Classes, 750 of Most Backward Classes, 500 students of Economically Backward Classes and 500 students of Minority Classes will be benefited.
• The Social Justice and Empowerment Minister said that the system of submitting online applications of students has been implemented in the scheme. A detailed description of the general guidelines is available on the department's website http://sje.rajasthan.gov.in.
• He said that after thorough examination of the applications received online by the government college where the student is currently studying, the application form will be sent to the sanctioning officer (Departmental District Officer) and the approver officers will approve the complete applications received from the educational institutions online and the prescribed amount will be paid thorough DBT in the student's account.
• To be benefited under the scheme, according to the district-wise, class-wise and faculty-wise goals, approval will be given to the concerned Deputy Director/Director as per rules. The Assistant Director (District Magistrate) will be issued by the Social Justice and Empowerment Department. The candidate will be will be paid every month.