Rajasthan State PCS

• 16 Dec 2021

Invest Rajasthan-2022

Why in News

• On December 15, 2021, Invest Rajasthan-2022 started from Bhilwara district, which has been recognized as Manchester in the entire state.

Key Points

• On this occasion, Industries and Commerce Minister Shakuntala Rawat, while addressing the guests and entrepreneurs who came to the summit through virtual medium from Jaipur, said that the vision of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is to develop and establish new dimensions of progress in every region of Rajasthan.
• Rajasthan is the first state in the country where investment summit programs will be organized with the aim of promoting industries, creating a better environment for investment and providing employment, which has started from Bhilwara.
• The centerpiece of the program was the MoU ceremony, where Bhilwara District Collector Shivprasad M Nakate executed MoUs with prominent investors from all sectors.
• During the summit, the entrepreneurs showed enthusiasm towards the information related to the industries of the state government and the cooperation being done by the government and during the program itself, MoU was signed for investment of more than 10 thousand crores.
• Over 700 entrepreneurs directly participated in the district level summit while 26 NRI organizations from USA, Dubai, Qatar, Australia, Uganda, England, Japan etc. joined online.
• The agreement was reached on investment of more than 10 thousand crores by about 200 industrial units and investors in various sectors including Textile, Agro Food Processing, Medical, Tourism, Minerals and Chemicals, Furniture, Cement Products and many more.
• Display of products in the stalls of Textile, Agro Food Processing, Medical, Minerals & Mining, Banking, Federation of Indian Export Organization, MSME Technology Center, District Level Single Window One Stop Shop, etc., depicting the entire industry and commerce scenario of Bhilwara district in the summit.
• In the summit, brochures of industry related information were released by the guests and the prospects of the industry in the district were given through short films.
• Bhilwara District Collector Shivprasad M Nakate said that with an investment of Rs 10,000 crore, more than 25,000 people would get employment in the district.
• In the summit, a presentation of the proposed Medicity plan was given by UIT in Azadnagar. It will have facilities like super specialty hospitals, pharma companies, parks etc.

Important Policy Decisions in the State Cabinet Meeting

Why in News

• On December 15, 2021, in a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, many other important policy decisions were taken including making rules for contractual appointments, approval of draft policy for regularization of dense population settled on pasture land.

Key Points

• The Cabinet approved the formulation of 'Rajasthan Contractual Appointment to Civil Posts Rules-2021' for contractual appointment of personnel to be hired for a fixed period for the purpose of implementation of various schemes, projects and programs of the State and Central Government. This decision will pave the way for making rules for the appointment of such personnel on contract to meet the requirement of manpower.
• The cabinet approved the draft of the proposed policy for regularization of dense population settled on grazing land. The classification change of pasture land will be done in the larger public interest only if there is non-availability of other state land. Under the policy, a lease of a maximum of 100 square meters per family will be given from amongst the families living on pasture land for at least 30 years. This benefit will not be given to the income tax payer. With this policy, poor families settled on pasture land will be able to get a lease.
• The Rajasthan Ethanol Production Promotion Policy-2021 was approved in the meeting with a view to encourage the establishment of ethanol production units in the state. This policy will promote the production of ethanol as a sustainable and alternative fuel.
• Incentives will be payable under the provisions of RIPS-2019 to the ethanol production units set up under this policy. With this, ethanol plants will be set up as per rules in the ground water safe areas (Safe Blocks) of the state, which will encourage industrialization. Along with this, opportunities of profit will be generated for farmers, entrepreneurs and workers.
• In the meeting, approval was given to amend the Rajasthan Town Planning Service Rules, 1966. With this, Bachelor of Planning and Master of Planning can be included in the essential qualification for direct recruitment of Assistant Town Planner. With this decision, candidates having high qualification, expertise and experience related to town planning will be available in the Town Planning Department, so that the works related to town planning of the common man can be done easily.
• The Cabinet has decided to include Sulabh International Social Service Organization in the notification issued under the Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 2012 and the Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 2013. With this, an option will be available to all the departments and development authorities of the state, UIT, Municipal Corporation, Municipal Councils, Municipalities etc. to do the work of construction, maintenance and operation of toilets in a time bound and quick manner.
• Approval was given to form Rajasthan Financial Services Delivery Limited in the meeting. With the formation of this institution, government departments and autonomous institutions will get necessary expertise, advice and cooperation in the areas of public procurement, contract management, taxation, service rules etc.

Gyandoot 2.0

Why in News

• On December 15, 2021, Rajasthan College Education Commissioner Shuchi Tyagi has announced the launch of Gyandoot 2.0, the second phase of the Gyandoot program, to enhance the subject knowledge, academic problem solving and creative use of their time among the students studying in colleges.

Key Points

• Under this, online classes at undergraduate and postgraduate level will be organized from the last week of December, in which faculty members working in government colleges will give lectures on a completely voluntary basis.
• Shuchi Tyagi informed that in this second phase of Gyandoot, online classes will be started in 14 subjects at present, the number of which can be increased according to the demand of the students.
• The process of selection of colleges for the subject wise teaching system has been completed. Each subject will be given 3 days a week and 30 minutes each day. The timing of these classes can be extended if the demand is high. In this, the timings of Arts, Science and Commerce faculties will be different.
• He said that as before, these classes would be free of cost for the students studying in all government, private colleges and universities. Special problem solving sessions of these classes will be organized every Sunday.
• For the operation of the program, a committee has been formed in coordination with the Innovation and Skill Development Cell at the commissionerate level, in which 12 more members have been added, naming Dr. Vinod Bhardwaj as coordinator and Dr. Lalita Yadav as co-coordinator.
• It is proposed to start these classes in the last week of December. These online live classes are only a supportive learning system in addition to regular teaching, which is not a replacement for regular classes.
• In the last session due to the Covid-19 epidemic, this program was started for the continuity of the students, in which classes were conducted for about one and a half months and teaching on important thematic points was done.
• In the first phase, 621 sessions were organized in 22 subjects by making 12 government colleges as centers, whose videos are available on Gyandoot channel of College Education Rajasthan, which has been seen by more than 4 lakh 36 thousand views so far. 48,000 students were registered in this program.