Rajasthan

• 22 Aug 2022

State's First Motor Market Inaugurated

Why In News?

• On August 21, 2022, Rajasthan's Autonomous Government Minister Shanti Dhariwal inaugurated the state's first well-organized motor market in Kota and gave a big gift to motor businessmen.

Key Points

• Apart from providing facilities to the citizens doing motor business in different places in the city, this motor market will also get rid of the problem of traffic jam in the city.
• The Autonomous Government Minister said that this is the first well-organized motor market of the state, in which the citizens doing motor business will get all the facilities at one place. Here those who buy old vehicles at one place will also get many options.
• He said that all the facilities have been constructed here by the Urban Development, the ownership of the shop has been provided by taking only the cost of shop construction from the businessmen doing motor business.
• The Minister said that Devnarayan Integrated Housing Scheme has been made for the convenience of cattle rearers in the city, in which all facilities have been included for cattle rearers. This has relieved the cattle rearers from the problems faced in daily life, while also getting rid of unauthorized cattle enclosures in the city.
• The state's first motor market, prepared by the City Development Trust, has been developed near Shivaji Park on DCM Road. At present, 247 shops are manufactured and 9 shops will be constructed. In this, construction of CC road for businessmen, modern toilets, road lights, electrification of all shops have been done. About 15 bighas of area is reserved for this.

Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra Samvad App and Incubation Center in Kota, Bikaner and Churu

Why In News?

• On August 20, 2022, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated world class incubation centres in Kota, Bikaner and Churu at the closing ceremony of Rajasthan Digifest held at Birla Auditorium.

Key Points

• After Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur, centres have been set up in these three districts to provide better facilities to startups. These centers will also get guidance from experts in the IT sector.
• On this occasion, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also gave away prizes to the e-governance award winners of the last three years. He also distributed an incentive of Rs 41.15 lakh to 74 students under school startup program and rural iStart program.
• He also launched three websites 'WebMyway', 'Sotto' and 'Rajsambal' and Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra Samvad App, which proved useful to the common man.
• The Chief Minister said that during the Corona period, Rajasthan was at the forefront of corona management in the entire country due to the use of information technology. During this time more than 500 video conferences were held, in which members up to the gram panchayat level joined.
• IT also played an important role in the management of medicines and medical equipment, the survey of the working class who lost employment during the lockdown, the hawkers. During this period, the financial assistance amount was sent through DBT to the accounts of about 35 lakh people.
• Chief Minister Shri Gehlot said that under the Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 200 talented students are being sent for higher education in reputed educational institutions of the country and abroad at government expense.

Rajiv Gandhi Center of Advanced Technology

Why In News?

• On August 20, 2022, former Prime Minister Late. On the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the 'Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Advanced Technology' (R-CAT) in Jaipur.

Key Points

• On this occasion, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that this will provide an opportunity to the youth of the state to learn advanced and emerging technologies in areas like Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Robotics, Machine Learning, Data Analytics.
• The youth will be trained by experts from big companies in these fields. World class IT In the finishing school, youth will get training in advanced technology. Tech graduates will get up to 6 months training in IT technology. This will provide excellent employment opportunities to the youth and they will be able to play an important role in the development of the state.
• The Chief Minister said that to strengthen the IT sector in Rajasthan, the construction of fintech university is going to start in Jodhpur at a cost of Rs 650 crore. Apart from this, institutes of IT education will soon be set up at divisional headquarters in the name of Rajiv Gandhi.
• In order to ensure availability of quality technical manpower as per the demand of the government and industry in the state, R-CAT has been awarded to the Department of Information Technology and Communication under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958 in 2022 to conduct certificate courses on a partnership basis with leading it sector institutions by adopting a world-class certification program. established under the patronage of the Government of Rajasthan.
• Now this institute will be trained by partner institutes on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML), Blockchain, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/PR), Big Data Analytics, Robotics and Tum Computing etc. and successful candidates will also be given world-class certificates.
• R-CAT will act as a finishing school for the development of youth and working professionals, technical and soft skills to tailor them to industry-driven demand and support start-ups for industry update support, use of already established laboratories etc.
• Advanced and emerging IT-based technologies of one week to six months duration for professional graduates like BE, BTech, BCA, MCA MBA and MSc (IT) in collaboration with global tech giants like Oracle VMware SAS RedHat Sisco and Cadotafina, such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML) Blockchain, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (Azar/Azar) Training programmes on VR, Big Data Analytics Robotics and Quantum Computing etc. will be conducted.

Rajasthan Digifest-2022

Why In News?

• Rajasthan Digifest-2022 was organized by the state government on August 19-20, 2022 to promote youth in the field of technology and entrepreneurship. In this two-day Digifest-2022, the youth participated actively with their startups.

Key Points

• The multi-faceted event saw young startups, investors, corporates, and academicians coming together on one platform.
• In the two-day Digifest, 45 accredited iStart startups representing various universities and ATLs from across the state showcased their startup products and services. All these startups got the facility of their interaction in front of government officials for direct purchase of products and services.
• In the startup market, 30 startups from product-based urban and rural areas are being given the opportunity to showcase and sell their products.
• Digifest invited various industry, bodies and supporters of the startup ecosystem to participate in the discussion, which was attended by various stakeholders from the startup and youth ecosystem.
• Speakers invited from across the country at these conferences not only gave direct feedback to the government but also built relationships for startups and other key stakeholders in the ecosystem.
• More than 3000 students from more than 50 schools of Rajasthan participated in B-Quiz, Ad-MAD competition in Digifest. The objective of the event was to make young students of Rajasthan aware of the ecosystem.
• On this occasion, 51 students of division and district level were awarded under School Innovation Challenge under School Startup Program and 23 students under Rural iStart Program.
• It is worth mentioning that under the Rajasthan Startup Policy, 2015, funding has been evaluated and approved by the Evaluation Committee and The State Level Implementation Committee to 67 startups with a funding value of about Rs 441 crore.