Rajasthan

• 22 Dec 2022

'Shilpgram Utsav', A Unique Festival of Folk Culture

Why In News?

• On December 21, 2022, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra inaugurated 'Shilpgram Utsav', a unique festival of folk culture in Udaipur, popularly known as the city of lakes of the state.

Key Points

• At the beginning of the program, the Governor inaugurated the exhibition of documented paintings by the West Zone Cultural Center in Sangam Auditorium by photographing the paintings contained in the clothes of Sant Mavji Maharaj of Beneshwar Dham.
• The Governor said that this craft village of Udaipur is famous all over the country. Here the rural and indigenous culture of Rajasthan, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra can be experienced simultaneously. The culture, lifestyle and traditions of different ethnic communities of all these states are depicted in the huts here.
• 400 craftsmen and 700 folk artists are participating in the Shilpgram Utsav. In Shilpgram, the paintings contained in the chops of Sant Mavji Maharaj of Beneshwar Dham have been photographed and documented, which is the heritage of the country.
• Governor Kalraj Mishra congratulated Jaipur-based tamasha artist and theatre personality Dilip Kumar Bhatt and Ahmedabad-based culture workers and tribal artists who have done remarkable work in the upliftment of tribal art. Bhagwan Das Patel to receive Padma Bhushan Komal Kothari Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award was presented.
• On the inaugural day of The Shilpgram Festival, 225 artists from 9 states exhibited their art as part of the 'Samagam' organized at the main stage. The programe started with a prolog in which the light of the festival was spread with lamps. After this, the program started with Shree khol dance of West Bengal. This was followed by Jammu and Kashmir Roff, Assam's Bodai Shikhala, Orissa's Gotipua, Maharashtra's Lavani, Goa's Samai, Jharkhand's Chhau Gujarat's Dang and Punjab's Bhangra.

Chief Minister's Rehabilitation Home Scheme

Why In News?

• On December 21, 2022, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot approved a financial provision of Rs 28.23 crore for the 'Mukhyamantri Rehabilitation Home Scheme' for proper housing of homeless, old age, working women and helpless/ destitute persons of the state.

Key Points

• According to the proposal, the homes will be operated in available government buildings and rented buildings in case of non-availability of government buildings till the departmental building is constructed for the homeless, elderly, working women and helpless/ destitute persons of the state.
• With this approval of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, a large number of construction work of Chief Minister's rehabilitation homes will be done as well as clothes, beds and food items will be purchased for residential buildings. This amount will also be used in rent, tax rate, royalties and grants for assistance.
• It may be mentioned that the Chief Minister had announced to set up 45 Chief Minister Rehabilitation Homes of 75 residential capacity each in the budget for the year 2022-23 . This financial approval has been given in the order of this announcement.

Rajiv Gandhi Urban Olympic Games-2023 Registration Portal

Why In News?

• On December 21, 2022, Ashok Chandna, Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs of Rajasthan, launched the registration portal of Rajiv Gandhi Urban Olympic Games-2023 at the Government Secretariat in Jaipur. With this, registrations for the urban Olympic Games scheduled from January 26 next year have started.

Key Points

• Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State Ashok Chandna said that Rajasthan is the first state to provide government jobs to national players along with a unique event like rural Olympic Games, which is being discussed all over the country. Rajasthan is continuously emerging as a 'Trend Setter' for other states in the sports sector.
• He informed that after the unprecedented success of Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games, these games are also being started in cities. He said that 30 lakh athletes participated in the Rural Olympic Games, which is a world record.
• He said that as per the announcement of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajiv Gandhi Urban Olympic Games-2023 are proposed to be held in the month of January.
• The games will be held in all the 240 urban bodies of the state, including 10 municipal corporations, 36 municipal councils and 194 municipalities. For this, a total of 628 clusters have been created, locally.
• A cluster has been formed in the Municipal Corporation and Municipal Council for every 20-25 thousand population on the basis of the 2011 census. However, due to the high population in the Municipal Corporation Jaipur Greater and Jaipur Heritage, a cluster has been created per 30-35 thousand population. At the same time, each municipality has been treated as a unit and a cluster.
• The Minister of State for Sports informed that 7 types of sports will be organized under urban Olympics. These include Kabaddi (Boys and Girls Category), Tennis Ball Cricket (Boys and Girls Category), Kho-Kho (Girls Category), Volleyball (Boys and Girls Category), Athletics (100 m, 200 m and 400 m). The competition will be held in football (boys and girls category) and basketball (boys and girls category). Competitions will be organized at the municipal, district and state levels.
• Sports and Youth Affairs Department Secretary Naresh Kumar Thakral said that players of all age groups can participate in these games. The registration of players can be done through the online portal rajolympic.rajasthan.gov.in till January 21. Registration can be done in individual or group categories.
• These games will be organized in coordination with the Sports Department, Autonomous Government Department, Education Department, Higher Education Department and Local Administration.
• The Secretary said that the division of clusters in each municipal corporation will be zone-wise, whose controlling officer will be the Deputy Commissioner-Zone and all urban bodies will choose the civic-wise venue for organizing the games.

High-level Committee Constituted to Review Implementation and Progress of Police Modernization Scheme

Why in discussion

• According to the information given by the Information and Public Relations Department on December 21, 2022, the Rajasthan government has issued an order constituting a high-level committee under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary / Principal Government Secretary, Home to review the implementation and progress of the Police Modernization Scheme in the state.

Key Points

• The committee will have four members and a convenor, including Additional Chief Secretary/ Principal Government Secretary-Finance, Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Government Secretary-Planning, Director General Police, Additional Director General Police, State Crime Records Bureau Member and Joint Government Secretary-Home (Police). Will remain convenor.
• This committee will be permanent and the administrative department of the committee will be the Home Department.