Rajasthan State PCS

• 26 Aug 2021

Payment Portal under Chief Minister Corona Sahayata Yojana

Why in News

• Recently the Social Justice and Empowerment Department of Rajasthan launched a centralized payment portal for quick and online payment of the assistance amount due under the Chief Minister's Corona Sahayata Yojana.

Key Points

• Till now, the orphan children, widows and their children marked by the corona epidemic were paid the due assistance directly by issuing offline approval at the level of the district collector.
  
  • Now the Chief Minister Corona Sahayata Portal has been developed by the department for quick approval and regular payment to such victim children and widows directly through their bank account.
• Now, by feeding all the beneficiaries paid offline by the department on the portal, the amount received from the Chief Minister's Assistance Fund will be paid in a lump sum and monthly dues through the online process.
• With this, all the beneficiaries will be able to get the amount regularly in their bank accounts every month. As soon as the amount is transferred to the account, SMS will also be sent by the portal to the concerned beneficiary's mobile number.
• It is worth mentioning that the Chief Minister Corona Sahayata Yojana has been implemented by the Social Justice and Empowerment Department to provide economic, social and educational support to orphan children, widows and their children due to the global corona epidemic.

Villages Declared as “Lacking” in Rajasthan

Why in News

• The Rajasthan state government has declared 85 villages in 11 districts as “Lacking” on the basis of regular Girdawari reports of hailstorms in the year 2020-21.

Key Points

• According to Disaster Management Assistance and Civil Defense Department, one village from Alwar district, two from Barmer, four from Bikaner, nine from Bharatpur, two from Chittorgarh, two from Churu, nineteen of Hanumangarh, twenty eight from Jhunjhunu, eight from Kota, six from Sawai Madhopur and villages from Tonk district have been declared as “Lacking”.
• It is noteworthy that on the basis of reports of hailstorms during Rabi crops (2020-21) received from Alwar, Barmer, Bikaner, Bharatpur, Chittorgarh, Churu, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Kota, Sawai Madhopur and Tonk, these 85 villages have been notified as “lacking” by the state government.
• This provision shall remain in force in such affected villages till 30^th September, 2021 from the date of publication of this notification.