Rajasthan to hold agri fair at Udaipur from Nov 7-9

The Rajasthan government will organise the third Global Agritech Meet (GRAM) at Udaipur from November 7-9, a state minister said today.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore said that after success of GRAM in Jaipur and Kota, the state cabinet today decided to organise the fair at Udaipur in which nearly 30,000 farmers will take part.
The fair will be organised at the Agriculture University, Udaipur, he said.
The state cabinet also decided to launch the third phase of Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan (MJSA) from December 9, 2017.
The works undertaken in the third phase of the MJSA are targeted to complete by June 30, 2018, Rathore said adding that the cabinet also reviewed the works of second phase of the scheme.

He said that in the second phase, 60 lakh saplings were planted and over 96 per cent work undertaken during the phase has been completed.

The cabinet also gave a nod to Mini Secretariat in Sriganganagar district at a cost of Rs 173 crore to take district collector, court and other departments under one roof.
Briefing about the other decisions taken by the state cabinet, Rathore said six bills will be presented in the upcoming assembly session scheduled to start from October 23.
The minister said that 35 cases, in which land was allotted at concessional rate by the previous government in last six months of rules, were regularised.

A survey of houses built on government land apart from Siwaychak land in rural areas will be conducted to distribute land rights (Patta), he said.