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Free travel for women in Rajasthan Roadways buses on Int'l Women's Day

Women and girls will travel on Rajasthan Roadways buses for free on International Women's Day on March 8. The facility will be available on all Rajasthan Roadways buses, including ordinary and fast. About 8.50 lakh women and girls are estimated to travel by Rajasthan Roadways buses on International Women's Day. The state government has estimated a financial burden of around Rs 7.50 crore, according to an official statement. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal. Gehlot has also approved a proposal to hike the concession for women on fares of ordinary Rajasthan Roadways buses to 50 per cent. The discount on ordinary buses at present is 30 per cent. The increased exemption will be implemented from April 1. This move will put an additional annual financial burden of about Rs 3.50 crore on the state government. Gehlot had announced the increased concession in the state budget for 2023-24.

Raj CM approves Rs 147 cr to set up IT development and e-governance centre

Rajasthan CM has approved Rs 147.55 crore to establish 'Rajiv Gandhi Centre for IT Development and E-Governance' in Jaipur to promote cyber security and data security, according to a statement today

Gehlot alleges Union min's involvement in Sanjivani Credit Society scam

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday accused Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat of being involved in the alleged Sanjivani Credit Cooperative Society scam, saying police investigation has proven his involvement. His comments come a day after Shekhawat accused Gehlot of indulging in his character assassination due to frustration as he had defeated the Congress leader's son in the last Lok Sabha election. Gehlot said that Shekhawat is trying to mislead the public in the case even though the Special Operations Group (SOG) has showed his involvement in the matter, just like other arrested accused. "He himself knows this very well. They know that Sanjivani Credit Cooperative Society has looted the lifetime deposits of more than one lakh victims, amounting to more than Rs 900 crore. "In this case, the rights to attach the property are with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and not with the SOG," Gehlot said in a tweet. Gehlot said the SOG has urged the ED five times in t

Govt committed to overall development of tribal regions, says CM Gehlot

The Rajasthan government is committed to the overall development of tribal regions and the state Budget includes "many important gifts" for the area's overall development, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday. The chief minister was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Government Community Health Centre at Dhariyavad assembly segment in Pratapgarh district where he inaugurated projects worth Rs 11.74 crore. He also laid the foundation stone of 10 projects worth Rs 59.68 crore. "The state government has not kept any shortfall in the Budget for the welfare of the tribals. "The state government has given a major share in the Budget to the Mewar region under the irrigation sector as there is a strong potential for irrigation projects here," Gehlot was quoted as saying in a statement. Gehlot presented the 2023-24 Budget at the Legislative Assembly on February 10. During his address, Gehlot announced that the state government would also open medical colleges in ..

CM Gehlot announces 100,000 jobs across Rajasthan current financial year

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced one lakh recruitment in the coming financial year as he called the state budget "excellent." Gehlot made the announcement while replying to a debate on the budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the state assembly. "While presenting the budget on February 10, I had announced to ensure recruitment on the vacant posts in the coming financial year in addition to the appointments which are under process," he said. "In this sequence, now I announce one lakh more recruitment in the coming (financial) year," the CM added.

Gehlot govt misleading people by promising what can't be fulfilled: BJP

As Rajasthan Assembly polls are due this year, Gehlot presented a populist budget, the last budget of the Congress-led government, with a focus on youth, the unemployed and women

Special Task Force to be formed to check paper leaks in Rajasthan: Gehlot

Gehlot said, "Paper leaks were reported from other states as well. This is a very serious issue and the state government is very serious about it"

Rajasthan Budget: Free electricity to farmers using less than 2,000 units

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday announced free electricity to more than 11 lakh farmers who consume less than 2,000 units per month. Providing uninterrupted power supply for farming is a priority for the state government, the chief minister said in his Budget speech for 2023-24. Farmers consuming up to 2,000 units per month will get free electricity from the 2023-24 financial year, Gehlot said. He also announced the enactment of the Rajasthan Farmers Debt Relief Act in order to protect the land of small and marginal farmers from being auctioned off.

Rajasthan Budget: CM announces inflation relief package of Rs 19,000 crore

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced an inflation relief package of Rs 19,000 crore in the state's Budget for 2023-24 to provide relief to the masses from rising prices. The package includes free food packets every month to poor families, LPG cylinders for Rs 500 under the Ujjwala Scheme and free electricity up to 100 units per month to domestic consumers. Gehlot, who also holds the finance portfolio, announced to increase the coverage amount from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh annually per family in his ambitious Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana. "I announce to give free Chief Minister Annapurna food packets every month along with free ration to about one crore families coming under the purview of the National Food Security Act," he said. "One kilogram pulses, sugar, salt and one litre edible oil will be made available in this packet. About Rs 3,000 crore will be spent on this," he added. The Congress leader further said, "About 76 lakh families included in the BPL and the .

Will BJP order CBI probe into paper leak incidents in MP: Ashok Gehlot

Amid the opposition BJP's demand of a CBI inquiry into incidents of paper leak in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday asked if the saffron party was ready to order a probe into similar incidents in its party-ruled Madhya Pradesh. He said the recruitment of contractual staff nurses of the National Health Mission in Madhya Pradesh was cancelled due to paper leak. He said such incidents in Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir and other states in the past few days are a matter of serious concern. There is a need to find a solution to the countrywide problem of paper leaks. Will the BJP get a CBI inquiry into the paper leak in Madhya Pradesh? he tweeted. The opposition BJP in Rajasthan has been targeting the Gehlot government in the state over the incidents of paper leak, and has demanded a CBI inquiry. In December last, second grade teachers recruitment paper was leaked following which it was cancelled. Papers of various competitive exams had also leaked in the state.

Gehlot says Khattar's remarks on Rajasthan's OPS 'factually incorrect'

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said his Haryana counterpart's reported remarks on his government having withdrawn the old pension scheme was "factually incorrect". In a statement in Hindi posted on Twitter, Gehlot said the old pension scheme (OPS) was implemented in Rajasthan from April 1, 2022 and 621 employees who retired after coming into service after 2004 have been given its benefit. In future, all employees will be given the benefit of the old pension scheme, he said. In the statement addressed to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, he said, "It is learnt through the media that you made a statement on the old pension scheme for government employees, saying that Rajasthan has withdrawn the announcement on OPS. I want to tell you that someone gave you wrong information due to which you made a statement that is factually incorrect." "For your information, I would like to tell you that a similar false statement was made by former chief minister of Himachal

Congress' 2018 return in Rajasthan because of my previous work: Gehlot

In an apparent rebuttal to his former deputy, Sachin Pilot, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the Congress returned to power in 2018 because of the work done by him in his previous dispensation. As he said this, he set the target of winning 156 seats in the assembly election due later this year. Pilot, who has been locked in a power tussle with Gehlot for long, had recently said the return of Congress to power was due to the struggle of the party leaders and workers from 2013 to 2018, when he was the PCC chief. In one of the public programmes, Pilot also spoke about the need for the older lot to make way for the younger generation of leaders. Pilot has repeatedly said that the number of Congress MLAs, which had been reduced to 21 in 2013, was shot up only after the party high command made him the Pradesh Congress Committee chief in the state. Gehlot, without naming Pilot, said the 2013 rout was largely because of the 'Modi wave' but within six months of the BJ

Rajasthan Guv Kalraj Mishra unfurls national flag at R-Day event in Jaipur

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra unfurled the national flag at the state-level Republic Day function in Jaipur on Thursday. He paid homage to martyrs at the Amar Jawan Jyoti before reaching the Sawai Man Singh Stadium where the function was held. At the stadium, the governor was received by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma, Director General of Police Umesh Mishra and other officers. Mishra unfurled the tricolour and after the national anthem, he inspected the parade. After this, various cultural performances by folk artistes and others were held. Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi and other dignitaries were present in the function.

Rajasthan govt signs agreements for investment worth Rs 1.36 trillion

The Rajasthan government on Monday signed agreements for investment worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore in the state. The investment was committed under Invest Rajasthan, which was held in October last year. Agreements of 26 projects related to industires, energy, tourism and other sectors were signed at the chief minister's residence. Nearly 17,000 people will get employment from these projects being set up in different districts of the state, according to a statement. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said on the occasion that the policies of the state government have facilitated the process of setting up industries in the state. "The condition of law and order, road infrastructure, electricity etc is quite good in the state. Due to the public welfare policies of the state government, there is no situation of labour unrest in the state," the statement quoted the chief minister having said. Gehlot said that agreements worth about Rs 11 lakh crore were signed in the Invest Rajasthan Summit, out of

Speak thoughtfully about colleagues, Tharoor's advice to Ashok Gehlot

Veteran Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday advised Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to speak thoughtfully about his colleagues

Raj: CM grants Rs 90 cr to expand facilities at Health Sciences University

The state government has approved more than Rs 90 crore to expand facilities at Rajasthan University of Health Sciences and the College of Dental Sciences

Rajasthan CM Gehlot likens Pilot to coronavirus, video goes viral

Amid the power tussle between Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan, a video has surfaced online in which CM is purportedly saying that a "big corona" entered party after pandemic

Rajasthan govt firm on decision to revive Old Pension Scheme: CM Gehlot

He said the employees are an integral part of the state government and play an important role in taking the benefits of public welfare schemes run by the government to the last mile

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to present state budget for FY24 on February 8

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot will present the state's budget for the financial year 2023-24 on February 8

Rajasthan govt working to uplift every section of society, says CM Gehlot

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the Rajasthan government was working on a priority to uplift every section of society through transparent, accountable and sensitive good governance