JAIPUR: The state will become self-sufficient in power by 2013, said minister for energy and higher education Jitendra Singh. He was speaking at the inaugural of two-day state-level conference on Power and Energy Systems-2011 at Rajasthan Technical University on Saturday.
JAIPUR: The World Bank and the Union government will help the state government to set up the international-level training centre for forest staff and tiger conservationists in Jaipur district.
A meeting in this regard was held on Tuesday, attended by the officials of World Bank, state government and wildlife experts.
According to forest minister Ramlal Jat, "The centre would be conducting re
JAIPUR: After making it to the hall of shame with one of the lowest child sex ratio in the country, the Census data for the district and sub-districts is likely to be disclosed on Monday.
These figures while presenting a nuanced picture of the state will also help in identifying the problem regions.
According to Census 2011, in Rajasthan, the population of children between 0 to 6 years stand
JAIPUR: The groundwater level has depleted continuously over the past few years in the city. If the exploitation continues, experts say, in the next four years there will no water available for daily chores in many areas of the city.
According to the data available with state groundwater department, 13 panchayats under Jaipur district are overexploited where the groundwater table is alarming.
JAIPUR: The population of Rajasthan has grown by 21.44% in the last decade and currently stands at 68,621,012. The number of males in the state stands at 35,620,086 while that of females is 33,000,926.
JAIPUR: The co-operative department will open 58 more Jan Aushadi Vikri Kendra in the state. Principal secretary, co-operatives Tapesh Pawar said the government's priority is to provide low cost and effective medicines to the public.
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday directed the principal secretary, public
health and irrigation department, to appear in person on March 26 and explain to the court as to why the state government had failed to form any policy to check excess exploitation of ground water table.
The court issued the directive on a PIL filed by one Jago Janta So-ciety which alleged that the state gove
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has received Rs.200 crore for providing civic amenities in the slum colonies in 55 urban areas of the State under the Integrated Housing for Slum Development Programme and spent Rs.125 crore of the amount on various construction and development works.
The Jaipur Metro in its first phase will come up with four coaches on its 9.5 km route.
In this phase, the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) will procure 10 trains. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief project manager Lalit Meghnani said on Tuesday,
