Central Audit Body Pulls Up State Govt & Departments For Huge Losses Incurred

Jaipur: Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Limited (RSMML), a public sector undertaking of the state government, has incurred a loss of Rs 1.10 crore for non-compliance of legal requirements which led to unproductive expenditure towards land tax and dead rent. It also incurred loss of Rs. 1.92 core for keeping 12 areas without any plan to undertake mining having paid premium charges on it.

JAIPUR: After finding presence of excessive fluoride, nitrate and salinity in drinking water to have caused health problems in Nagaur, the government has decided to use water from the Indira Gandhi canal for supply to the district with the help of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) funds.

Union minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has recommended to the department of economic affairs (DEA) a proposal for the Nagaur Lift Water Supply phase II for external finance assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Jaipur: The peacocks in the state may soon be on the verge of extinction. Almost 10 peacocks are being poached every day in some part of the state. Even on Tuesday, over 12 peacocks were found dead while two others injured in a village near Pushkar.

The animal rights activists have raised a serious concern over dwindling population of the national bird in the state.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will shortly provide financial assistance worth Rs.1,774 crore for the second phase of a lift canal project in Nagaur district of Rajasthan to provide drinking water to 978 villages and seven towns. The water will be brought from the Indira Gandhi Canal Project.

JAIPUR: The death of two infants in Nagaur district due to contaminated measles vaccine has shaken the medical and health department as they have decided to issue fresh guidelines for the vaccination programme in the state.

JAIPUR: The state cabinet on Wednesday took a number of decisons.

Alwar/Jaipur: The death of four labourers in an illegal mine in the Aravalli ranges in Alwar has exposed the inability of the state government to act against wanton excavations despite Supreme Court

A new cement project worth `1,500 crores is set to come up which is likely to pave way for generating 3,000 more jobs in the state.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Tuesday in Jaipur.
The Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Limited (RIICO) and Ambuja Cement Limited (ACL) on Tuesday signed a MoU for setting up a `1,500-crore cement project which wi