Barmer Refinery Project to be completed by Jan 2024:Puri

Petrol ` 16 & Diesel

` 8 costlier in Raj as compared to Haryana, he says

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Assam (ANI): Gulab

Chand Kataria will take oath as the Governor of Assam today. Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and leader of the opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly, Kataria will now assume the role of Governor.

While speaking to media he said, "I will fulfil constitutional responsibility given to me by PM Modi and our party in such a way I will live up to the expectations of high command & PM," adding, "Even before this, whatever responsibility was given to me by BJP, I have fulfilled it very well. Kataria has held various positions in his political career.

State Leaders To Attend Oath Taking Event

Jaipur: BJP has accepted resignation of newly appointed Assam Guv GC Kataria from party membership. Kataria had written a letter to party’s state president Satish Poonia on Feb 16. Poonia informed that resignation has been accepted. He also wished Kataria success. Kataria will take oath as Assam Guv today. State President Satish Poonia, Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore, MLA Pratap Singh Singhvi, Bihari Lal Bishnoi will attend the oath taking ceremony.

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Barmer: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, who was on a day-long visit to district to take stock of Barmer refinery project, claimed that the project will be completed by January 2024. Puri said that it was planned to be complete by the end of December 2022 but it got delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic. After inspecting the project progress, the Minister was interacting with mediapersons at the refinery complex at Pachpadra in Barmer. During the press conference Petroleum Minister also criticised the former UPA government, alleging that the project was first planned in 2005. But nothing happened

Union Government had decided that if the State government wasn’t ready to bear the additional cost, they were quite happy to bear the additional financial burden but in that situation equity of Rajasthan government in the refinery project would be decreased by 10 percent.

—Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Petroleum Minister till 2013, Puri claimed, adding that government in 2014 had taken the decision on project. He further informed that HRRL refinery complex will process 9 MMTPA of crude & produce more than 2.4 million tons of petro-

Bundi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday, gave Lakheri the biggest gift ever in the sports sector. He along with MLA Chandrakanta Meghwal laid the foundation stone of the 'Indoor Sports Complex' to be built under the 'Khelo India Scheme' at a cost of Rs 4.5 crore. Birla told the gathering that he wanted to provide all those sports facilities in rural areas so that the youth could go abroad & hoist tricolour.

Birla laid the foundation stone of sports complex by offering prayers in a grand programme organised at Sports Stadium in Lakheri. He said that youth of Lakheri also wanted to bring laurels to nation, but they never got the resources that would help them move forward. “Seeing the enthusiasm on their faces today, I believe that youth will bring laurels

Om Birla during the foundation laying ceremony of the Indoor Sports Complex being built under 'Khelo India Scheme' at Lakheri town in Bundi district on Tuesday. Also seen here is Chandrakanta Meghwal and others.

PM MODI PRAISES OM BIRLA'S INITIATIVE, 'SUPOSHIT MAA ABHIYAN'

A drive initiated by Om Birla, re tweeted by PM Modi saying, ‘Along with healthy mother and child lies the prosperity of the entire family.’ Birla has started this campaign for the pregnant women of deprived class. Nutrition kits are distributed to pregnant women under the campaign and reach their homes for 9 consecutive months. 1,000 women were identified in the 1st phase. 90% of these women gave birth to healthy babies. In view of its success, nutrition kits are being given to 3,000 women in 2nd phase. Birla started the drive in Ramganjmandi area on Monday.

to Hadoti & Raj,” he said, adding that in first phase an indoor sports complex is being built e, where players will be able to practice in all weather conditions. Birla called upon the parents to send children to playground.

Raje meets leaders in Jodh, takes feedback

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Arora instructed officers to prepare data of unsold houses in various schemes and to put these houses up for sale at a discounted rate

Jaipur: While chairing a review meet of remaining and surplus houses, after completion of schemes, RHB

Commissioner Pawan Arora said that the consumers must deposit the outstanding lease amount of the institutional and commercial assets built by the board across the state by March 5. ”There are thousands of such institutional and commer- cial assets created by RHB across the state, which have been taken over by the consumers but the outstanding lease amount hasn’t yet chemicals which will reduce import bill on account of petrochemicals.

“Project will bring self-reliance to India in terms of import substitution of petrochemicals. Post commission, it shall reduce import bill by Rs 26,000 crore.”

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Jaipur: Young IAS Subham Chaudhary is on APO for the past 58 days. After returning from maternity leave, the official had given joining while being APO, but why isn't the official given any posting and has been forced to stay at home, only DoP can answer these questions.

A 2014 batch IAS officer, Chaudhary was given her first posting in November 2016 as SDO, after she completed her initial training in Mussoorie and Government of India. Since then, in a small service period of five years, she has been transferred seven times. Before going on leave, she served as Dungarpur Collector for four months and as Labour Commissioner for three months. Similarly, she was transferred from the post of Joint Secretary, Industries, within ten months of being given the chair.

It is possible that considering her service record, DoP is still mulling as to what responsibility she should be given and perhaps that is why, she still is on APO. A native of Delhi, Shubham is an IAS topper and scored the 11 th rank in 2014.

Meanwhile, another young IAS officer, Avdhesh Meena of 2017 batch - is also on APO for the past four months. He was suddenly put on APO from the post of Commissioner, Jodhpur Development Authority. He could serve on the post for merely five months and courted controversy. Now, it remains to be seen till when does DoP keep Avdhesh on APO.

Jodhpur: Former CM Vasundhara Raje, during her stay in Pali and Jodhpur, not only took necessary feedback from senior leaders and party workers, but also strengthened the party for the Assembly polls to be held this year. Along with this, she called for bringing the BJP govt in Rajasthan. She expressed concern about the deteriorating law & order situation in Jodhpur and the entire state.

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Isn’t the incessant murders one after the other in Chief Minister’s home turf, an evidence of criminals being fearless of the govt? Mr Chief Minister if this is the condition of your area, what would be happening in the other parts of Rajasthan? Do something! #Rajasthan been paid in full. In such a situation, Board is constantly losing revenue,” Arora said and directed to open cash collection counters at all headquarters from February 25 to March 31 to deposit lease amount. Officers should ensure that all remaining houses are included in the e-bid submission & eauction to be held on Wednesday so that the public can easily select and purchase the houses,” he said.

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Kota: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal, on Tuesday, went door-todoor in wards of Kota to inform people about Cong’s ‘Haath se Haath Jodo’ campaign. A march was taken out in Ward No 32 of Kota North Corporation, where Dhariwal told people about the government’s welfare schemes, took feedback of development works, listened to people’s problems and gave instructions for redressal. He said, “Such events bring solidarity in the society, but the BJP government has never allotted plots to any society.

Only one society got the plot in the previous BJP government and that too with the intervention of the CM of MP.”