Private docs take out massive rally

Vikas Sharma

Jaipur: Private doctors protesting against the Right to Health Bill took out a massive rally in Jaipur on Monday in a show of strength demanding its withdrawal. Thousands of doctors, their family members, and people associated with the medical profession including medical shop owners took part in the rally which started from resident docs hostel ground of SMS Hosp.

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The rally passed through Suchna Kendra Tiraha, Maharani College Tiraha, Ashok Marg and Paanch Batti on MI Road. Medical services in govt hosps were also affected as doctors across the state boycotted work for 2 hours in solidarity with protesting pvt docs. The Bill was passed by Assembly last week. Private doctors say that the Bill will increase bureaucratic interference in their functioning. P5

BJP’s newly appointed State President CP Joshi took charge on Monday and called upon workers to defeat the Congress party in next assembly polls in State. Also seen here during the occasion are Satish Poonia, Arun Singh, Om Mathur, Arun Chaturvedi, Rajendra Rathore, Vijaya Rahatkar, Pratap Singh Singhvi, Chandrashekhar, Vasudev Devnani, Dr Somya and others. P10 PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA

2,518 HELD IN SPL DRIVE ON DAY 2

Shivendra Parmar

Jaipur: Under a special campaign for 2nd consecutive day, Rajasthan Police on Monday arrested 2,518 miscreants. DGP Umesh Mishra said that in this campaign on Monday, 500 teams of about 3,750 police officers and jawans participated in the proceedings and raided ov er 2,860 places in the State. P4

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STARTUPS WILL BE ABLE TO GET WORKS UP TO `25 LAKH WITHOUT TENDER

CM Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal to amend the RTPP Rules 2013 to encourage startups in State

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Important decisions are being taken by the state government to promote startups. In the same order, now the state government has increased the limit of purchase without tender for startups from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 25 lakh.

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New Delhi: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Priyanka Gandhi during his visit to New Delhi on March 18. The meeting between the two took place for about an hour in which strategy was made for upcoming demonstrations by the party across the country. —Aditi Nagar this, startups of women, specially abled, transgender, scheduled castes and tribes will be able to get an additional work order. Till now startups used to get maximum 3 work orders only.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal to amend the Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement (RTPP) Rules 2013 to encourage startups.

In the Rajasthan Startup Policy, 2022, the number of work orders given to startups in a financial year has been increased to a maximum of 6. Apart from

It is noteworthy that in the budget of the year 2023-24, the Chief Minister had announced to increase the limit of procurement without tender from startups to Rs 25 lakh, in the implementation of which this approval has been given.