Rajasthan

On a balmy April night in 2016, Sushila Bishnoi, 18, stepped out of her in-laws’ house in a western Rajasthan village. It was well past midnight when she began a three-km trek to the nearest highway, where Sushila hoped to meet an activist she had called up earlier. Married off at the age of 12

In a sign of the changing times, a young woman has got her widowed mother married despite opposition from society and family. Geeta Agarwal’s husband Mukesh Gupta had died of cardiac arrest in May, 2016. The Jaipur school teacher went into depression, which worsened when her younger daughter Sanhita

In Rajasthan, under the government's CSR wing, sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators are being installed in girls schools. Three such systems have been installed in the Jaipur district. After receiving positive feed back from these 3 schools, the government has decided to install this in

Rajasthan government is making special efforts for the development of sports in the state. Special training camps, even by foreign coaches, are being arranged; cash awards in the name of Maharana Pratap and Guru Visishta are being given, new sports facilities have been created - besides this many

Rajasthan has taken a number of steps for ensuring the welfare and social and economic upliftment of the specially disabled persons. Efforts in the field of education, employment, medical and health services, social security, rehabilitation and redressal of their grievances have set new milestones

To attract girl child to schools rapid strides are being made in Rajasthan. In the Kasturba Gandhi Girls Schools an added attraction has been the setting of kitchen gardens which help in providing better health to the children. Seeing the success of this project in Bhilwara district it is being

A woman from Rajasthan with bipolar disorder and lost in Kerala, with her 18-month-old son in her arms, returned home on Thursday after nearly two years when she was cared for in a mental hospital that tracked down her home village and contacted police there. Rameela Devi (32) was seen wandering

Advanced farming machines make life easier in Mangalgarh area of Rajasthan. On one hand, this is saving money and time for the farmers and on the other hand, it increases production and earnings for them. राजस्थान में किसानों के लिए सेवाओं और सुविधाओं में बढ़ोतरी की दिशा में प्रदेश सरकार निरन्तर भरसक

Believe it or not, even pearls can be cultivated too. A farmer from Kishangarh-Renwal in Rajasthan has been doing just this for years and making good money. He is even giving training to others on this technique. The farmer says that by investing 15 to 50 thousand Rupees one can earn two to three

With the help of Rajasthan government's special schemes for farmers and taking a cue from Doordarshan's Krishi Channel, 52 year Narayanlal has come back from Kuwait to earn a good amount from his fields. Looking for better prospects Narayanlal from village Piplaud in tribal area of Banswada district

Farmers in dry areas of Rajasthan are taking advantage of the ''Mukhya Mantri Jal Swawalamban Abhiyan' and turning their farms to give them profits. After all water is the basic need and this problem has been solved taking advantage of this programme of the state government. मरु प्रदेश को पानी की

For the first time in history, Rajasthan has recorded more girls than boys in enrolments at higher education institutes. For the academic year 2016-17, the department has recorded a total enrolment of 4.67 lakh girls against 4.65 lakh boys at colleges, universities and diploma centres. "Girls