Rajasthan Politics & Governance

Railways announces timetable for Surat–Udaipur Vande Bharat service

1 October 2026

North Western Railway announced the timetable for the Surat–Udaipur City Vande Bharat Express . An eight-coach inaugural special was scheduled to leave Surat at 10 a.m. on 2 October and reach Udaipur City at 5:40 p.m. Regular services were scheduled to begin on 3 October.

Key Facts

• Vande Bharat trainsets are a Make in India product designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.

MGSU announces four professional courses and online research process

1 October 2026

Maharaja Ganga Singh University (MGSU), Bikaner, announced four courses: MSc Data Science, Forensic Science, Psychology and a Certificate in Drone Technology. The university also said it was moving research procedures, from registration of new scholars to the award of degrees, online; advertisements for the four courses had been issued.

Key Facts

• NEP 2020 promotes interdisciplinary, multilingual learning while seeking to reduce students’ curriculum load.

Rajasthan High Court directs transfer policy for employees who have recently given birth

1 October 2026

The Rajasthan High Court directed the state government to frame an appropriate transfer policy for employees who have recently given birth, emphasising the need to consider the bond between mother and infant. In the petitioner’s case, the court stayed her transfer order for six weeks and directed the state to decide her representation within five weeks.

Rajasthan government hospitals begin winter OPD schedule

1 October 2026

Rajasthan’s government health facilities began their winter outpatient schedule on 1 October, with the arrangement set to continue through 31 March 2027. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and routine outpatient departments operate from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; on Sundays and public holidays, services run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

High Court directs steps to protect Jaipur’s heritage status

2 October 2026

A Rajasthan High Court division bench directed the state government to take concrete steps to protect Jaipur’s heritage character and World Heritage status. The court issued notices to the state and other parties in the suo motu matter and directed the registry to list it as a public-interest petition for hearing on 26 October.

Key Facts

• Jaipur was placed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Cities list in 2019.

₹21.16 crore approved for development of Ramdevra Dham

2 October 2026

The Union government approved ₹21.16 crore under the Swadesh Darshan scheme for development works at Ramdevra Dham in Jaisalmer district. Union Tourism and Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced the approval, which is intended to improve facilities for pilgrims and visitors and promote religious tourism.

Key Facts

• The approved works are intended to improve pilgrim facilities and promote religious tourism at Ramdevra Dham.

Rajasthan invites applications for 2026–27 ATMA farmer awards

2 October 2026

Rajasthan invited applications for the 2026–27 ATMA awards recognising farmers’ work in agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and dairy, organic farming, and agricultural innovation. Awards are offered at panchayat samiti, district and state levels, with prizes of ₹10,000, ₹25,000 and ₹50,000 respectively; applications were due by 30 October.

Farmers who had received an award under any scheme between 2009–10 and 2025–26 were ineligible to apply.

Key Facts

• Each panchayat samiti selects one farmer in each of five activities; two per activity are selected at district level.

Rajasthan Roadways starts direct Pokaran–Jhunjhunu bus service

2 October 2026

Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation began a direct bus service between Pokaran and Jhunjhunu, with stops at Ramdevra, Phalodi, Nokha, Fatehpur and Salasar. The reported schedule has the bus depart Pokaran at 8 am, reach Salasar at about 5:30 pm and arrive at Jhunjhunu depot at 8:15 pm.

Key Facts

• RSRTC is Rajasthan’s public bus-service corporation, providing ordinary, express and deluxe services.

Rajasthan approves ₹1,274.26 crore for four IGNP escape reservoirs

2 October 2026

Rajasthan approved ₹1,274.26 crore for four escape reservoirs under the Indira Gandhi Nahar Project, at RD 507, RD 750, RD 1121 and RD 1356. Their combined proposed storage capacity is 8,746 MCFt, supporting water storage within the irrigation system.

Canal rehabilitation and sprinkler-irrigation works in the project area were also reported as ongoing.

Key Facts

• The Indira Gandhi Nahar Project supports irrigation and drinking-water availability in low-rainfall western Rajasthan.

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