Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Bhaloji.

• Under PM Kusum Component-A scheme run by Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation, the country's first solar power plant has started power generation in Bhaloji village of Kotputli tehsil of Jaipur district on 1st April 2021.

Key Points

• Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd (RRECL) commissioned the country’s first farm-based solar power project under the Kusum scheme in Kotputli having a 1-megawatt capacity spread over on 3.5-acre semi-barren land.
  • It is also the first of 623 farm-based solar projects selected by RRECL for generating 722 MW capacity in the state under the first phase of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan (Kusum) scheme. 

Additional Information

• Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan:
  • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) Scheme for farmers for installation of solar pumps and grid-connected solar and other renewable power plants in the country.
  • PM-KISAN consists of three components and aims to add a solar capacity of 30.8 GW by 2022:
    • Component-A: 10,000 MW of decentralized ground-mounted grid-connected renewable power plants.
    • Component-B: Installation of two million standalone solar-powered agriculture pumps.
    • Component-C: Solarisation of 1.5 million grid-connected solar-powered agriculture pumps. 

The correct answer is Pali.

Key Points

• Statue of Peace’ to mark 151st birth anniversary of Jainacharya Vijay Vallabh.
• The statue is being installed at Vijay Vallabh Sadhana Kendra, Jaitpur, in Pali, Rajasthan.

Important Points

• PM unveils a statue of a Jain saint in Jaitpur.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of Acharya Vijay Vallabh Maharaj through video conferencing.
• To mark the 151st birth anniversary of the Jain saint.
• The 151-inch tall statue has been made from Ashtadhatu- 8 metals, with Copper being the major constituent.
• The grand ashtadhatu statue of the saint christened as the ‘Statue of Peace’ has been installed at Vijay Vallabh Sadhna Kendra in the Pali district’s Jaitpur.

Additional Information

• Acharya Vijay Vallabh:
  • He is known as the founder of all the Atmanand Jain Sabha across north India.
  • He founded many Teaching Institutions, in the name of Acharya Vijyanand Suri.
  • He Started the Atam Samvat.
  • He wrote thousands of Stavans, Sajhhayas, Poojas, etc.
  • He also founded many Jain Temples. 

The correct answer is the MyBookLo app.

Key Points

The MyBookLo app -

• On August 28, 2021, Rajasthan's Minister of State for Higher Education launched the MyBookLo app, a digital library in Jaipur, to make study material easily available to college students.
• Through this app, students will be able to prepare for competitive exams along with getting study material for their course.
• Under this, different categories of coaching will be given to the students.
• This innovation done by the College Education Department will prove to be helpful in giving a new direction to the higher education system of Rajasthan in the coming times.
• An MoU has been signed between the Commissionerate College of Education and MyBookLo Company to provide curriculum wise digital study material to the undergraduate and postgraduate level students studying in the college. Hence option 3 is correct.
• This app will be a digital library for college students.
• Through which they can get video and PDF notes.

The correct answer is 22 February 2021.

• Under the vaccination program in Rajasthan, the first phase of Intensified Mission Indradhanush-3 started from 22 February 2021.

Key Points

• First phase of intensive mission Indradhanush-3:
  • Medical and Health Minister Dr. Raghu Sharma launched this special campaign of vaccination from Bhilwara district.
  • According to the instructions of the Union Health Ministry, this campaign will be conducted for 15 days in two phases and the related vaccines will be given free of cost to the children and pregnant women who are deprived of regular vaccination.
    • In the first phase, 24 districts of the state have been included. A total of 3,963 vaccination sessions will be conducted in these.
    • A target has been set to immunize 23,980 children from birth to 2 years of age and 6,268 pregnant women through the relevant vaccines.

The correct answer is Dungarpur.

• Dungarpur district of Rajasthan has become a garbage-free city of the state.

Key Points 

• Dungarpur became the first and only garbage-free city of Rajasthan.
  • The city was selected among the top cities of Rajasthan in the category of garbage-free under the Swachh Survekshan 2021.
  • The Dungarpur Municipal Council also received two awards from President Ram Nath Kovind on 20 November 2021 for emerging as the cleanest and garbage-free Municipal Council in the state.

Additional Information

• Swachh Survekshan 2021:
  • It is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation done in the cities and towns in India.
  • It was launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
  • Its aim is to make India clean and free of open defecation.
  • The first survey was done in 2016 and covered 73 cities.
  • By 2020, it surveyed around 4242 cities and was also said to be the largest cleanliness survey in the world.
  • In Swachh Survekshan 2021, 4,320 cities participated.
  • Its nodal ministry is the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).