Rajasthan: 22 IAS officers transferred

Jaipur: Altogether 22 Indian Administrative Service and 11 Rajasthan Administrative Service officers have been transferred by the Rajasthan Government, here.

In two separate announcements issued on Thursday night, the state government ordered transfer of 19 district collectors and district magistrates, including Jaipur district collector Naveen Mahajan.


District collectors Hemant Kumar Gera (Udaipur), Prithvi (Bikaner), Siddharth Mahajan (Jodhpur), have been transferred, sources said.

District officials from Churu, Hanumangadh, Pali, Chittorgadh, Shriganganagar, Bharatpur, Bundi, Jhalawad, Baran, Karaouli, Pratapgadh, Dausa, Badmer, Sirohi and Dholpur, were also transferred, they said.

Jaipur Municipal Corporation chief executive officer Loknath Soni has been transferred as the director of Public Relation Department, while Jagrup Singh Yadav has been appointed as the new chief executive officer.

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Rajasthan 3rd third grade 2nd (second) level result 2012

Rajasthan third 3rd grade 2nd (second) level result 2012 is expected to be announced tomorrow. The results of nine subjects of third grade second level will be declared through district board. The declaration of second level teacher result will facilitate the recruitment of teachers in state.

The results of second level third grade teacher will be announced after more than two months after conduct of examination.

This time preparations are made to not to repeat the mistakes made in first level results.

The examination for first and second level of third grade teacher was held on June 2, 2012.


2,16,723 candidates appeared for the 30,000 post of IIIrd grade IInd (second) level posts which is 41.85 percent of the total candidates applied.

For the third grade second (II) level (class V to VII), exam of nine subject were taken.

After announcement of the Rajasthan 3rd grade 2nd (second) level result on tomorrow the process of appointment can be initiated.

BharatNewsPortal will keep updating aspirants on the 3rd grade 2nd (second) level results 2012.

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14 dead as heavy rain lashes Rajasthan, Jaipur flooded

Jaipur: Heavy rains continued to wreck havoc in many parts of Rajasthan and normal life in state capital Jaipur has been brought to a standstill. The death toll climbed to 14 in Jaipur and schools stayed shut for the second day in a row on Wednesday.

The state capital reported its heaviest rainfall in over three decades on Wednesday. It didn't rain late on Wednesday night though.


Authorities have decided to shut primary schools for the second day in a row. Roads in many areas of the city caved in and many areas remained waterlogged and rail traffic was affected as well.

Around 20,000 people have been asked to move to safer places from low lying areas.

The Army has been put on alert and the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of Haryana BS Hooda have offered assistance to the Gehlot government.

In the wake of heavy rains, the district administration has instructed private and government schools to declare a holiday for nursery to Class VI students. District Magistrate Naveen Mahajan said the decision has been taken keeping in mind the safety of students.
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Rajasthan to get its first refinery in Barmer

Rajasthan has inched closer to get its first refinery at Barmer. The state run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) which is eyeing a 9 million tonne refinery at Barmer in Rajasthan has received permission in principal from the government of India.

According to the sources, during the meeting between officials of HPCL and government of India held on 29th May, 2012, petroleum secretary GS Chaturvedi agreed with the proposal submitted by the company. "He confirmed that government will provide all the approvals to the company for proposed refinery plans at Barmer. Secretary also directed the officials to give a detailed presentation to the Rajasthan government as soon as possible" said sources privy to the development.


Following the instructions a five member team visited Jaipur on June 28 and held a detailed discussion with Sudhansh pant, secretary for mines and petroleum, government of Rajasthan. The secretary confirmed about the meeting but refused to comment further. "Thursday's meeting was a part of ongoing discussion. We will share all the details about the refinery at appropriate time".

However one of the officials of HPCL on the condition anonymity told TOI that they will give presentation to the chief minister and other state officials in month of July. "We mulled over the dates but they are yet to be finalized. What are we excepting form the state, what will be exact capacity of all these questions will be addressed in that meeting" said the official.

It is believed that HPCL is very keen in setting up a refinery and has proposed to take up 51 percent in the project. Rest will be shared by the Oil and Natural Gas, state government and others. Recently HPCL refinery at Bhatinda in Punjab got commissioned and comapny also owns refinery at at Mumbai and Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh

Earlier the both state and central government requested ONGC to set up a refinery but the company showed no enthusiasm. The fields of Barmer, owned 70 per cent by Cairn India, produces about 175,000 barrels per day oil and has potential to produce up to 300,000 bpd.

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Hindustan Zinc to invest Rs 2000 cr in Rajasthan mines

Mumbai: Hindustan Zinc plans to invest about Rs 2,016 crore ($360 million) to improve mining operations at its Rampura Agucha and Sindesar Khurd (SK) zinc mines in Rajasthan.

The contracts have been awarded to South Africa-based Shaft Sinkers and two Chinese companies NFC (China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering & Construction Co Ltd) and CCN5C (China Coal 5 Construction Co Ltd).

Mr Akhilesh Joshi, Chief Executive Officer, Hindustan Zinc, said the money required for the project will be funded through internal accruals. UNDERGROUND MINING


The Vedanta Group company had cash and cash equivalents of about Rs 18,000 crore as of March 31, 2012. The projects are scheduled to be completed in 2017. Mining at Rampura Agucha is being done from the open pit. This can be in operation till 372 metres below the surface.

But the mineral reserves and resources below the open pit operating level are to be extracted by suitable underground mining methods, explained a company spokesperson. The company zeroed in on a vertical hoisting shaft with crushing system after a detailed haulage assessment.

It was found that this method would be most economical to handle underground ore. The hoisting shaft will also act as a ventilation intake to bring fresh air to the mine production area, he said.

The shaft will reach a depth of 950 metres and will be 7.5 metres in width.

There will be two silos — one for storing ore and one for waste rock. The world’s largest zinc producing mine, in Rampura Agucha, has proven reserves 110.4 million tonnes (mt).

About 6.15 mtpa of ore is currently extracted from the mine.
Contract to NFC

Mining at the silver content-rich SK mine has gone up from 0.3 mtpa to two mtpa in last six years. It has reserve of 81.3 mt. The shaft at this mine will be 7.5 metre wide and about 1050 metres deep.

NFC has been awarded the $111-million contract which includes engineering contract of $5 million for five years.

The company produced 240 tonnes of silver in FY12. The country’s largest silver producer, Hindustan Zinc hopes to rank among top 10 silver producers when its output increases to 500 tonnes by FY14.

It has set up a silver refinery of 518 tonnes per annum to process the silver extracted from this mine.

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