Rajasthan Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Fri, 24 Apr 2026

• The Ministry of Cooperation held the first Regional Workshop on 'Sahkar se Samriddhi' in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 24 April 2026, focusing on decentralised grain storage, expansion of PACS, dairy and fisheries cooperatives and state action plans for FY 2026–27.

Wed, 08 Apr 2026

• The Union Cabinet on 8 April 2026 approved Jaipur Metro Phase-2, a 41-km North–South corridor from Prahladpura to Todi Mod with 36 stations, at a cost of ₹13,037.66 crore.

Sat, 04 Apr 2026

• Project Chetak of the Border Roads Organisation celebrated its 47th Raising Day at Bikaner, Rajasthan, on 4 April 2026; raised in 1980, it builds and maintains roads in Rajasthan, Punjab and northern Gujarat.

Mon, 30 Mar 2026

• On 30 March 2026 Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma transferred ₹1,000 each through DBT to 1.22 lakh Anganwadi workers and helpers for two uniforms, and announced a 10% honorarium increase from 1 April 2026.

Sat, 28 Mar 2026

• On 28 March 2026 NHAI awarded a ₹130.65 crore EPC contract for two flyovers and two underpasses at the 200 Feet Jaipur Bypass Junction on the Delhi–Jaipur–Ajmer stretch of NH-48.

Thu, 26 Mar 2026

• On 26 March 2026 a Great Indian Bustard chick hatched in Kutch, Gujarat – the first in the state in a decade – from a captive-bred egg brought 770 km by road from Rajasthan and placed under a wild female.

Mon, 23 Mar 2026

• Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy launched the 7th tranche of e-auction of critical and strategic mineral blocks on 23 March 2026, offering 19 blocks in 10 States, with Bihar offering the most (4).

Thu, 19 Mar 2026

• The Ministry of Mines said on 19 March 2026 that 200 mineral blocks were auctioned in FY 2025-26, the highest ever in a single year, with Gujarat (32), Rajasthan (30) and Tamil Nadu (22) the top contributors.
• Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma launched the Mukhyamantri Viksit Gram-Ward Abhiyan on Rajasthan Diwas, observed on 19 March 2026 (Chaitra Shukla Pratipada), to prepare development roadmaps for every Gram Panchayat and urban ward; the campaign runs till 15 May.

Tue, 17 Mar 2026

• Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on 17 March 2026 signed reform-linked MoUs with the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, which the Union Cabinet had approved on 10 March 2026.

Mon, 16 Mar 2026

• The Centre on 16 March 2026 approved higher commission rates for Arthiyas and cooperative societies procuring wheat and paddy on its behalf from Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27, raising the Arthiya commission on wheat in Punjab and Haryana to ₹50.75 per quintal.
• NHAI said on 16 March 2026 that it has received nine bids for upgrading the around 90-km Jaipur–Kishangarh section of NH-48 in Rajasthan to six lanes on EPC mode, cutting travel time from two hours to one.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026

• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on 13 March 2026 that two Great Indian Bustard chicks had hatched at Rajasthan's conservation breeding centre, taking the captive population to 70.

Mon, 09 Mar 2026

• The Rajasthan government on 9 March 2026 set up a six-member committee under Law Minister Jogaram Patel to draft a law protecting the Khejri, the state tree, within a month.

Sat, 07 Mar 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by video message, laid the foundation stone of the Kota–Bundi airport at Shambhupura in Rajasthan on 7 March 2026; the airport will cost about ₹1,500 crore and serve the Hadoti region.

Sat, 28 Feb 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign for 14-year-old girls from Ajmer, Rajasthan, on 28 February 2026, along with projects worth about ₹17,000 crore.

Fri, 27 Feb 2026

• The Indian Air Force conducted Exercise Vayu Shakti-26 at the Pokhran Field Firing Range, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, on 27 February 2026, with President Droupadi Murmu as chief guest after she flew a sortie in the indigenous Light Combat Helicopter Prachand.

Wed, 25 Feb 2026

• Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi flagged in the 3,400-km Bharat RanBhoomi Darshan SUV expedition at the National War Memorial, New Delhi, on 25 February 2026.

Sat, 21 Feb 2026

• The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) issued Statutory Direction No. 98 on 21 February 2026, setting a uniform particulate matter emission limit of 50 mg/Nm³ for identified industries across Delhi-NCR.

Fri, 20 Feb 2026

• The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) issued Statutory Direction No. 97 on 20 February 2026 to strengthen dust control and demolition waste management at construction sites across Delhi-NCR.

Tue, 17 Feb 2026

• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched Phase 1 of the AI-based 'Bharat-VISTAAR' scheme for farmers in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 17 February 2026.

Fri, 13 Feb 2026

• The Department of Posts released a set of eight commemorative postage stamps on 'Puppets of India' at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on 13 February 2026.

Wed, 11 Feb 2026

• The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on 11 February 2026 issued technical and operational norms for deploying Mechanized Road Sweeping Machines to curb road dust across the National Capital Region.

Mon, 09 Feb 2026

• The National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, celebrated its Golden Jubilee on 9 February 2026, marking 50 years since its establishment in 1976.

Sat, 07 Feb 2026

• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the two-day Conference of Chief Wildlife Wardens of Tiger Range States and Field Directors of Tiger Reserves in Alwar, Rajasthan, on 7 February 2026.

Thu, 22 Jan 2026

• India's transmission network (220 kV and above) crossed 5 lakh circuit km on 14 January 2026 with the commissioning of the 765 kV Bhadla II–Sikar II line in Rajasthan, the Power Ministry said on 22 January.

Thu, 15 Jan 2026

• The Indian Army celebrated its 78th Army Day at Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 15 January 2026, holding the parade on Mahal Road, the first time it was conducted outside an army cantonment.

Wed, 14 Jan 2026

• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the National Conference on Eco-restoration of the Aravalli Landscape in New Delhi on 14 January 2026 and said 6.45 million hectares of degraded Aravalli land has been identified under the Aravalli Green Wall Project.
• NHAI, with telecom service providers, launched a pilot on 14 January 2026 to send real-time alerts to highway users about 10 km before stray cattle-prone stretches on the Jaipur–Agra and Jaipur–Rewari National Highway corridors.
• Union Minister of State for Labour Shobha Karandlaje inaugurated a two-day regional conference of Labour, Employment and Industry Secretaries of States/UTs in Jaipur on 14 January 2026 on implementing the four Labour Codes.