Rajasthan

The Union Cabinet has introduced a bill to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years. Here are four initiatives by IAS officers, local communities and civil society that show us how this can be done better.

To make sure that no tree was cut down to build his dream home, Udaipur businessman Kul Pradeep Singh built a home atop a 40-foot mango tree. He's even found a mention in the Limca Book of Records.

Himmataram Bhambhu from Rajasthan received the Padma Shri for his efforts in environment conservation and safeguarding the lives and interests of wildlife and birds in his home district.

IPE Global’s project Udaan has been working in Rajasthan to tackle the problem of teenage pregnancies and child marriage for the past four years.

Raju Sain, a teacher in Rajasthan, shares how he learnt the new curriculum on adolescent health as part of the ‘Udaan Tara’ initiative started by the Government of Rajasthan in 2018 and went on to shaping multiple lives.

From water scarcity, forests to coronavirus, the Joshi family from Bhilwara, Rajasthan, give a contemporary spin to Phad paintings that originated centuries ago.

Ramila and Devilal Vyas have been working for a decade to help farmers in Dungarpur, Rajasthan, grow organic turmeric and provide a market for their produce.

In the span of one year, Dr Jitendra Kumar Soni, District Collector in Nagaur, Rajasthan, ensured that 3,068 schools had a working electricity connection.

In a viral LinkedIn post, Bhavesh Lohar, son of a domestic worker from Rajasthan's Udaipur, shared his story of how he went from walking barefoot to school to earning his dream job as an engineer at Ford Motor Company.

Shree Kishan Suman from Rajasthan is growing Miyazaki mangoes on his farm. These are the world's most expensive mangoes and can cost upto Rs 2.5 lakh per kilo!