Rajasthan Current Affairs – June 2026

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1. JLN Medical College, Ajmer started a robotic surgery programme, the first of its kind in the state government system, inaugurated by Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani. It should improve surgical accuracy and train doctors in advanced technology.
2. Pune-based Nibe Limited completed the first technical trial of its indigenous loitering munition system Vayu Astra-1 at the Pokhran firing range in Jaisalmer district.
3. Surveys by the Geological Survey of India and the Atomic Minerals Directorate found rare earth elements, niobium, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium and rubidium in the Siwana Ring Complex of Balotra district.
4. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced an advanced quantum computing and communication lab and a separate AI lab at MNIT Jaipur. The quantum lab comes under MeitY's ICT academic project.
5. The Government of India's DigiLocker platform has linked Rajasthan's Jan Aadhaar (family identity card), benefiting about 7.5 crore residents of the state.
6. NHAI began Rajasthan's first multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) tolling at the Dayalpura toll plaza on NH-48 on the Delhi-Jaipur corridor, using number-plate recognition plus FASTag-based electronic toll collection.
7. In the 23rd instalment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, over ₹18,880 crore went to more than 9.44 crore farmers across India, including over ₹1,320 crore to more than 66 lakh farmers of Rajasthan.
8. The ₹2,500 crore Upper High Level Canal project in Banswara will irrigate about 42,000 hectares in 338 villages, benefiting tribal farmers of the Vagad region.
9. The Supreme Court sharply reprimanded the Rajasthan government after toxic industrial waste was found flowing into the Jojri river in Jodhpur through an illegal underground pipeline about 4 km long. It ordered accountability and action against guilty officials.
10. A Rashtra Chetna Sankalp Sabha marked the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Haldighati and Maharana Pratap Jayanti at Maharana Bhupal Stadium, Udaipur, with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as the main speaker.

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Government & States

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Economy & Banking

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Science, Defence & Environment

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Sports, Days & Culture

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Government & States

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Policy · laws · schemes · states.

Economy & Banking

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RBI · markets · trade · reports.

Economy & Banking

• Oil India Limited found a new gas-bearing sand layer in the Dandewala area of Jaisalmer, which should cut India's dependence on imported energy. Oil India was set up on 18 February 1959 as a joint venture of the Government of India and Burmah Oil Company.
• Surveys by the Geological Survey of India and the Atomic Minerals Directorate found rare earth elements, niobium, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium and rubidium in the Siwana Ring Complex of Balotra district.
• The Siwana area lies in the Malani Igneous Suite, counted among the country's largest volcanic regions. Its caldera-based structure is of Neo-Proterozoic age, which explains why so many rare minerals occur there.
• These minerals matter for nuclear energy, missile defence, space technology, electric vehicles, semiconductors, strong magnets and wind turbines.
• The Centre has marked parts of the Siwana area as critical mineral blocks, and their auction and development are moving ahead, supporting India's critical mineral security and Atmanirbhar Bharat.
• NHAI began Rajasthan's first multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) tolling at the Dayalpura toll plaza on NH-48 on the Delhi-Jaipur corridor, using number-plate recognition plus FASTag-based electronic toll collection.
• In free-flow tolling vehicles need not stop, which cuts waiting time, fuel use and pollution. NHAI was set up under the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 and began work in February 1995.
• A new 20 kW AIR FM transmitter at Ramgarh, Jaisalmer was inaugurated virtually by Ashwini Vaishnaw. It covers an 80 km radius, about 20,000 sq km of the district, and raises Rajasthan's AIR FM transmitters to 39.
• The minister said strengthening Akashvani and Doordarshan in border areas from Kashmir to Kutch is a major aim, and urged a digital-first radio strategy with hyper-local content from local artists and craftspeople.
• The Jaipur-Darbhanga Amrit Bharat Express was flagged off from Khatipura station in Jaipur. It is the second Amrit Bharat train service for Rajasthan.
• The Railway Ministry announced a new station at Sundarpura in Sikar for devotees of Khatu Shyam Ji. It lies on the Sikar-Ringas section between Palsana and Bawdi Thikaria, about 11 km from the temple, with a booking office and waiting hall.
• Rajasthan's railway budget for 2026-27 rose to ₹10,228 crore. Projects worth over ₹76,800 crore are under way, and five pairs of Vande Bharat Express trains run in the state.
• The ₹2,500 crore Upper High Level Canal project in Banswara will irrigate about 42,000 hectares in 338 villages, benefiting tribal farmers of the Vagad region.
• A ₹1,359 crore project to make the Nagaur-Bikaner section of NH-62 four-lane on the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model was approved.

Science, Defence & Environment

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Space · tech · forces · ecology.

Science & Technology

• JLN Medical College, Ajmer started a robotic surgery programme, the first of its kind in the state government system, inaugurated by Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani. It should improve surgical accuracy and train doctors in advanced technology.
• Robotic surgery at JLN Medical College, Ajmer, is expected to make operations more precise, reduce errors and let doctors learn new technology.
• Pune-based Nibe Limited completed the first technical trial of its indigenous loitering munition system Vayu Astra-1 at the Pokhran firing range in Jaisalmer district.
• Vayu Astra-1 uses advanced Israeli loitering-munition technology adapted to Indian needs and can strike anti-personnel targets up to 100 km away with a 10 kg warhead. A 'no-cost, no-commitment' demo was also shown.
• A loitering munition is a weapon that keeps circling in the air until a target is fixed and then dives straight onto it. This is its key feature.
• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced an advanced quantum computing and communication lab and a separate AI lab at MNIT Jaipur. The quantum lab comes under MeitY's ICT academic project.
• The MNIT quantum lab will build indigenous capability in quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum computing simulation and quantum sensing hardware, and MNIT is to lead research in post-quantum cryptography. The AI lab will link to the IndiaAI Mission network.
• MNIT students will get access to Lam Research's Semiverse platform, a digital-twin system for learning chip making. More than 100 chips designed by students have already been made at the Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali.

Environment & Ecology

• The Supreme Court sharply reprimanded the Rajasthan government after toxic industrial waste was found flowing into the Jojri river in Jodhpur through an illegal underground pipeline about 4 km long. It ordered accountability and action against guilty officials.
• The Jojri is a major tributary of the Luni river. The court said a clean environment is part of the right to life under Article 21, and told the state, RSPCB and other agencies to act within time limits.
• Union Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav and MoS Sanjay Seth laid foundations of and inaugurated works worth over ₹46 crore in Alwar, including canal lining (₹42.80 crore) and the Bhandera anicut (₹3.34 crore).
• Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar currently has a family of 56 tigers, tigresses and cubs.
• The Aravalli committee will check whether mining is spreading unchecked beyond the fixed distance limits in the Aravalli hills.

Sports, Days & Culture

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Results · important days · heritage.

Important Days

• The CM announced a special yoga programme at Abu Raj on International Yoga Day under the theme 'Virasat Bhi, Vikas Bhi' (heritage as well as development).

Art, Culture & Tourism

• A Rashtra Chetna Sankalp Sabha marked the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Haldighati and Maharana Pratap Jayanti at Maharana Bhupal Stadium, Udaipur, with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as the main speaker.
• Bhagwat said that, on available historical facts and contemporary records, Maharana Pratap was the winner of Haldighati, and urged people to draw on his ideals of patriotism, courage, sacrifice, self-respect and unity.
• At Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma's initiative, Mount Abu has again been given its old name Abu Raj, and the name was formally inaugurated.
• Bhoomi pujan was held at Sampla village in Ajmer district to build a grand temple of Dwarkadhish Gopal Maharaj after 608 years.

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_____ started a robotic surgery programme, the first of its kind in the state government system, inaugurated by Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani. It should improve surgical accuracy and train doctors in advanced technology.

JLN Medical College, Ajmer

Pune-based _____ completed the first technical trial of its indigenous loitering munition system Vayu Astra-1 at the Pokhran firing range in Jaisalmer district.

Nibe Limited

Surveys by the _____ and the Atomic Minerals Directorate found rare earth elements, niobium, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium and rubidium in the Siwana Ring Complex of Balotra district.

Geological Survey of India

Union Minister _____ announced an advanced quantum computing and communication lab and a separate AI lab at MNIT Jaipur. The quantum lab comes under MeitY's ICT academic project.

Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Government of India's _____ platform has linked Rajasthan's Jan Aadhaar (family identity card), benefiting about 7.5 crore residents of the state.

DigiLocker

_____ began Rajasthan's first multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) tolling at the Dayalpura toll plaza on NH-48 on the Delhi-Jaipur corridor, using number-plate recognition plus FASTag-based electronic toll collection.

NHAI

In the 23rd instalment of _____, over ₹18,880 crore went to more than 9.44 crore farmers across India, including over ₹1,320 crore to more than 66 lakh farmers of Rajasthan.

PM Kisan Samman Nidhi

CM Bhajan Lal Sharma launched the state's first electric buses under _____: 29 in Jaipur and 18 in Bhilwara.

PM e-Bus Sewa

_____ will develop 184 strategic villages in five border districts of Rajasthan: Sri Ganganagar 68, Bikaner 46, Barmer 36, Jaisalmer 30 and Phalodi 4.

Vibrant Villages Programme-II

The ₹2,500 crore _____ project in Banswara will irrigate about 42,000 hectares in 338 villages, benefiting tribal farmers of the Vagad region.

Upper High Level Canal

MCQs

1. In which Rajasthan medical college did the state's first robot-assisted surgery service in the government health system begin?

   1. SMS Medical College, Jaipur
   2. JLN Medical College, Ajmer
   3. Dr S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur
   4. RNT Medical College, Udaipur
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   Answer: JLN Medical College, Ajmer — It was inaugurated by Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani in June 2026.

2. In which district is the Siwana Ring Complex, where rare earth minerals were found?

   1. Barmer
   2. Balotra
   3. Jalore
   4. Pali
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   Answer: Balotra — The Siwana Ring Complex in Balotra district is part of the Malani Igneous Suite.

3. About how many Rajasthan residents benefit from the link between Jan Aadhaar and DigiLocker?

   1. 4.5 crore
   2. 7.5 crore
   3. 5.5 crore
   4. 9.5 crore
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   Answer: 7.5 crore — DigiLocker now lets people get, store and share Jan Aadhaar digitally.

4. The Jojri river, on which the Supreme Court was strict over industrial waste, is a tributary of which river?

   1. Banas
   2. Luni
   3. Mahi
   4. Chambal
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   Answer: Luni — The Jojri flows in the Jodhpur area and joins the Luni.

5. In which city was the Rashtra Chetna Sankalp Sabha for the 450th anniversary of Haldighati held?

   1. Udaipur
   2. Chittorgarh
   3. Rajsamand
   4. Jaipur
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   Answer: Udaipur — It was held at Maharana Bhupal Stadium, Udaipur.

6. Which Pune-based company tested the loitering munition Vayu Astra-1 at Pokhran?

   1. Solar Industries
   2. Bharat Forge
   3. Adani Defence
   4. Nibe Limited
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   Answer: Nibe Limited — Nibe Limited completed the first technical trial of Vayu Astra-1 at the Pokhran firing range.

7. Oil India found a new gas-bearing layer in which area of Jaisalmer?

   1. Dandewala
   2. Ramgarh
   3. Tanot
   4. Mohangarh
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   Answer: Dandewala — The Dandewala find should reduce India's dependence on imported energy.

8. In the 23rd PM Kisan instalment, about how many Rajasthan farmers received money?

   1. More than 40 lakh
   2. More than 86 lakh
   3. More than 66 lakh
   4. More than 1.2 crore
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   Answer: More than 66 lakh — They received over ₹1,320 crore of the ₹18,880 crore sent nationwide.

9. Who chairs the five-member Supreme Court committee on the Aravalli definition and boundary issue?

   1. Sunita Narain
   2. Bhupender Yadav
   3. Arun Palli
   4. Kanchan Devi
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   Answer: Kanchan Devi — Kanchan Devi is Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education; the committee must report by 3 August 2026.

10. Which old name has been readopted for Mount Abu?

    1. Arbudanchal
    2. Achalgarh
    3. Abu Raj
    4. Abu Dham
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    Answer: Abu Raj — The name was restored at Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma's initiative.

11. Which Union Minister announced the quantum computing and AI labs at MNIT Jaipur?

    1. Dharmendra Pradhan
    2. Jitendra Singh
    3. Rajnath Singh
    4. Ashwini Vaishnaw
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    Answer: Ashwini Vaishnaw — The quantum lab comes under MeitY's ICT academic project.

12. In which year was Oil India Limited set up as a joint venture with Burmah Oil Company?

    1. 1947
    2. 1956
    3. 1959
    4. 1969
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    Answer: 1959 — Oil India was established on 18 February 1959.