Daily Current Affairs – 24 February 2026

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The BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) will have the first meeting in Jaipur. In order to make its running smooth, a review meeting was held at the Secrecy under the chairmanship of Rajasthan Chief secretary, V. Srinivas to discuss the preparedness of the planned programmes which are to be implemented between 4 to 7 March. There were senior officers in the Ministry of Finance (Government of India), Department of Economic Affairs and the Reserve Bank of India....

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The Skill, Planning and Entrepreneurship Minister of Rajasthan Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore informed the Assembly that the state is going to give a special impetus to the skill training of the youths in border districts. He stated that there will be an attempt to establish a Pokaran Terracotta Skill Center and district-level recommendations will be taken into consideration when training on certain skills. The minister emphasized better coverage: the number of youth trained in 2022 was approximately 60,000, and it...

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The grants (Demand No. 45) proposed by the Forest and Environment Department have been passed in the Rajasthan by voice vote and this affirms the state drive in seeking to conserve the Aravalli. The aggregate grant demand of the department totaled by 18,75,26,67,000 and it was passed after discussion in the Assembly. The state government has allocated a sum of 130 crore in the current budget towards plantation, protection works and enhanced maintenance of river source areas emerging out of...