After reviewing the 17 districts and three divisions created by the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan, the High Level Expert Committee has submitted its report. Committee chairman former IAS Lalit K. Panwar submitted the report to the Principal Secretary of the Revenue Department Dinesh Kumar. Now the ministerial group formed by the government will decide on the new districts. The report includes points such as what is the jurisdiction of the districts? Which areas are included in this jurisdiction? How many panchayats are there in the jurisdiction of the district? What is the basis for including these panchayats? What was the administrative need of the new district?
In the report of the committee, it has tried to present the factual situation that how far is the concerned district or area from the district headquarters before the formation of the district? The committee has done the test on the basis of financial resources. The committee also visited the concerned districts and studied the physical situation there. Along with this, it also assessed what financial resources the new district has after its formation.
These are the 17 new districts under review
The districts examined by the committee include Anupgarh, Gangapur City, Kotputli, Balotra, Jaipur City, Khairthal, Beawar, Neemkathana, Deeg, Jodhpur City, Phalodi, Didwana, Salumber, Dudu, Kekri, Sanchore and Shahpura. Apart from this, three new divisions have been created in Rajasthan, which include Banswara, Pali and Sikar, these have also been reviewed. However, since Jodhpur and Jaipur Rural are not in the file, these districts have not come under the scope of review.
The committee reviewed the ground report and submitted its report with recommendations to the Cabinet Sub-Committee headed by Deputy CM Premchand Bairwa. The Cabinet Sub-Committee will prepare its final report on the basis of the report of the Panwar Committee. This report will be placed in the Cabinet and then a decision will be taken on it.
However, along with the review of the districts, the report also states which districts the government can amend and what are their basis. The committee’s report is still completely sealed, but if sources are to be believed, the committee has considered about a dozen districts and 1 division as unnecessary. However, now only after the committee’s report is made public, it will be clear what suggestions are there in Panwar’s report.
It is noteworthy that the previous Gehlot government had announced the creation of 19 districts and 3 divisions in the first phase. After this, three more new districts were announced in the second phase. In this, Malpura, Sujangarh and Kuchaman were announced to be made new districts, but their notification was not issued. After this the government changed. These three districts did not come into existence. The Bhajan Lal government is preparing to cut down the remaining districts which have already come into existence.
