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The Bharatiya Janata Party authorities successful Rajasthan connected Saturday (May 23, 2026) introduced austerity measures to conserve petrol and diesel amid the West Asia struggle by banning overseas travels of Ministers and officials and promoting video conferencing and integer governance.
A circular issued by the Finance Department laid down guidelines to trim authorities expenditure and conserve fuel. Under the caller policy, each aboriginal purchases by authorities departments and nationalist institutions volition beryllium for electrical vehicles (EVs), which volition regenerate the existing petrol and diesel vehicles successful a phased manner.
The circular, issued by Principal Finance Secretary Vaibhav Galriya, gave instructions for car-pooling for officials and employees, regularisation of meetings and events wrong authorities premises, simplification successful the fig of authorities convoys and the usage of authoritative portals to trim paper-based correspondence.
The officials and employees travelling successful the aforesaid absorption were directed to usage car-pooling for commuting, portion the authorities departments, autonomous bodies and nationalist assemblage undertakings volition nary longer beryllium allowed to organise meetings oregon events successful hotels.
The circular stated that each dignitaries entitled to convoys indispensable further chopped non-essential vehicles. The authorities volition besides hole an enactment program to fortify EV charging infrastructure and expedite approvals for pending charging presumption proposals.
The grooming programmes for authorities officials volition present beryllium conducted online alternatively of gathering unit astatine 1 location, according to the circular. The State Government volition beforehand rooftop star installations nether the PM Surya Ghar scheme, portion a run volition beryllium launched to trim non-agricultural usage of urea and promote balanced fertiliser consumption.
Laying accent connected vigor conservation, the circular directed the officers and employees to power disconnected lights, fans, coolers and aerial conditioners earlier leaving offices. Besides, the authorities offices volition gradually instal star plants to conscionable energy requirements, arsenic per the circular.
