Rajasthan Forest Guard case studies
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Rajasthan Forest Guard (Vanpal / Van Rakshak) recruitment is run by the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board (RSMSSB, now also referred to as RSSB) for the State Forest Department. The role is field-based: patrolling forest beats, protecting plantations and wildlife habitat, supporting fire prevention and community forest work, and recording offences under forest law. The Rajasthan Forest Guard case studies are 5 cases and about 3,340 words.
1Cubs at the Boundary Tank: Three Nights, Sixty Households
You are the beat guard for Block 4 of a tiger reserve in Rajasthan. On 28 May, with daytime temperature at 42°C, a camera trap at a village tank records a tigress with three cubs on three consecutive nights.
683 words, about 3 min2Where the Rain Should Stop: Planning a 40 ha Catchment
You are with a watershed cell in a hilly block on the Baran–Jhalawar border of southern Rajasthan, where a 40 ha catchment feeds a check dam that is silting up. Slope is 8–12°, soil is 15–40 cm deep over quartzite, and the 850 mm annual rainfall falls in about 35 rainy days, often as 60 mm bursts.
648 words, about 3 min3Wind, Fuel and Three Hours: The Fire Line Decision
On 18 April, after eight consecutive days above 40°C, a fire is reported about 2 km west of your beat. Humidity is 14% and wind is 25–30 km/h from the west.
658 words, about 3 min4A Claim on Paper, a Field on the Ground
A gram sabha in a Scheduled Area village of southern Rajasthan forwards 23 individual claims under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. One claim is for 4.2 ha that a family says it has cultivated since 2001 - before the 13 December 2005 cut-off - but the divisional working plan shows the same plot as "forest", and there is a 1998 teak plantation record with a survival certificate of 62%.
685 words, about 3 min5Seed, Spacing and a Doubtful Bill
Your nursery must support a 12 ha block plantation at 3 m × 3 m spacing. The contractor's bill claims he has supplied 20,000 seedlings and asks for full payment.
666 words, about 3 min