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	'''Meetha Lal Mehta''' (25 December 1938 – 7 December 2014) was an [[Indian Administrative Service\|Indian civil servant]],<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web \| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29251061&ticker=20991658&previousCapId=20991658&previousTitle=Vaibhav%2520Gems%2520Ltd \| title=Bloomberg \| publisher=Bloomberg \| date=2015 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> a former Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]]<ref name="Chief Secretary">{{cite web \| url=http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx \| title=Chief Secretary \| publisher=Government of Rajasthan \| date=2015 \| access-date=March 8, 2015 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315161903/http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx \| archive-date=March ~~15,~~ 2015 }}</ref><ref name="SP Test">{{cite web \| url=http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 \| title=SP Test \| publisher=SP Test \| date=2015 \| access-date=March 8, 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111842/http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 \| archive-date=April 2, 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> and the founder chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite ~~web~~ \| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-at-75-114120700679_1.html \| title=Business Standard \| publisher=Business Standard \| date=7 December 2014 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live ">{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfBjTSJknY \| title=Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live \| publisher=First India Rajasthan News Channel \| work=[[YouTube]] video \| date=18 October 2014 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> a joint initiative by the Government of Rajasthan and [[UNDP]] for upgrading the livelihoods of the poorer sections of the people of the state.<ref name="New Concept">{{cite web \| url=http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE \| title=New Concept \| publisher=New Concept \| date=2015 \| access-date=March 8, 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407000411/http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE \| archive-date=April 7, 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="UNDP">{{cite web \| url=http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html \| title=UNDP \| publisher=UNDP \| date=2 July 2012 \| access-date=March 8, 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105843/http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Siasat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-75 \| title=Siasat \| publisher=Siasat \| work=8 December 2014 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 2015 with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2015 \|access-date=February ~~16,~~ 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6VrWjEuo3?url=~~http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|archive-date=January ~~26,~~ 2015 }}</ref>		'''Meetha Lal Mehta''' (25 December 1938 – 7 December 2014) was an [[Indian Administrative Service\|Indian civil servant]],<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web \| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29251061&ticker=20991658&previousCapId=20991658&previousTitle=Vaibhav%2520Gems%2520Ltd \| title=Bloomberg \| publisher=Bloomberg \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> a former Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]]<ref name="Chief Secretary">{{cite web \| url=http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx \| title=Chief Secretary \| publisher=Government of Rajasthan \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315161903/http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx \| archive-date=15 March 2015 }}</ref><ref name="SP Test">{{cite web \| url=http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 \| title=SP Test \| publisher=SP Test \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111842/http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> and the founder chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite news \| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-at-75-114120700679_1.html \| title=Business Standard \| newspaper=Business Standard India \| publisher=Business Standard \| date=7 December 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015\| last1=India \| first1=Press Trust of }}</ref><ref name="Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live ">{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfBjTSJknY \| title=Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live \| publisher=First India Rajasthan News Channel \| work=[[YouTube]] video \| date=18 October 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> a joint initiative by the Government of Rajasthan and [[UNDP]] for upgrading the livelihoods of the poorer sections of the people of the state.<ref name="New Concept">{{cite web \| url=http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE \| title=New Concept \| publisher=New Concept \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407000411/http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE \| archive-date=7 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="UNDP">{{cite web \| url=http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html \| title=UNDP \| publisher=UNDP \| date=2 July 2012 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105843/http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Siasat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-75 \| title=Siasat \| publisher=Siasat \| work=8 December 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 2015 with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2015 \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Meetha Lal Mehta, born 1939, did his early college studies at the [[National Defence College (India)\|National Defence College]] in New Delhi from where he graduated in Physics and secured his master's degree from [[Rajasthan University]].<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He continued his higher education at the [[University of London]]<ref name="Bloomberg" /> to obtain a post graduate diploma from in urbanization.{{cn\|date=February 2020}} Later, he entered [[Indian Administrative Service]] and became the Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref name="Bloomberg" />{{cn\|date=February 2020}} He served the state as the Chief Secretary during the ministry of [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref name="Uday India">{{cite web \| url=http://www.udayindia.in/english/content_05june2010/homage.html \| title=Uday India \| publisher=Uday India \| date=2015 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> from 2 February 1994 to 31 December 1997.<ref name="Chief Secretary" /><ref name="SP Test" />		Meetha Lal Mehta, born 1939, did his early college studies at the [[National Defence College (India)\|National Defence College]] in New Delhi from where he graduated in Physics and secured his master's degree from [[Rajasthan University]].<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He continued his higher education at the [[University of London]]<ref name="Bloomberg" /> to obtain a post graduate diploma from in urbanization.{{cn\|date=February 2020}} Later, he entered [[Indian Administrative Service]] and became the Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref name="Bloomberg" />{{cn\|date=February 2020}} He served the state as the Chief Secretary during the ministry of [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref name="Uday India">{{cite web \| url=http://www.udayindia.in/english/content_05june2010/homage.html \| title=Uday India \| publisher=Uday India \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> from 2 February 1994 to 31 December 1997.<ref name="Chief Secretary" /><ref name="SP Test" />

	On his retirement from the civil service, Mehta became the chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard" /> a state sponsored initiative, partly funded by [[UNDP]], for the betterment of the lives of the financially compromised people of [[Rajasthan]]. Under the aegis of this program, Mehta was known to have introduced many schemes, such as ''Apna Rickshaw Apne Naam Yojna'', where the rickshaw pullers of the state were assisted to own their own vehicle.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite web \| url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Beads-Of-Sweat-On-The-Mahal-Wall/230347 \| title=Outlook \| publisher=Outlook \| date=27 February 2006 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Harmony India">{{cite web \| url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 \| title=Harmony India \| publisher=Harmony India \| date=October 2008 \| access-date=March 8, 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122910/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 \| archive-date=April 2, 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> The project also arranged for redesigning their vehicle for better performance.<ref name="Outlook" /><ref name="Harmony India" /> He served as the additional secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Rajasthan, as the director of [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD){{cn\|date=February 2020}} and as the chairman of three state bodies such as the Compensation Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He was the head of many state public undertakings like Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals (RSSM), Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank (RSCB), Rajasthan State Warehousing Corporation (RSWC), Spin Fed and Rajasthan knowledge Corporation Limited (RKCL).{{cn\|date=February 2020}} He was also a board member of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] and [[Prasar Bharati]]{{cn\|date=February 2020}} and a director of Vaibhav Global,<ref name="Bloomberg" /><ref name="Four Traders">{{cite web \| url=http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Mitha-Lal-Mehta-06YN5Y-E/biography/ \| title=Four Traders \| publisher=Four Traders \| date=2015 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> a private enterprise doing business as an online retailer of fashion jewellery and lifestyle accessories<ref name="Vaibhav Global">{{cite web \| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/vaibhav-global-ltd/directorsreport/companyid-5226.cms \| title=Vaibhav Global \| publisher=Economic Times \| work=2014 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> till his death.<ref name="Money Control">{{cite web \| url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/announcements/mitha-lal-mehta-ceases-to-be-directorvaibhav-global_1247111.html \| title=Money Control \| publisher=Money Control \| date=2015 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref>		On his retirement from the civil service, Mehta became the chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard" /> a state sponsored initiative, partly funded by [[UNDP]], for the betterment of the lives of the financially compromised people of [[Rajasthan]]. Under the aegis of this program, Mehta was known to have introduced many schemes, such as ''Apna Rickshaw Apne Naam Yojna'', where the rickshaw pullers of the state were assisted to own their own vehicle.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite web \| url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Beads-Of-Sweat-On-The-Mahal-Wall/230347 \| title=Outlook \| publisher=Outlook \| date=27 February 2006 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Harmony India">{{cite web \| url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 \| title=Harmony India \| publisher=Harmony India \| date=October 2008 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122910/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> The project also arranged for redesigning their vehicle for better performance.<ref name="Outlook" /><ref name="Harmony India" /> He served as the additional secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Rajasthan, as the director of [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD){{cn\|date=February 2020}} and as the chairman of three state bodies such as the Compensation Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He was the head of many state public undertakings like Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals (RSSM), Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank (RSCB), Rajasthan State Warehousing Corporation (RSWC), Spin Fed and Rajasthan knowledge Corporation Limited (RKCL).{{cn\|date=February 2020}} He was also a board member of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] and [[Prasar Bharati]]{{cn\|date=February 2020}} and a director of Vaibhav Global,<ref name="Bloomberg" /><ref name="Four Traders">{{cite web \| url=http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Mitha-Lal-Mehta-06YN5Y-E/biography/ \| title=Four Traders \| publisher=Four Traders \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> a private enterprise doing business as an online retailer of fashion jewellery and lifestyle accessories<ref name="Vaibhav Global">{{cite web \| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/vaibhav-global-ltd/directorsreport/companyid-5226.cms \| title=Vaibhav Global \| publisher=Economic Times \| work=2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> till his death.<ref name="Money Control">{{cite web \| url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/announcements/mitha-lal-mehta-ceases-to-be-directorvaibhav-global_1247111.html \| title=Money Control \| publisher=Money Control \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>

	Mehta is a recipient of several awards such as Indira Gandhi Priyadarshni Vriksha Mitra Award (1986), Acharya Jai Mal Gyan Award (1988), Mewar Gaurav Award (1994) and Chanakya Award (2010).<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He died, aged 75, on 7 December 2014<ref name="Bloomberg" /> at a private hospital in [[Mumbai]], following the complications from a heart attack suffered a month earlier.<ref name="Business Standard" /><ref name="Siasat" /> The [[Government of India]] included him in the 2015 [[Indian honours system\|Republic Day honours]] list, posthumously, for the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" />		Mehta is a recipient of several awards such as Indira Gandhi Priyadarshni Vriksha Mitra Award (1986), Acharya Jai Mal Gyan Award (1988), Mewar Gaurav Award (1994) and Chanakya Award (2010).<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He died, aged 75, on 7 December 2014<ref name="Bloomberg" /> at a private hospital in [[Mumbai]], following the complications from a heart attack suffered a month earlier.<ref name="Business Standard" /><ref name="Siasat" /> The [[Government of India]] included him in the 2015 [[Indian honours system\|Republic Day honours]] list, posthumously, for the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" />
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfBjTSJknY \| title=Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live \| publisher=First India Rajasthan News Channel \| work=[[YouTube]] video \| date=18 October 2014 \| access-date=March 8, 2015}}		* {{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfBjTSJknY \| title=Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live \| publisher=First India Rajasthan News Channel \| work=[[YouTube]] video \| date=18 October 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}
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'''Meetha Lal Mehta''' (25 December 1938 – 7 December 2014) was an [[Indian Administrative Service|Indian civil servant]],<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29251061&ticker=20991658&previousCapId=20991658&previousTitle=Vaibhav%2520Gems%2520Ltd | title=Bloomberg | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2015 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> a former Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]]<ref name="Chief Secretary">{{cite web | url=http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx | title=Chief Secretary | publisher=Government of Rajasthan | date=2015 | access-date=March 8, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315161903/http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx | archive-date=March 15, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="SP Test">{{cite web | url=http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 | title=SP Test | publisher=SP Test | date=2015 | access-date=March 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111842/http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 | archive-date=April 2, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the founder chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-at-75-114120700679_1.html | title=Business Standard | publisher=Business Standard | date=7 December 2014 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live ">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfBjTSJknY | title=Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live | publisher=First India Rajasthan News Channel | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=18 October 2014 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> a joint initiative by the Government of Rajasthan and [[UNDP]] for upgrading the livelihoods of the poorer sections of the people of the state.<ref name="New Concept">{{cite web | url=http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE | title=New Concept | publisher=New Concept | date=2015 | access-date=March 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407000411/http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE | archive-date=April 7, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="UNDP">{{cite web | url=http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html | title=UNDP | publisher=UNDP | date=2 July 2012 | access-date=March 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105843/http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html | archive-date=2 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Siasat">{{cite web | url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-75 | title=Siasat | publisher=Siasat | work=8 December 2014 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 2015 with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=February 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6VrWjEuo3?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=January 26, 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Meetha Lal Mehta, born 1939, did his early college studies at the [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]] in New Delhi from where he graduated in Physics and secured his master's degree from [[Rajasthan University]].<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He continued his higher education at the [[University of London]]<ref name="Bloomberg" /> to obtain a post graduate diploma from in urbanization.{{cn|date=February 2020}} Later, he entered [[Indian Administrative Service]] and became the Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref name="Bloomberg" />{{cn|date=February 2020}} He served the state as the Chief Secretary during the ministry of [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref name="Uday India">{{cite web | url=http://www.udayindia.in/english/content_05june2010/homage.html | title=Uday India | publisher=Uday India | date=2015 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> from 2 February 1994 to 31 December 1997.<ref name="Chief Secretary" /><ref name="SP Test" />

On his retirement from the civil service, Mehta became the chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard" /> a state sponsored initiative, partly funded by [[UNDP]], for the betterment of the lives of the financially compromised people of [[Rajasthan]]. Under the aegis of this program, Mehta was known to have introduced many schemes, such as ''Apna Rickshaw Apne Naam Yojna'', where the rickshaw pullers of the state were assisted to own their own vehicle.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Beads-Of-Sweat-On-The-Mahal-Wall/230347 | title=Outlook | publisher=Outlook | date=27 February 2006 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Harmony India">{{cite web | url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 | title=Harmony India | publisher=Harmony India | date=October 2008 | access-date=March 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122910/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 | archive-date=April 2, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The project also arranged for redesigning their vehicle for better performance.<ref name="Outlook" /><ref name="Harmony India" /> He served as the additional secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Rajasthan, as the director of [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD){{cn|date=February 2020}} and as the chairman of three state bodies such as the Compensation Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He was the head of many state public undertakings like Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals (RSSM), Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank (RSCB), Rajasthan State Warehousing Corporation (RSWC), Spin Fed and Rajasthan knowledge Corporation Limited (RKCL).{{cn|date=February 2020}} He was also a board member of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] and [[Prasar Bharati]]{{cn|date=February 2020}} and a director of Vaibhav Global,<ref name="Bloomberg" /><ref name="Four Traders">{{cite web | url=http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Mitha-Lal-Mehta-06YN5Y-E/biography/ | title=Four Traders | publisher=Four Traders | date=2015 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> a private enterprise doing business as an online retailer of fashion jewellery and lifestyle accessories<ref name="Vaibhav Global">{{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/vaibhav-global-ltd/directorsreport/companyid-5226.cms | title=Vaibhav Global | publisher=Economic Times | work=2014 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> till his death.<ref name="Money Control">{{cite web | url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/announcements/mitha-lal-mehta-ceases-to-be-directorvaibhav-global_1247111.html | title=Money Control | publisher=Money Control | date=2015 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref>

Mehta is a recipient of several awards such as Indira Gandhi Priyadarshni Vriksha Mitra Award (1986), Acharya Jai Mal Gyan Award (1988), Mewar Gaurav Award (1994) and Chanakya Award (2010).<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He died, aged 75, on 7 December 2014<ref name="Bloomberg" /> at a private hospital in [[Mumbai]], following the complications from a heart attack suffered a month earlier.<ref name="Business Standard" /><ref name="Siasat" /> The [[Government of India]] included him in the 2015 [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list, posthumously, for the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" />

==See also==
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* [[Reserve Bank of India]]
* [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]]
* [[Indian Administrative Service]]
* [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]]
* [[Rajasthan University]]
* [[University of London]]
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{{portal|India}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfBjTSJknY | title=Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live | publisher=First India Rajasthan News Channel | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=18 October 2014 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}
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	'''Meetha Lal Mehta''' (25 December 1938 – 7 December 2014) was an [[Indian Administrative Service\|Indian civil servant]],<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web \| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29251061&ticker=20991658&previousCapId=20991658&previousTitle=Vaibhav%2520Gems%2520Ltd \| title=Bloomberg \| publisher=Bloomberg \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> a former Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]]<ref name="Chief Secretary">{{cite web \| url=http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx \| title=Chief Secretary \| publisher=Government of Rajasthan \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315161903/http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx \| archive-date=15 March 2015 }}</ref><ref name="SP Test">{{cite web \| url=http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 \| title=SP Test \| publisher=SP Test \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111842/http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> and the founder chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite news \| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-at-75-114120700679_1.html \| title=Business Standard \| newspaper=Business Standard India \| publisher=Business Standard \| date=7 December 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015\| ~~last1=India \| first1~~=Press Trust of }}</ref><ref name="Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live ">{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfBjTSJknY \| title=Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live \| publisher=First India Rajasthan News Channel \| work=[[YouTube]] video \| date=18 October 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> a joint initiative by the Government of Rajasthan and [[UNDP]] for upgrading the livelihoods of the poorer sections of the people of the state.<ref name="New Concept">{{cite web \| url=http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE \| title=New Concept \| publisher=New Concept \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407000411/http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE \| archive-date=7 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="UNDP">{{cite web \| url=http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html \| title=UNDP \| publisher=UNDP \| date=2 July 2012 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105843/http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Siasat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-75 \| title=Siasat \| publisher=Siasat \| work=8 December 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 2015 with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2015 \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref>		'''Meetha Lal Mehta''' (25 December 1938 – 7 December 2014) was an [[Indian Administrative Service\|Indian civil servant]],<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web \| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29251061&ticker=20991658&previousCapId=20991658&previousTitle=Vaibhav%2520Gems%2520Ltd \| title=Bloomberg \| publisher=Bloomberg \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> a former Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]]<ref name="Chief Secretary">{{cite web \| url=http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx \| title=Chief Secretary \| publisher=Government of Rajasthan \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315161903/http://rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/Pages/PreviousChiefSecretaries.aspx \| archive-date=15 March 2015 }}</ref><ref name="SP Test">{{cite web \| url=http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 \| title=SP Test \| publisher=SP Test \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111842/http://sptest.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/ChiefSecretary/_layouts/mobile/dispform.aspx?List=15af0e8e-fa64-499f-8f2e-f4dcd6907323&View=fa6d05ef-be2b-455b-b14d-6cf5e63bfe77&ID=10 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> and the founder chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite news \| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-at-75-114120700679_1.html \| title=Business Standard \| newspaper=Business Standard India \| publisher=Business Standard \| date=7 December 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015\| agency=Press Trust of India }}</ref><ref name="Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live ">{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfBjTSJknY \| title=Aamne Samne with former chief whip, Meetha Lal Mehta at First India Rajasthan Live \| publisher=First India Rajasthan News Channel \| work=[[YouTube]] video \| date=18 October 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> a joint initiative by the Government of Rajasthan and [[UNDP]] for upgrading the livelihoods of the poorer sections of the people of the state.<ref name="New Concept">{{cite web \| url=http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE \| title=New Concept \| publisher=New Concept \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407000411/http://www.newconceptinfo.com/RMOL-MandE \| archive-date=7 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="UNDP">{{cite web \| url=http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html \| title=UNDP \| publisher=UNDP \| date=2 July 2012 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105843/http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/knowledge-and-solutions/blogs/2012/07/02/UNDP-support-to-the-RMOL-project.html \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Siasat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/rmol-chairman-meetha-lal-mehta-dies-75 \| title=Siasat \| publisher=Siasat \| work=8 December 2014 \| date=8 December 2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 2015 with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2015 \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Meetha Lal Mehta, born 1939, did his early college studies at the [[National Defence College (India)\|National Defence College]] in New Delhi from where he graduated in Physics and secured his master's degree from [[Rajasthan University]].<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He continued his higher education at the [[University of London]]<ref name="Bloomberg" /> to obtain a post graduate diploma from in urbanization.{{cn\|date=February 2020}} Later, he entered [[Indian Administrative Service]] and became the Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref name="Bloomberg" />{{cn\|date=February 2020}} He served the state as the Chief Secretary during the ministry of [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref name="Uday India">{{cite web \| url=http://www.udayindia.in/english/content_05june2010/homage.html \| title=Uday India \| publisher=Uday India \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> from 2 February 1994 to 31 December 1997.<ref name="Chief Secretary" /><ref name="SP Test" />		Meetha Lal Mehta, born 1939, did his early college studies at the [[National Defence College (India)\|National Defence College]] in New Delhi from where he graduated in Physics and secured his master's degree from [[Rajasthan University]].<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He continued his higher education at the [[University of London]]<ref name="Bloomberg" /> to obtain a post graduate diploma from in urbanization.{{citation needed\|date=February 2020}} Later, he entered [[Indian Administrative Service]] and became the Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref name="Bloomberg" />{{citation needed\|date=February 2020}} He served the state as the Chief Secretary during the ministry of [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref name="Uday India">{{cite web \| url=http://www.udayindia.in/english/content_05june2010/homage.html \| title=Uday India \| publisher=Uday India \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> from 2 February 1994 to 31 December 1997.<ref name="Chief Secretary" /><ref name="SP Test" />

	On his retirement from the civil service, Mehta became the chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard" /> a state sponsored initiative, partly funded by [[UNDP]], for the betterment of the lives of the financially compromised people of [[Rajasthan]]. Under the aegis of this program, Mehta was known to have introduced many schemes, such as ''Apna Rickshaw Apne Naam Yojna'', where the rickshaw pullers of the state were assisted to own their own vehicle.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite web \| url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Beads-Of-Sweat-On-The-Mahal-Wall/230347 \| title=Outlook \| publisher=Outlook \| date=27 February 2006 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Harmony India">{{cite web \| url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 \| title=Harmony India \| publisher=Harmony India \| date=October 2008 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122910/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> The project also arranged for redesigning their vehicle for better performance.<ref name="Outlook" /><ref name="Harmony India" /> He served as the additional secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Rajasthan, as the director of [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD){{cn\|date=February 2020}} and as the chairman of three state bodies such as the Compensation Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He was the head of many state public undertakings like Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals (RSSM), Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank (RSCB), Rajasthan State Warehousing Corporation (RSWC), Spin Fed and Rajasthan knowledge Corporation Limited (RKCL).{{cn\|date=February 2020}} He was also a board member of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] and [[Prasar Bharati]]{{cn\|date=February 2020}} and a director of Vaibhav Global,<ref name="Bloomberg" /><ref name="Four Traders">{{cite web \| url=http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Mitha-Lal-Mehta-06YN5Y-E/biography/ \| title=Four Traders \| publisher=Four Traders \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> a private enterprise doing business as an online retailer of fashion jewellery and lifestyle accessories<ref name="Vaibhav Global">{{cite web \| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/vaibhav-global-ltd/directorsreport/companyid-5226.cms \| title=Vaibhav Global \| publisher=Economic Times \| work=2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> till his death.<ref name="Money Control">{{cite web \| url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/announcements/mitha-lal-mehta-ceases-to-be-directorvaibhav-global_1247111.html \| title=Money Control \| publisher=Money Control \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>		On his retirement from the civil service, Mehta became the chairman of ''Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods'' (RMoL),<ref name="Business Standard" /> a state sponsored initiative, partly funded by [[UNDP]], for the betterment of the lives of the financially compromised people of [[Rajasthan]]. Under the aegis of this program, Mehta was known to have introduced many schemes, such as ''Apna Rickshaw Apne Naam Yojna'', where the rickshaw pullers of the state were assisted to own their own vehicle.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite web \| url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Beads-Of-Sweat-On-The-Mahal-Wall/230347 \| title=Outlook \| publisher=Outlook \| date=27 February 2006 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Harmony India">{{cite web \| url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 \| title=Harmony India \| publisher=Harmony India \| date=October 2008 \| access-date=8 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122910/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=7985 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> The project also arranged for redesigning their vehicle for better performance.<ref name="Outlook" /><ref name="Harmony India" /> He served as the additional secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Rajasthan, as the director of [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD){{citation needed\|date=February 2020}} and as the chairman of three state bodies such as the Compensation Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He was the head of many state public undertakings like Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals (RSSM), Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank (RSCB), Rajasthan State Warehousing Corporation (RSWC), Spin Fed and Rajasthan knowledge Corporation Limited (RKCL).{{citation needed\|date=February 2020}} He was also a board member of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] and [[Prasar Bharati]]{{citation needed\|date=February 2020}} and a director of Vaibhav Global,<ref name="Bloomberg" /><ref name="Four Traders">{{cite web \| url=http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Mitha-Lal-Mehta-06YN5Y-E/biography/ \| title=Four Traders \| publisher=Four Traders \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> a private enterprise doing business as an online retailer of fashion jewellery and lifestyle accessories<ref name="Vaibhav Global">{{cite web \| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/vaibhav-global-ltd/directorsreport/companyid-5226.cms \| title=Vaibhav Global \| publisher=Economic Times \| work=2014 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> till his death.<ref name="Money Control">{{cite web \| url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/announcements/mitha-lal-mehta-ceases-to-be-directorvaibhav-global_1247111.html \| title=Money Control \| publisher=Money Control \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>

	Mehta is a recipient of several awards such as Indira Gandhi Priyadarshni Vriksha Mitra Award (1986), Acharya Jai Mal Gyan Award (1988), Mewar Gaurav Award (1994) and Chanakya Award (2010).<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He died, aged 75, on 7 December 2014<ref name="Bloomberg" /> at a private hospital in [[Mumbai]], following the complications from a heart attack suffered a month earlier.<ref name="Business Standard" /><ref name="Siasat" /> The [[Government of India]] included him in the 2015 [[Indian honours system\|Republic Day honours]] list, posthumously, for the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" />		Mehta is a recipient of several awards such as Indira Gandhi Priyadarshni Vriksha Mitra Award (1986), Acharya Jai Mal Gyan Award (1988), Mewar Gaurav Award (1994) and Chanakya Award (2010).<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He died, aged 75, on 7 December 2014<ref name="Bloomberg" /> at a private hospital in [[Mumbai]], following the complications from a heart attack suffered a month earlier.<ref name="Business Standard" /><ref name="Siasat" /> The [[Government of India]] included him in the 2015 [[Indian honours system\|Republic Day honours]] list, posthumously, for the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" />
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