25.12.22 Daily [Assam] APSC Current Affairs

The Assam Government has announced recently the Assam State Civilian Awards for the year 2023 which is bestowed upon eminent personalities and figures for their commendable service towards the Society. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced the same on Twitter and wrote, “As a recognition of their commendable service to the society, we are proud to announce names of 21 personalities chosen for the Assam State Civilian Awards 2023.”

The Assam State Civilian Award has three categories— Assam Baibhav Award, Assam Saurav Award and Assam Gaurav Award.

17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award:27 Indians living overseas have been chosen by the Indian government for thePravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards(PBSA), for outstanding achievements both in India and abroad. The award is the highest honour conferred upon Indians living abroad, including Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) or organisations/institutions established and run by them.

The government anticipates allocating roughly 2.3 trillion for food subsidies in the upcoming fiscal year as opposed to 2.7 trillion for the year that has just ended on March 31.

The amount spent on fertiliser subsidies will probably decrease to roughly 1.4 trillion in contrasts to 2.3 trillion this year.

Indian RAILWAY is well-known not just in India but even outside. Some railway stations, in addition to trains, are well-known worldwide. India is Home to the second-largest platform in the world. In addition, one of the main train stations in India are the New Delhi Railway Station and Mumbai Central Railway Station. Usually, the question is that which are the cleanest railway stations in India, but here we will see the dirtiest railway stations in India.

In addition to direct observation, QCI assessors gathered comments from 1.2 million passengers to determine which Indian railway stations were the cleanest and dirtiest.

In accordance with revenue creation, the ranking has classified Indian railway stations into a number of categories for the third consecutive year.

There are 75 railway stations in the A1 category that generate more than 75 crore in annual passenger income.