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ASSAM Assam & Arunachal face green cover loss A study carried out by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing has predicted a depletion of 9,007.14 square km (2.94 per cent) of forests in parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by 2028. The study, Forest Cover Monitoring and Prediction in a Lesser Himalayan … Read more
ASSAM Niti Aayog launches roadmap to transform Dhubri schools With a view to develop the educational scenario of the district as per national standards, the Niti Aayog in collaboration with Piramal Foundation recently launched ‘School Transformation Roadmap’ with the support of the district administration and the Education Department. In a recent study … Read more
ASSAM Indo-Bhutan border along Assam to be laser-mapped In a significant and strategic move, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given the go-ahead for a laser-based aerial mapping of the 267-km stretch of the Indo-Bhutan border along Assam, which could aid security agencies to pinpoint militant hideouts through remote sensing. The … Read more
ASSAM Guidelines for implementation of SC & ST Act The State government has directed all the district administrations across Assam to take steps for proper implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and laid down certain guidelines for that purpose. The government has directed that District … Read more
ASSAM Chinese scholars hail invite to invest in NE Scholars in China have cautiously welcomed India’s move to invite limited Chinese investments for the development of its northeastern States by connecting them with Bangladesh’s Chittagong port. India has unveiled a major plan for the development of its NE States by connecting them … Read more
ASSAM Tea workers in Assam yet to have bank accounts More than a year after the note ban and the planned shift to complete digitalization of monetary transactions initiated by the Centre, about 25 % of the state’s 10 lakh tea garden workers are still waiting for their bank accounts to be created. … Read more
ASSAM APART comes to Assam The Assam fisheries department will implement the fishery sub-component of the Word Bank financed Assam Agriculture and Rural Transformation Project (APART) in the next five years in support of WorldFish. WorldFish, also known as the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, is an international, non-profit research … Read more
ASSAM Hong Kong prize for Assam tea Encouraged by the Champion Award for CTC (crush, tear and curl) tea in an international tea fair in Hong Kong, a bought leaf factory of Assam is looking towards the China tea market. Assam CTC tea is slowly making a foothold in the black tea … Read more
ASSAM Tea body urges Govt to stop ‘bandh culture’ The 195-year-old Assam tea industry, which is already struggling for its survival, is currently facing a new threat in the form of ‘bandh culture’, said the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA). Assam has a long history of many bandhs and agitations, but the functioning of … Read more
ASSAM Dhubri gets Assam’s first Darpan portal Dhubri in lower Assam has become the first district in the state to have the Dashboard for Analytical Review of Projects Across Nation (Darpan) portal. This platform will facilitate deputy commissioners to manage and enhance the performance of the schemes and programmes of the Centre … Read more