January 2019

ASSAM   Centre restructures Brahmaputra Board   Finally, the Union Government has restructured the Brahmaputra Board by providing it with the required teeth to cover all the NE states and North Bengal under its operational jurisdiction, so as to effectively handle all tributaries of the Brahmaputra and the Barak. The Board will now have nine … Read more

ASSAM   N. Chakraborthy gets Assam Republic Journalism Award   Assam governmententitled the Republic Day Journalism Award 2019 to veteran journalist and former editor Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty. The award comprises Rupees one lakh in cash, a citation, the Assamese ‘xoraai’ (the bell metal memento presented as an honor), ‘jaapi‘ (headgear) and an angavastra.   INTERNATIONAL   … Read more

ASSAM   Tribal Sangha to oppose govt ST status move   The All Assam Tribal Sangha will challenge the move being taken by the Union Government to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the six ethnic groups of the State.   It seems that the Union Government is going to place the bill before the … Read more

ASSAM   ·        A new high level committee to protect Assams heritage ð  The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the setting up of a high-level committee forimplementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. It provides for constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of Assam. … Read more

ASSAM   Bill can be challenged in court if it becomes Act: PVM   The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, after it becomes an Act, can be challenged before the court. Moreover, the Bill has created the ground for seeking revision of the cut-off date for grant of citizenship to migrants from Bangladesh from March 25, 1971 … Read more

ASSAM   Panel set up to implement Assam Accord   The Centre notified the formation of a nine-member high-level committee with an aim to giving constitutional sanction to Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam Accord — which promises safeguards to preserve cultural, social and linguistic identity of the state’s indigenous people – in order to widen the ambit of … Read more

ASSAM   Assam govt to give 10% quota to economically weaker sections in general category   AssamCabinet headed by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has approved 10 percent quota for the economically weaker sections of the general category in government employment and government education institutes. The cabinet also approved the guidelines for disbursement of ₹5,000 each … Read more