APSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APSC Test Series
ASSAM Assam spends more on healthcare than many rich states Assam spends more than many of the rich states in per capita healthcare, which eventually reduces the out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) of the people. But, the state has few nurses and fewer doctors than prescribed by WHO to effectively man the healthcare system. The economic survey … Read more
ASSAM Covid screening begins in 28,000 villages in Assam The Assam health department on Tuesday launched a drive to screen and test people in 28,000 villages across 33 districts for Covid-19 in a bid to isolate the maximum number of hidden positive cases. The Assam Community Surveillance Plan (ACSP), as the drive has been named, has been undertaken to … Read more
ASSAM Assam: Padma Bhushan for Tarun Gogoi Assam’s longest-serving chief minister, late Tarun Gogoi, was on Monday named among the 10 Padma Bhushan awardees from across the country. The prestigious Padma Bhushan award for JanaNeta Tarun Gogoi is an acknowledgement of his invaluable contribution to the people of Assam for not only the 15 years that … Read more
ASSAM Assam’s first woman DIG among 13 cops to get President’s Medal On the eve of 72nd Republic Day, Violet Baruah, the first deputy inspector general of police, Bodoland Territorial Region, has been conferred this year’s President’s police medal for distinguished service along with 13 other police officers of different ranks for meritorious service. Baruah was transferred … Read more
ASSAM CEC pats Assam for high electoral gender ratio Assam’s women voters are just inches away from equaling their male counterparts in the electoral roll, a feat that has earned a big pat from the chief election commission of India himself. The fresh electoral roll published on Monday has 1,13,55,79 female voters which is 49.30% … Read more
ASSAM PM Modi to gift plots to 1 lakh ‘indigenous’ people in Assam Kickstarting Assam’s largest land dole since Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally hand over ownership of up to seven bighas of farmland each and smaller plots for homesteads to over one lakh “indigenous” landless people in the historic town of Sivasagar. PM … Read more
ASSAM Assam identifies 190 polling stations as ‘booze zones’ The EC routinely classifies polling stations as “sensitive” and “hypersensitive” based on the extent of their vulnerability to violence. But for the first time in the country,190 booths in 12 Assam districts have been identified as vulnerable to illicit IMFL and country liquor, which can in a … Read more
ASSAM National Agri-Horticultural Show-2021 inaugurated The State government has initiated several schemes for 58 lakh farmers of the State as strengthening of the rural economy is a must for development of the State. The farmers have to capture the national and international markets by adding values to their products. Farmers must work hard … Read more
ASSAM Full team of Election Commission on 3-day visit to Assam to review poll preparedness The full team of Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora is on a three-day visit to Assam to review the poll preparedness for the upcoming Assembly elections in the State. After their … Read more
ASSAM Want to double farmers’ income in next fiscal: CM Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, while attending the state credit seminar 2021 of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) in Guwahati on Monday, said his government aims to double the income of farmers in the 2021-2022 financial year. Sonowal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a … Read more
