12.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

  CM reviews schemes for welfare of tea tribes    Sonowal also asked Power Minister Tapan Kumar Gogoi to ensure electrification of all households in tea garden areas on a priority basis under the Saubhagya scheme of the Government of India. He also asked the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited to install individual meters in … Read more

15-16.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Sonowal urges Palekar to help Assamese film industry   Renowned filmmaker and yesteryear actor Amol Palekar called on Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at the latter’s residence in the Brahmaputra State Guest House here this morning and talked on a wide range of issues concerning Assamese cinema.   Sonowal while discussing the history of … Read more

25.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM     State Cabinet nod to Bill on elders’ care   The State Cabinet today approved The Assam Employees Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Bill that makes it mandatory for Assam government employees to look after their aged and dependent parent/s and physically challenged siblings, if any, who don’t have … Read more

10.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Sonowal inaugurates Cyberdome project building of Assam Police   Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the office building of Assam Police Cyberdome project under Moitri at a programme held at special branch headquarters in Kahilipara, Guwahati   The Cyberdome Project of Assam Police aims to empower police forces to use information and communication technology … Read more

24.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   APDCL set to earn profit for first time   The Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL), which is in the news for its loss-making tradition since its inception, has now been able to overcome the jinx and is heading towards earning a profit for the first time in its 14-year-long existence. Till March … Read more

01-02.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Monti Rajkhowa, the First Assamese Woman to Scale Mount Kanchenjunga   Monti, who is professionally an executive engineer of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) based in Mumbai, is the first lady ONGC officer among her male counterparts to have managed to scale the world’s toughest peak. She was born and brought up in The … Read more

13.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Bengal tiger’s Assam lifeline   The Bengal tiger is looking to Assam to help it survive a massive population erosion in one of its erstwhile strongholds.   The plan is to relocate a male and two females from Kaziranga or Orang in Assam to Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal before 2020.   … Read more

19.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Fish, milk production up in State   The Central government is committed to accelerate cooperative development in Assam through the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). In the last four years (2014-2018), the NCDC has sanctioned a total of Rs 55.46 crore for the State out of which Rs 11.06 crore has already been … Read more

31.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   World Tiger Day observed at Bokakhat & Dorakahara   With an objective to create awareness among the masses on the need to protect the Royal Bengal Tiger, World Tiger Day was observed today at Bokakhat.   Cabinet Minister Bora felt that there is a need to increase the compensation amount which is given … Read more

28.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam Government To Roll Out PRANAM Act   The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- led government in Assam will be introducing a law from October 2 that will make it mandatory for state government employees to look after their aged parents and physically-challenged siblings who do not have any source of income. Assam Employees … Read more