11-12.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Rs 2,149 crore deficit budget tabled in Assam   Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmaon tabled a Rs 2,149.04 crore-deficit budget that focussed, among others, on setting up new educational institutions and improvement of roads and infrastructure, officials said. It also focused on increasing social media presence of government departments, revival of closed industrial units, … Read more 11-12.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

23.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam accuses West Bengal of hijacking investors   Assam government which received investment proposals of Rs 1 lakh crore at its first global investors’ summit- Advantage Assam, held in February, is accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to hijack investors by branding her state as the gateway to northeast and southeast Asia. A … Read more 23.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

10.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam to approach Centre on ST status to six communities: CM Sarbanda Sonowal   Assam Chief Minister Sarbanda Sonowal assured representatives of six communities that he would take up with the Centre the issue of granting Scheduled Tribe status to them.   Sonowal told the representatives of the communities – Moran, Muttock, Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, … Read more 10.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

20.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam has highest number of beggars in Northeast   Assam has the highest number of beggars and vagrants among the northeast states, Union minister for social justice Thawar Chand Gehlot informed the Lok Sabha.   Assam also has the fourth highest number of women beggars in the country, the minister added in a written reply to … Read more 20.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

16.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Police gets device to fight cyber crime   Assam Police, which has been engaged in high intensity counter-insurgency operations for nearly four decades, is set to shift its focus to cyber terror, the new domain of crime that has a global reach.   Emulating Kerala Police, the police force of the state will get … Read more 16.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

15.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Ban on illegal construction work on Tezpur wetlands   The Sonitpur district administration took a major step to protect the biodiversity and ecology of Tezpur by ordering a ban on illegal constructions in the historic town to the north of the state. Penal provisions under the Disaster Management Act 2005 have also been imposed in case … Read more 15.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

09.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam set to stream budget ‘made by public’   In a first for Assam, the budget will be presented in the electronic format by finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. This unique digital budget will also be the first one in the country to be drafted with citizens’ participation and streamed on social media.   “Andhra Pradesh … Read more 09.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

24.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM AAI Signs MoU With Assam Government   The Airport Authority of India (AAI)signed an MoU with Assam government under its Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) initiative for the sustainable development of human settlements at villages in Kamrup district. AAI would provide financial assistance under its CSR initiative of 4.58 crore Rupees for the Kamrup district as … Read more 24.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

28-29.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam to tie up with Ola for river taxi service   The water transport system in Assam is about to get a major boost with several projects in the pipeline including the introduction of river taxis for transportation and tourism. Assam transport minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said his government is likely to sign a … Read more 28-29.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

28.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam cancels 2.66 lakh bogus ration cards   Assam government has cancelled over 2.66 lakh bogus ration cards across the state and added more than 2.42 lakh people in the list of genuine beneficiaries.   Food and civil supplies minister Rihon Daimary said over 2.66 lakh cards issued under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) to … Read more 28.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs