10-11.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   ·        1951 NRC should be valid for filing claims: ASM ð  The AssamSanmilita Mahasangha (ASM) – one of the stakeholders in the NRC update process – said documents pre-dating the first NRC from 1951 should have been admissible. ð  The remaining five – including the 1951 NRC, pre-1971 voters’ list, citizenship certificate, refugee registration … Read more

16.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   5 lakh out of 40 lakh yet to apply for inclusion in NRC: Sources   Over 35.5 lakh people, out of the total 40 lakh, who were excluded in the draft National Register of Citizens ( NRC), have not yet come forward to include their names in the final list of the Supreme Court-monitored … Read more

17-18.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam’s rural areas to be ODF by year-end’   The rural areas of Assam are all set to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by December 31 this year with 98% of the target being already achieved.     Assam and Tripura are the only two north eastern states where rural areas are yet to become ODF, while … Read more

13.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   41,000 posts in govt schools lying vacant in Assam   Around 41,000 posts, including those of over 27,000 teachers, are lying vacant in various government run schools across Assam.   A total of 40,845 posts are lying vacant in various government-run schools and out of these, 27,202 posts are of teachers.   The state government had … Read more

08.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam’s rural areas to be ODF by year-end’   The rural areas of Assam are all set to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by December 31 this year with 98% of the target being already achieved.   Assam and Tripura are the only two north eastern states where rural areas are yet to become ODF, while the … Read more

20.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   22 pc of State’s population covered   The vaccination to prevent rubella disease which was launched in Assam in August this year, has covered around 84.22 per cent of the State’s population.   Till today no study has been carried out in Assam to determine the exact number of rubella patients. On the … Read more