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ASSAM Assam bill on retrenching up to 300 employees sans govt approval gets presidential assent President gave assent to Assam’sThe Industrial Disputes (Assam Amendment) Bill, 2017. According to this bill, companies are allowed to retrench up to 300 employees without seeking prior approval of the government. It will replace the Industrial Disputes Act, … Read more
ASSAM Assam bags Swachh Survekshan Grameen Award Assam bagged a special award – for its standout performance in the North East region – in the recently-concluded Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018 conducted throughout the country by the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen. Swachh Survekshan Grameen is a survey conducted for rural cleanliness in order … Read more
ASSAM • MHA clarifies on Gorkhas living in Assam The ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued a clarification to the Assam government on the citizenship status of members of the Gorkha community living in the tate as per Foreigners Act, 1946. It stated that the members of the Gorkha community who … Read more
ASSAM · Tezpur University inks MoU with CSIR-CIMAP for Aroma Mission ð Tezpur University (TU) signed an MoU with the Lucknow-based CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatics Plants (CIMAP) to implement CSIR-Aroma Mission and rural technologies in the northeastern region during a recent one-day seminar at Tezpur University on ‘CSIR-Aroma Mission: Aroma Crops for Boosting … Read more
ASSAM · Rs 1,900-cr Central revival package for paper mills in State ð The Centre has prepared a Rs 1,900 crore revival package for the Nagaon Paper Mill and the Cachar Paper Mill but a pending litigation in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has put the process on hold. ð The State government … Read more
ASSAM SBI opens NE’s first wealth services branch in Guwahati State Bank of India’s (SBI) started the first branch in the northeast which can provide SBI Wealth services. SBI Wealth offers personalized banking and investment services to clients of high net worth through a team of relationship managers. SBI has recently roped … Read more
ASSAM Boat Clinics on Brahmaputra to run with solar power The Boat Clinic has been rendering yeomen service to the underprivileged and marooned people, particularly the women and children. The Boat Clinic, equipped with OPD, mini laboratory and pharmacies, has around 15 staff, two medical officers, three nurses, one pharmacist, one laboratory … Read more
ASSAM Inland Water Transport Bill passed The Assembly today witnessed noisy scenes over the Assam Inland Water Transport Regulatory Authority Bill 2018 with the Opposition Congress and AIUDF wanting exemption of non-commercial country boats from the purview of the proposed legislation. The Speaker also endorsed the proposal of Transport Minister … Read more
ASSAM Case study – Guwahati’s flash flood problem Waterlogging has become a severe problem in most cities in India. In recent years, there has been a growing trend of urban flood disasters in India, in which major cities across the country have been severely affected. It has been observed in most cities like … Read more
ASSAM · Investors’ summit fails to boost investment scenario in Assam ð Holding of the mega Global Investors’ Summit, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February and attended by top industrialists from across the country, has not improved the investment scenario in Assam as yet and in fact, the investment intentions … Read more