Oct 2020

ASSAM   Assam CM launches ‘Kritagyata’ for online pension submission and tracking   The Chief Minister of Assam has launched a portal “Kritagyata”, an online pension submission and tracking system. It has been launched to lend convenience to the pensioners to dispose off their pension related claims. With the help of the portal, the retired … Read more

ASSAM   State govt giving top priority to ethnic OBC people’s devp: CM Attending the inaugural day’s programme, Sonowal said his government was giving priority towards development of ethnic people belonging to the backward classes. The district unit AASU took out a motorcycle rally along Dhemaji town road protesting Sonowal’s arrival. Several AASU members alleged … Read more

ASSAM   Bank accounts made mandatory for govt school students in Assam   Bank accounts will now be mandatory for all children up to Class XII studying in government or provincialized educational institutions in Assam. Ahead of the 2021 assembly polls, the Assam government is going ahead with the policy of giving a direct benefit transfer (DBT) to students from Class 1-12. … Read more

ASSAM   Minister for DoNER Dr Jitendra Singh releases Coffee Table Book on Discovering Heritage of Assam Minister for Development of North Eastern Region, DoNER, Dr Jitendra Singh released a Coffee Table Book on Discovering the Heritage of Assam, with foreword by Amitabh Bachchan and published by Penguin. The voluminous coffee table book with pictures … Read more

  ASSAM   Centre yet to receive Clause 6 report from Assam: Union min Reddy to RS Union minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy’s statement to the Rajya Sabha that the Centre has not yet received the report of MHA’s high-level committee on implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord evoked sharp reaction from the opposition, … Read more

ASSAM   Assam initiates process to shift detention centres out of jails The Assam government has submitted in the Gauhati High Court that it has initiated the process to shift detention centre out of the jail premises. All deputy commissioners of six districts, where the detention centres are situated, have been asked to look for places to shift the detention centres to. … Read more

ASSAM   Assam government announces three-year agriculture income tax holiday   Coming to the rescue of the state’s multi-crore tea industry hit by Covid-19 induced lockdowns, Assam government announced a three-year agriculture income tax holiday, interest subvention on the working capital loan by the tea estates and subsidies on production and on purchase of plant and machinery for orthodox tea production, which … Read more

ASSAM   Assam govt announces infra projects worth 11,900 crore Buoyed by the commitment from Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman that GST compensation will be paid and there will be funds to meet the revenue deficit grant, Assam  partially relaxed Covid-induced austerity measures and announced infrastructure projects worth Rs 11, 900 crore. The finance minister reconfirmed that she will honour … Read more

ASSAM   Assam-Mizoram border tensions: Key Points   Assam and Mizoram share a 164.6 km inter-state border, and conflicting territorial claims have persisted for long. Several dialogues held since 1995 to resolve the border dispute have yielded little results.   The recent clashes occurred along Kolasib district of Mizoram and Cachar of Assam. Some Mizo volunteers … Read more

ASSAM   Will give funds for cow shelters: Assam government   The Assam government will from now on provide financial assistance to the state’s numerous gaushalas (cow shelters) to feed cows.   There are at least 20 gaushalas in the state that are run by charitable trusts that together provide shelter to about a couple of lakh cows which have … Read more