Oct 2020

ASSAM Assam to get country’s 1st multimodal logistics park   Union minister Nitin Gadkari  will lay the foundation stone of Jogighopa Multimodal Logistics Park (MMLP) in Bongaigaon, the first of its kind in India, with road, rail and waterways to boost domestic and international trade. The development project includes railway sidings, container terminals, warehousing, non-cargo processing, a … 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   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   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   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 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