Current Affairs

27.02.20 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

ASSAM   High-level committee on Assam Accord submitted report to CM Sarbananda Sonowal   A high-level committee, constituted by GoI, submitted its report on Assam Accord’s Clause 6 to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati. The Assam state government is now expected to send the report to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the follow-up action.   The committee … Read more

15.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Citizenship bill faces stiff opposition in Northeast   The Modi government’s Citizenship(Amendment) Bill, 2016 — proposing citizenship to religious minorities fleeing Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan because of persecution — has run into opposition in the Northeast.   While Assam’s BJP government wants a Joint Parliamentary Committee currently touring the region to hold public hearings to defer … Read more

03.04.21 Daily APSC Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam: Health, education bigger issues in Barpeta than citizenship   Minority strongholds in Barpeta seem more concerned about health, education and infrastructure development than citizenship issues. Thousands of people were excluded from the NRC, the updated version of which was published in August 2019 in Baghbar, Jania and Chenga constituencies in Barpeta. This district has been the nervecentre of … Read more

20.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Pilot project on use of plastic in road construction launched   PWD Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today launched a first-of-its-kind pilot project to use waste plastic in road construction.   The pilot project, being done on an experimental basis, was launched on the Kahilipara-Dakhingaon Don Bosco Road in the presence of the PWD … Read more

31.12.19 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam saw most UAPA cases in 2018 Assam has topped the list of cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in 2018, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report has revealed. The NCRB, in its latest report “Crime in India 2018”, has stated that 308 cases were registered in Assam under the … Read more

03.01.19 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   ·        A new high level committee to protect Assams heritage ð  The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the setting up of a high-level committee forimplementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. It provides for constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of Assam. … Read more