08.03.19 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam’s refugees hope for return of citizenship bill   For the 5,000-odd voters at the Bangladeshi refugee camp, the upcoming Lok Sabhaelection could well be the last they get to vote in.   The residents of the camp, set up in 1964 long before the 1971 cut-off date for determining citizenship in Assam, were provided … Read more

04-05.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Lab-on-wheels stalled in Assam due to lack of funds   The only laboratory-on-wheels in the state, which was launched for primary school students by the state education department in 2012, has been lying in a dysfunctional state since 2015, with the directorate of elementary education, responsible for looking after after the project, citing dearth of funds … Read more

28.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam CM demands new industrial policy for NE   With the state’s first global investors’ summit just four months away and no central policy to attract business to the region, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal  called on Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi for immediate help. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to open the two-day … Read more

26.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Initiative to improve urban sanitation launched   Swachh Survekshan 2018, a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) to encourage cities to improve their urban sanitation, was launched by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC).   The objective of Swachh Survekshan is to encourage large-scale citizen participation and create awareness amongst all sections of … Read more

03/04.12.2017 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Smuggling of drugs into Assam highest in last decade   Unchecked rise in smuggling of foreign cigarettes and synthetic drugs into the state has resulted in Assam Police recording the highest number of cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances(NDPS) Act in 2016 in the one last decade. While 121 cases were registered under NDPS in 2006, … Read more

13-14.01.19 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam govt forms GoM on ST reservation   Assam Government on Monday set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma to recommend measures for protection of rights of existing tribal communities as well as to decide on the benefits to be given to new Scheduled Tribes.   The … Read more

17.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Government staff join Aasu to oppose citizenship bill   Assam government employees have joined hands with the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) to intensify their protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 with the slogan ‘Job not above motherland’. The most influential association of the employees-Sodou Asom Karmachari Parishad (SAKP)-which enjoys the support of over 3.5 … Read more

05-06.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Heritage conservation body hails State Govt move against closure   City-based conservation body Heritage Conservation Society of Assam (HeCSA) has hailed the announcement made by the State government that it would not go by the recommendation of the 7th Pay and Productivity Pay Commission for closure of the 91-year-old Directorate of Historical and … Read more

11.10.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

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

03.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Lakhimpur flood situation remains critical   The overall flood situation of Lakhimpur district has remained critical as water level of major rivers and tributaries are still flowing above the danger level.The surging water has submerged new areas, including Amtola region due to a breach in an embankment of Ranganadi river.   Incessant rains … Read more