APSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APSC Test Series
ASSAM Assam accuses West Bengal of hijacking investors Assam government which received investment proposals of Rs 1 lakh crore at its first global investors’ summit- Advantage Assam, held in February, is accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to hijack investors by branding her state as the gateway to northeast and southeast Asia. A … Read more
ASSAM Assam to approach Centre on ST status to six communities: CM Sarbanda Sonowal Assam Chief Minister Sarbanda Sonowal assured representatives of six communities that he would take up with the Centre the issue of granting Scheduled Tribe status to them. Sonowal told the representatives of the communities – Moran, Muttock, Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, … Read more
ASSAM Dispur urged to promote Assam games A project to promote Assam’s traditional games among school students is yet to take off with the government keeping the initiative on hold. The project, Nabin Tan Man Bikas Yojana, was conceptualised by the Heritage Conservation Society of Assam last year to instil among students … Read more
ASSAM Centre releases Rs 340 cr as interim flood relief to State The Centre has released Rs 340 crore to Assam as interim flood relief. Of the total amount, Rs 239 crore is from the Ministry of Home Affairs under the National Disaster Relief Fund, while the remaining Rs 101 crore has … Read more
ASSAM Niti Aayog launches roadmap to transform Dhubri schools With a view to develop the educational scenario of the district as per national standards, the Niti Aayog in collaboration with Piramal Foundation recently launched ‘School Transformation Roadmap’ with the support of the district administration and the Education Department. In a recent study … Read more
ASSAM Centre has pledged to protect Assam identity The Centre conveyed to Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal that it would soon set up a committee to implement a key clause of the Assam Accord of 1985 which has remained on the back burner for the past 33 years. The clause provides for constitutional, legislative and administrative … Read more
ASSAM Soon, paper-based kit to test spurious liquor in State The Department of Excise has tied up with the Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) to set up a state-of-the-art chemical lab in the State and also develop a low-cost handy testing kit to detect spurious liquor. The laboratory will be built under … Read more
ASSAM Sahitya Akademi Festival turns eastwards, to host two-day fest on tribal literature India’s national academy of letters, the Sahitya Akademi, will also ‘Look East’ in its annual festival of letters from February 12 to 17 in New Delhi this year. In a departure from norm, Sahitya Akademi will host a two-day celebration of … Read more
ASSAM Tatas, Assam govt to set up Rs 1400 crore cancer care grid The Tata Trusts and the state government are collaborating to set up, in a first, a three-level Rs 1400-cr cancer care grid that will connect district hospitals, medical colleges to an advanced centre at Guwahati. Tata Trusts is the philanthropic arm of … Read more
ASSAM Assam Budget 2019: Highlights ð Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma presented the state budget for the financial year 2019-20 on Wednesday at the Legislative Assembly. Here are the highlights from his budget speech: ð Proposal to enhance threshold limit for registration under GST for supplier of goods to Rs 40 lakhs. ð Rs 79742.26 crore is … Read more