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ASSAM Assam gets its first export policy Assam has got its first export policy to boost exports. The state has a competitive advantage through increased market penetration as well as to explore new markets for products in nine focus areas, which includes tea, its principal export item, wellness hospitality and health tourism. The export and … Read more
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
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
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
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
ASSAM Assam signs Total MoUs worth 1 lakh crore ‘Advantage Assam – Global Investors’ Summit, 2018′, which saw commitments of investments worth a mammoth Rs 1,00,000 crore. The main ambition of the event, held with the help of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is to provide the youngsters of the state with a better … Read more
ASSAM Govt notifies amended MV Act in State The State government today notified the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 redefining the fines to be imposed for violation of the Act. As per an order of the Transport Department, Government of Assam, dated September 23, 2019, driving without licence will now elicit a … Read more
ASSAM Assam women’s university gets first VC after 6 years The Assam Women’s University (AWU), which was established six years ago, got it’s first vice-chancellor. Malinee Goswami, head of the department of Assamese at Gauhati University, has joined at AWU as vice chancellor. The state government established the AWU in the Jamuguri area near … Read more
ASSAM Minorities panel to launch helpdesk to quell confusion As part of the outreach to quell confusion, the National Commission for Minorities will operationalise a helpdesk at its headquarters in CGO complex to respond to queries and concerns related to Citizenship (Amendment) Act, concerns over its impact on Nation Register for Citizens process in Assam and the proposed pan-India … Read more
ASSAM · LGBI airport to get NE’s first sustainable terminal building ð The upcoming terminal building of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here will be the first ‘sustainable’ terminal of the North East. ð The sustainable terminal building will have a sewage treatment plant, solar power, rain water harvesting units, solid waste disposal system … Read more