27.08.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Over 4 lakh avoid biometric test, go ‘missing’ after draft NRC   The whereabouts of more than four lakh men, women and children, who did not file claims after their names were dropped from last year’s draft NRC, have become a matter of mystery to the authorities in Assam. These “missing” claimants form almost … Read more

13.08.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   New inventions likely to lift State’s agarwood industry   The inventions of the artificial infection process of agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis Lam) trees and the sachi vekur (agarwood fungus) species that has the capacity to swarm rapidly in agarwood trees, have virtually changed the entire scenario concerning the prospect of the State’s agarwood-based industry. … Read more

17.09.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   ·         Centre to include views of stakeholders in new NE industrial policy ð  The Central government would incorporate the opinions and suggestions of the stakeholders before formulating a new industrial policy for the Northeast. ð  Industry bodies like ICC, CII, FINER, FICCI, Laghu Udyog, etc., raised the issues like online registration, GST, subsidy, … Read more

24.08.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   State govt signs pact with NHPC for Subansiri dam   The Assam government signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with NHPC Limited for implementation of the 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project.   The Subansiri Lower HE Project is the largest hydro project of the country, presently under construction with an installed capacity of … Read more