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ASSAM Tea workers in Assam yet to have bank accounts More than a year after the note ban and the planned shift to complete digitalization of monetary transactions initiated by the Centre, about 25 % of the state’s 10 lakh tea garden workers are still waiting for their bank accounts to be created. … Read more
ASSAM Rs 706 crore allocated for Guwahati development Stating that Guwahati – the gateway to the North East – ‘must get its due’, Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma earmarked Rs 706 crore for the Guwahati Development Department in the State Budget for the year 2019-20. The Assam State Capital Region Development Authority … Read more
ASSAM Poor infra deterring flow of medical tourists, foreign students to Assam Medical tourism and higher education are two potential service sector industries for Assam, but due to various gaps – mostly related to infrastructure and connectivity – the State has not been able to tap it so far. There is … Read more
ASSAM Re 1 per kg rice from March The State government will formally launch the ANNA (affordable nutrition & nourishment assistance) scheme under which beneficiaries will receive rice at Re 1 per kilogram from March 1. The samabay samitis will get the same transportation cost and commission. However, instead of Rs 3 … Read more
ASSAM New skill devp scheme for jail inmates pays dividends A new skill development scheme titled, Karagaror pora Karikar ( from jail to skilled persons) has already paid dividends in Morigain district. The scheme, which is aimed at providing training to the jail inmates to become self-reliant has benefitted many people. … Read more
ASSAM APART comes to Assam The Assam fisheries department will implement the fishery sub-component of the Word Bank financed Assam Agriculture and Rural Transformation Project (APART) in the next five years in support of WorldFish. WorldFish, also known as the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, is an international, non-profit research … Read more
ASSAM Consultant to study tea industry crisis Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said that the government will engage an outside consultant to study the problems of the tea industry. The Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA) has also sought a review of the land utilisation policy for allowing alternative use of land … Read more
ASSAM Hong Kong prize for Assam tea Encouraged by the Champion Award for CTC (crush, tear and curl) tea in an international tea fair in Hong Kong, a bought leaf factory of Assam is looking towards the China tea market. Assam CTC tea is slowly making a foothold in the black tea … Read more
ASSAM · State govt wants Clause 6 in Article 371 of Constitution ð The State Government wants Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, which talks about granting constitutional safeguard to the Assamese people, to be included in the Article 371 of the Constitution by an amendment. ð The State Government also wants the word … Read more
ASSAM · India’s biggest detention centre to house ‘foreigners’ by 2020 ð The country’s biggest detention centre to house foreign convicts and people declared as “foreigners” by tribunals, coming up in Assam’s Goalpara district, will become operational early next year. ð Sanctioned by the Union ministry of home affairs in June last year, this centre is … Read more