APSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APSC Test Series
ASSAM Deployment of Assam Rifles stepped up With Myanmar Army taking steps against members of the militant outfits of the Northeast taking shelter in that country, the strength of the Assam Rifles along the international border has been increased as the possibility of exodus of militants from the neighbouring country cannot be ruled … Read more
ASSAM Assam school bags award at British Council event ð Suderashan Public School, Guwahati was the only school from the northeast to receive the British CouncilInternational School Award in a recently held ceremony in Delhi this year. A total of 44 other schools from West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh were also awarded on … Read more
ASSAM Proposals made in 1965 to check influx were ignored Way back in 1965, a proposal was mooted to compile a register of citizens in Assam and to issue identity cards to Indian citizens on the basis of it. But unfortunately, the proposal was not taken up. Similarly, a proposal to erect barbed … Read more
ASSAM Dispur push to boost horticulture production in State As part of the endeavour to boost output of horticultural crops in the State and help farmers engage in cultivation of such crops, the State government has decided to expand the scope of the ‘Per Drop More Crop (Micro Irrigation and Other Intervention)’ under the … Read more
Current account deficit and Unfavorable balance of payment Current Account Deficit The current account deficit is a measurement of a country’s trade where the value of the goods and services it imports exceeds the value of the products it exports. The current account includes net income, such as interest and dividends, and transfers, … Read more
ASSAM Piramal Foundation new initiatives for transforming school education The Piramal Foundation, a premier non-profit organisation working in the field of education and health for more than a decade has entered into an agreement with Niti Aayog to work for transformation of all the 115 aspirational districts of the country by focusing on … Read more
ASSAM National Register of Citizens status of voters also matters: MHA While the Election Commission maintains that any Assam resident excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) would not automatically lose voting right and can still be in the electoral rolls if he produces some other proof of citizenship before the electoral registration … Read more
ASSAM Pilot project on use of plastic in road construction launched PWD Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today launched a first-of-its-kind pilot project to use waste plastic in road construction. The pilot project, being done on an experimental basis, was launched on the Kahilipara-Dakhingaon Don Bosco Road in the presence of the PWD … Read more
ASSAM · A new high level committee to protect Assams heritage ð The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the setting up of a high-level committee forimplementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. It provides for constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of Assam. … Read more
ASSAM Assam set to get its 6th national park in Dima Hasao The picturesque Dima Hasao district is set to get its first protected forest, with a move afoot to create a national park comprising some of the most verdant and inaccessible jungles of the area. This will be Assam’s sixth national park … Read more