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ASSAM Panel set up to implement Assam Accord The Centre notified the formation of a nine-member high-level committee with an aim to giving constitutional sanction to Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam Accord — which promises safeguards to preserve cultural, social and linguistic identity of the state’s indigenous people – in order to widen the ambit of … Read more
ASSAM Assam govt to give 10% quota to economically weaker sections in general category AssamCabinet headed by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has approved 10 percent quota for the economically weaker sections of the general category in government employment and government education institutes. The cabinet also approved the guidelines for disbursement of ₹5,000 each … Read more
ASSAM State’s tourism map to include lesser known archaeological sites A significant number of lesser known archaeological sites in 33 districts of Assam will now form a part of the State’s tourism map with the ambitious Asom Darshan scheme identifying 95 archaeological sites for developing tourist-friendly amenities. With the archaeological sites having … Read more
ASSAM Assam Bamboo and Cane Policy: The Assam State cabinet approved the Assam Bamboo and Cane Policy. The policy aims to utilize the bamboo and cane resources in the state through scientific management. Under the policy, the state will provide Rs.2.50 per bamboo sapling to the farmers as incentives. The State is planning to cultivate bamboo … Read more
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
ASSAM Assam emerges as hub of human trafficking From Assam, women are trafficked to places like Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat. In Delhi, the victims of trafficking are mostly used as sex workers and household helpers. In Haryana, they have been forced to do marriages and in Gujarat, the victims are engaged as labourers … Read more
11.05.19 INTERNATIONAL Who FOR ELIMINATING INDUSTRIALLY PRODUCED TRANS FATS BY 2023 The WHO has in partnership with the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to wished to achieve elimination of industrially produced trans fats by 2023. They expressed their commitment to eliminate industrial trans fats, and reduce salt, sugar and saturated fats in … Read more
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
ASSAM CM Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation for projects worth Rs 450 crore in Diburgarh Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation for a slew of projects amounting to Rs 450 crore in Dibrugarh. Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the Dibrugarh pure drinking water project, worth Rs 183.46 crore, under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and … Read more
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