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ASSAM Assam offers slew of incentives to filmmakers to promote tourism In a bid to promote Assam’s tourism sector, tourism minister Himanta Biswa Sarmasaid the government has decided to provide subsidy up to 45% of the total cost if shooting of a film is done in the state. Sarma, who released state’s tourism policy … Read more
Government of India Policy on Information Technology (IT) Government provides IT resources to its employees to enhance their efficiency and productivity. These resources are meant as tools to access and process information related to their areas of work. These resources help Government officials to remain well informed and carry out their functions in … Read more
ASSAM Karbi Youth Festival from February 15 The 44th Karbi Youth Festival, India’s biggest-ever Karbi ethnic festival, is going to be held at Taralnagshu in Diphu from February 15 to 19, 2018. Talking to the media at Guwahati Press Club, Baithalangshu MLA Mansing Rongpi said: “This festival has been observed every year in February … Read more
20.04.18 RAJASTHAN Nabard approves Rs 14,690 cr funding to Rajasthan National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has extended total credit support of Rs 14,690 crore to Rajasthan for 2017-18. Rajasthan has been one of the biggest beneficiaries under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) of NABARD, under which NABARD disbursed … Read more
ASSAM Assam CM launches skill development training centres Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ceremonially launched skill development training centres across the state. The chief minister launched the centres in a programme organized by Department of Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati. The Chief Minister further informed … Read more
ASSAM Assam to ‘March for Science’ on April 11 The Assam chapter of All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN) will lend its support to the Global March for Science which will be organized as a protest against ‘attacks’ being launched on science and rational discourses across the world. While the march will be held … Read more
ASSAM Assam wants central forces deployed on Nagaland border to prevent encroachment The state government is planning to move central paramilitary forces close to the Assam-Nagaland border to prevent encroachment of Assamese territory by people from the neighbouring state. This comes in the wake of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah)’s renewed pledge to acquire … Read more
ASSAM Assam: Construction work begins on world-class airport terminal Union minister for civil aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju and chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the new international-standard integrated terminal building of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport. To be completed by 2020 at a cost of Rs 1,232 crores, the ambitious project is being … Read more
The Supreme Court for the first time directed the parliament to frame a Uniform Civil Code in 1985 in the case of Mohd Ahmed Khan v Shah Bano Begum. In Sarla Mudgal v Union of India 1995, Justice Kuldip Singh reiterated the need for the Parliament to frame a Uniform Civil Code, which would help … Read more
ASSAM Assam to observe ‘Rhino Day’ on September 22 The Assam government will be observing September 22 as ‘Rhino Day’ to generate public awareness on protection of the one-horned pachyderm, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said. A State Rhino Project in line with National Rhino Project will be launched in Assam soon for … Read more