29-30.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   NITI Aayog to extend support for methanol production in Assam   Assam government today said NITI Aayog will extend all necessary support for augmenting methanol production of Assam Petrochemicals Limited (APL) by utilising the natural gas available in the state.   The Chief Minister also stated that disposing municipal solid waste as a … Read more 29-30.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

22.11.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam to provide textbooks to blind students   The state government will provide free textbooks to visually impaired students of the state.   The chief minister made the announcement while releasing a guidebook for visually challenged students for competitive examinations.   He said his government had taken up various programmes aimed at uplifting … Read more 22.11.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

27.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Skill development training centres launched    Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal formally launched Skill Development Training Centres across the State in a programme organised by the Department of Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship, Government of Assam.   The Chief Minister informed the gathering that the State government has already signed an MoU with the Government … Read more 27.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

02.11.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam govt to buy Bhupen Hazarika’s house   Assam government has set itself on a mission mode to acquire an abandoned three-storey house located at Kolkata’s Golf Course Road from its present owner where the bard had lived and created his magic for about 40 decades. The objective is to preserve the house number … Read more 02.11.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

28.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Guwahati organises tribal festival ‘Aadi Mahotsava’ Assam has organised a tribal festival called ‘Aadi Mahotsava’ at Gandhi Mandir Indoor stadium field in Guwahati to celebrate the ethnic tribal culture of the country. The 10-day festival is being conducted by the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India in collaboration with the Ministry of Tribal … Read more 28.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

21-22.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Underground, underwater sensor at Indo-Bangla border soon   The 60.740-km open Indo-Bangla riverine border, that is considered to be a passage for many cross-border illegal activities, will now be equipped with underground and underwater sensor (Sonar). The officials of the Border Security Forces (BSF), explained that they have taken up a project ‘BOLD-QIT’ to … Read more 21-22.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

08-09.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam: Pay scale upgrade for MLAs on the cards   The state government proposed hikes in the salaries of legislators – ranging from Rs 20,000 to Rs 40,000 – in the second raise for members of the assembly since 2014.   In a departure from the convention of legislators recommending their own hikes, … Read more 08-09.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

31.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   NRC is a priority agenda: Assam CM   Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowalon the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a primary and priority agenda of the state government. He also said the government was providing all logistic support for a complete and flawless NRC, the updation of which is going on under the supervision of the … Read more 31.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

04-05.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Lab-on-wheels stalled in Assam due to lack of funds   The only laboratory-on-wheels in the state, which was launched for primary school students by the state education department in 2012, has been lying in a dysfunctional state since 2015, with the directorate of elementary education, responsible for looking after after the project, citing dearth of funds … Read more 04-05.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

06.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Strikes in Oil and Gas sector in Assam prohibited   The Assam government has banned strikes by employees in the Oil and Gas sector in the state under the Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act, 1980 for six months.   A notification to this effect was issued on March 13 prohibiting strikes in Assam by officers, workmen, … Read more 06.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs