Assam - The Purbottar

27 Aug

Flipkart and Assam Govt enter into a strategic partnership

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Flipkart signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Assam to promote the state’s local Arts, Crafts, and Handloom sectors by bringing them into the e-commerce fold. The partnership with the Assam Industries & Commerce Department under the Flipkart Samarth program will enable national market access for Assam’s artisans, weavers, and craftsmen, allowing them to showcase their hallmark products on Flipkart’s marketplace. Government of Assam and Flipkart, both will focus on creating avenues to increase business and trade inclusion opportunities for these under-served segments of the society, thereby adding further thrust to the Government’s initiative to build a…

21 Aug

Swachh Survekshan 2020: Guwahati’s Rank Degraded To 356

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Swachh Survekshan 2020: Guwahati’s Rank Degraded To 356Although Assam ranked first which has cities with population less than 1lakh as the cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2020 survey results declared on Thursday, Guwahati’s rank gone down to 356. Guwahati which secured 303 position in 2019 secured 356 position in 2020. However, the other cities in the state have secured positions in different categories. The Swachh Survekshan 2020, conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair, has declared Jorhat as the “cleanest city” in the northeast zone. We congratulate Jorhat from Assam for being awarded 1st place in the “Cleanest…

21 Aug

Assam State govt striving to benefit 68,000 MSMEs under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat: Sonowal

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today reviewed the implementation status of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan at a meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner’s office, Dibrugarh. He also held a discussion with the MSME owners of the two districts and urged them to take advantage of the Atma Nirmal Bharat initiative. Saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had started the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan with financial outlay of Rs 20 lakh crore to revive and revitalise the country’s economy affected by COVID-19 lockdown, Sonowal stated that the state…

21 Aug

Sonowal visits construction site of multi-purpose sports complex,

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today visited the construction site of the multi-purpose sports complex being built with NLCPR funds at Khanikar in Dibrugarh today. While taking stock of the quality and the progress of construction, Chief Minister Sonowal asked PWD (Building) to complete construction of the main stadium by February next year. It may be noted that the sports complex is being built in line with the sports complex of Sarusajai in Guwahati. He asked the implementing agency to make good use of the construction season and time, use the manpower in three shifts to complete the construction in time.…

20 Aug

Assam Governor tributed Srimanta Sankardeva

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Assam Governor Prof.Jagdish Mukhi remembering and paying his reverence to the contribution of great Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva on his death anniversary said, “Srimanta Sankardeva a 16th century apostle, is unparalleled in the history of mankind in his contribution to life and culture of Assam. He is a role model of mankind. He is a versatile genius, a music composer, innovator of a classical school of dance, a world class translator, a litterateur, a spiritual guru”. Prof. Mukhi also said that Sankardeva united Assam culturally and strengthened its society by demolishing caste barriers, uplifting women and people living at the…

19 Aug

Ministry of Food Processing Industries sanctions 16 new food processing projects in Assam in last one year

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Ministry of Food Processing Industries has sanctioned 16 new food processing /preservation and infrastructure projects with a total cost of Rs.230 crore with subsidy commitment of Rs.85 crore for Assam in the last one year. It include 3 agro-processing clusters or Mini Food Parks with the objective to create common modern food processing/preservation infrastructure facilities for the processing/preservation units, 12 food processing/preservation units and 1 backward and forward linkage infrastructure. The Ministry has so far sanctioned 53 food processing/preservation projects in the different states of North East region in various supply chain component in the food processing sector with a…

19 Aug

Rotary Club of Guwahati City celebrated 74 th Independence Day with COVID Warriors

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Rotary Club of Guwahati City celebrated 74 th Independence Day with COVID Warriors at Dhakin Guwahati Lachitgarh HS School, Garchuk. The celebration was done in accordance with safety protocols laid down by authority. To stop the spread of COVID 19 and also to create awareness about the global pandemic, COVID Counselling Center has been set up by Govt across different wards of Guwahati City, and among this similar CCC is also operational in ward no 6 at Dhakin Guwahati Lachitgarh HS School, Garchuk. Large no of testing and COVID counselling are done every day to help the people of that…

17 Aug

Sonowal tributes Atal Ji

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is paying rich tributes to the portrait of the former Prime Minister of India late Atal Behari Vajpayee on the occasion of the patriarch's second death anniversary at his official residence here on August 16, 2020.

14 Aug

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

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Independence Day is a reminder of the sacrifices of our valiant freedom fighters who stood up against the colonisers and even suffered harsh consequences unflinchingly, so that the later generation could breathe in free air in free India. It’s a day of national pride. We, the all ranks of 72 Assam Girls (Independent) Coy NCC, NLP on behalf of Officer Commanding Col Jasbir Singh Cheema celebrate this day every year. This year too the unit and all its Colleges and schools, spread over the district of North Lakhimpur and Dhemaji are celebrating the Independence Day. The event was celebrated online on…

11 Aug

Assam Governor administers oath to APSC member and State Information Commissioner

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Assam Governor Prof.Jagdish Mukhi administered the oath of office to Debeswar Malakar as new member of the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) and Samudra Gupta Kashyap as State Information Commissioner at a ceremony held in the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan today. Chairman of APSC Pollob Bhattacharya, Principal Secretary Administrative Reforms and Training Department Niraj Verma, Members of APSC Sanjib Kumar Gohain Boruah and Dr.Niranjan Kalita, State Chief Information Commissioner A.P. Rout Several government officers, family members of the newly inducted members were present on the occasion.