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

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

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…
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Sonowal visits construction site of multi-purpose sports complex,

Sonowal visits construction site of multi-purpose sports complex,

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.…
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Assam Governor tributed Srimanta Sankardeva

Assam Governor tributed Srimanta Sankardeva

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

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

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

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

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…
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Sonowal tributes Atal Ji

Sonowal tributes Atal Ji

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.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

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…
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Assam Governor administers oath to APSC member and State Information Commissioner

Assam Governor administers oath to APSC member and State Information Commissioner

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.
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Sonowal directs Revenue Dept to conduct land survey across the state against illegal encroachment

Sonowal directs Revenue Dept to conduct land survey across the state against illegal encroachment

DCs have been asked to carry out survey and submit report to Govt. on priority basis.In an important direction, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today asked the Revenue and Disaster Management Department to conduct a detailed survey on the government land across the state to map alleged illegal encroachments. This direction was given in a review meeting that Chief Minister Sonowal held in his official residence here today which was attended among others by Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna, Additional Chief Secretary Home, Political, Revenue and Disaster Management Jishnu Baruah and other senior officers of the state government. As a part…
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Gauhati University is all set to restart regular classes for final semester students

Gauhati University is all set to restart regular classes for final semester students

Gauhati University is all set to restart regular classes for final semester students as per proposed Government guidelines issued by the Commissioner and Secretary of Higher Education, Assam for reopening of degree colleges from 1st of September, 2020. As per a notice from Gauhati University Registrar’s Office, 4th-semester students pursuing Post Graduation courses and 6th-semester students in their Undergrads along with 6th semester LLB students and 10th-semester students of BBA LLB, BA LLB and BCom LLB will return to the university from September 1. Hostels of the University will also reopen on September 1 and UG exams will begin from…
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