Assam

27 Aug

MoU with Assam is a part of Flipkart’s Samarth initiative

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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. Under the Flipkart Samarth program, the partnership with the Assam Industries & Commerce Department 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. The MoU was signed in the presence of Shri Chandra Mohan…

24 Aug

Post Flood Veterinary Support to the flood affected domesticated animals

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JBF (INDIA) TRUST commonly known as JBF (Just Be Friendly), a Guwahati based animal welfare organization in association with international organization Help Animals India and District Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department, Golaghat, provided Post Flood Veterinary Support to the flood affected domesticated animals (both big and small) & birds at Mohpara, Lukhurakhonia, Domjan (1), Domjan (2) and Gosanibor - five fringe area villages of Kohora range, Kaziranga National Park, Assam on 20th and 21st August 2020. Treatment of suffering animals were done and de-worming medicines as well as medicines for other diseases, feed supplements, supportive therapies were provided free of…

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

Sonowal distributes sanction letters to schools in Majuli for playground development

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today laid the foundation stone of playground development works at Majuli ME Parijat High School, Ratanpur Miri High School and Selek Janajati High School in Majuli under Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Yojna. The Chief Minister also formally handed over the sanction letters of Sports Department worth Rs 20 lakh each to the school authorities. He also distributed power tiller, roofing sheets and solar lamps among the beneficiaries under schemes of Plain Tribes Development Project. Speaking at the programme held at Majuli ME Parijat High School, the Chief Minister stressed on the need to shape the young…

21 Aug

Mega Parental Education Training on Digital Communication & Ethics to reach over 1.5 lakh parents

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Samagra Shiksha, Kamrup, along with Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, has initiated an extensive training program on Parental Education on Digital Communication & Ethics. Bharti Foundation brings in their expertise and experience in Parental engagement though Satya Bharti Home Mentoring process for parents. Under the program, virtual training will be conducted for nine Block Resource Persons, 159 Cluster Resource Centre Coordinators who will reach out toaround 5570 teachers,and these Teachers will train and conduct various activities for awareness of over 1.5 lakh parents across the district. The program is now all set to impact on a scalable…

21 Aug

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 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 Vaishnavite saint 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

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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. Healthy food selection. Shopping bag full of fresh vegetables and fruits. Flat lay food on table The Ministry has so far sanctioned 53 food processing/preservation projects in the different states…

19 Aug

Rotary Club of Guwahati City celebrated 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…