Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that Rs 3.6 lakh crore have been approved for Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) which seeks to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024. Presenting the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said, “Rs 12,300 crore have been approved to Swachh Bharat […]

Krishi UDAN will be launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on international and national routes aiming to improve value realisation in North East and tribal districts, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday. “Krishi UDAN will be launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on international and national routes aiming to improve value realisation […]

A sum of Rs 99,300 crores for education for the year 2020-21 will be provided, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting the second union budget of Modi’s re-elected government. “We propose Rs 99300 crores for the education sector in 2020-21 and Rs 3000 crores for skill development,” Sitharaman said in the Parliament. […]

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Saturday presented her second union budget and made the record of delivering the longest budget speech. Her budget speech, keenly heard across the aisle of parliament, lasted for over 2 hours 40 minutes, breaking the 2019 record of 2 hours and 17 minutes. The Finance Minister had begun her […]

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday tabled the Economic Survey 2020 in Parliament. The Economic Survey projected India’s economic growth at 6 per cent to 6.5 per cent in the next financial year starting April 1, saying growth has bottomed out. Survey also said intervention by the government, though well-intended, often ends up undermining […]

Former Assam special DGP, Pallab Bhattacharya has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC). The former top cop served as the additional director general of Assam Police. He is also a member of the high-level committee on clause 6 of the Assam Accord. Meanwhile, former IAS officer – Sanjeev Gohain […]

Assam Youth Congress leader Zubair Anam was arrested by the police on Friday on charges of resorting to vandalism at the Sankardev Kalakshetra during violent anti-CAA protests in Guwahati last December. An unruly mob allegedly led by the youth Congress leader had vandalised property of Sankardev Kalakshetra including the entrance. Zubair Anam was arrested from […]

The 75th biennial session of Asom Sahitya Sabha has begun from Friday at Sualkuchi in Kamrup district. Sualkuchi is known as the Manchester of the east for its exquisite silk weaving culture. Asom Sahitya Sabha which is revered as the apex literary body of Assam was established in 1917 to promote the culture of Assam […]

With the deadly coronavirus knocking at the doors in the Northeast, Assam Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that elaborate measures have been taken to check the spread of this virus and not a single case has been reported in the State. “No case of coronavirus has been reported yet in Assam. […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced a public health emergency of international concern over the coronavirus crisis in China and other countries. “The main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in China, but because of what is happening in other countries,” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the […]