Assam Current Affairs, GK & News
Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) recently announced that it provided Rs 1,236 crores to Assam in 2020-21 from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF). What is RIDF? It was created in 1995-96 with an initial corpus of Rs 2,000 crores. In 2020-21, Rs 29,848 crores was allocated to RIDF. With this ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Assam • Energy conservation • Fishing • NABARD • Photovoltaic system • RIDF • Rural Connectivity • rural infrastructure
Assam Elephants Death-Report indicates Lighting
Around eighteen Asian elephants died in Nagaon district of Assam recently. It is a proposed reserve forest. Prior to this, such mass death of elephants occurred in 2001. Around 21 elephants were poisoned to death in 2001 in the adjoining tiger reserves of Pakke and Nameri across Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. What happened? On the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Assam • Elephants • forest reserve • Lightning • Lightning strike
Putola Nach- Puppetry Art-form of Assam
A trust based in Assam recently made videos using the traditional art called “Putola Nach”. The art form was used to take the messages related to COVID-19 to the public through social media. The videos were produced in collaboration with the UNICEF. The names of the videos were COVID Shatru (enemy), COVID Bibharat (confusion). These ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Assam • Mahabharata • putola nach • Ramayana • Tholpavakoothu • UNICEF
Bohag Bihu Bird Count 2021 begins
On April 14, 2021, the Bohag Bihu Bird count began in Assam. The Bohag Bihu Bird count was launched by Bird Count of India (BCI). The BCI is a Non-Governmental Organisation. This is the first time BCI is launching Bohag Bihu bird count. Bohag Bihu Bohag Bihu is also called Xaat Bihu. It is the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Assam • Bird Count of India • Bohag Bihu • Festival • North East • State of Birds report
Assam’s Red rice export to U.S.
The first consignment of ‘red rice’ was flagged off on March 4, 2021 to the United States. This adds on to the India’s rice exports potential. The rice was sourced by leading rice exporter called ‘LT Foods’. Highlights The ceremony of the flagging-off of the export consignments was carried out by APEDA Chairman Dr. M. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • International Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Assam • India-US • International Trade • Non-Basmati rice exports • Red Rice • rice export • Rice Production in India