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Dihing Patkai: 7th National Park of Assam

June 11, 2021

Assam Government has notified Dihing Patkai as a National Park which was the last remaining stretches of the Assam Valley tropical wet evergreen forests. Key points This notification comes four days after creating 422-sq. km Raimona National Park in Kokrajhar ..

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Assam to provide Bharat Ratna and Padma like Awards

June 9, 2021

On the line of Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards, Assam cabinet has decided to institute Asom Ratna Award. About newly announced awards Asom Ratna Award award will be presented every year to one person for his significant contribution to society. ..

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Raimona – Sixth national park of Assam

June 7, 2021

According to Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Raimona reserve forest in Kokrajhar district has been upgraded to sixth national park of Assam. This forest comes under Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) across the border with Bhutan. Background Assam has ..

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Assam CM appoints ‘Guardian Ministers’

May 27, 2021

Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, appointed “Guardian Ministers” in state. Functions of Guardian Ministers Guardian Ministers will look after balanced, speedy and sustainable developments in all 34 districts of state. They will be responsible to implement and resolve ..

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Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

May 16, 2021

Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) is a unique initiative by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in India to provide financial assistance for the development of rural infrastructure. RIDF was created in 1995-96 with an initial corpus ..

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Assam Elephants Death-Report indicates Lighting

May 15, 2021

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 ..

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