Asom Barta

Here is a brief round-up of the activities of various departments: Industries & commerce and Public Enterprises Ambassador of Thailand to India Pattarat Hontong met Assam Industry Minister Bimal Borah in Guwahati...

The State Government’s signing of MoUs with the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) and SIDBI Venture Capital respectively for facilitating finance access to micro and small enterprises...

Vidyanjali 2.0 is turning out to be a successful model of linking alumni with their schools in more ways than one. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Education, whose humble...

To give an impetus to the State’s agricultural production, the Assam Government has initiated the Assam Millets Mission (AMM) with a seven year mandate starting fiscal 2022-23. It is pertinent to mention...

It was an evening in the 1970s. Monobala Buragohain was winding the thread at the courtyard of her home in Mezenga in Sivasagar district. A young Pabitra was playing with a ball...

Dip Sarma, Guwahati Helpline numbers are helping us in many ways. Most importantly, the Government helpline numbers are aiding us in lodging a complaint with relevant departments. This cartoon of mine is...

A photograph is worth a thousand words. The one above is of Ramprasad Hazarika, a home guard with the Assam Police, his wife, and his son Pallab, who was handed a letter...

In a small but significant development that may not grab eyeballs across the country, Assam has emerged as the top ranked State under the Scheme Vidyanjali 2.0. The scheme is an initative...

As I write this, we have just got through an initiative that I believe will herald a change in the way we manage policy and its implementation. We organised a chintan shivir...