Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on March 13 and 14, where he will inaugurate several development projects and distribute land rights certificates to the tea garden community, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), through its Tea Next initiative, successfully organised Tea Next 2.0, a focused capacity-building event for Bought Leaf Factory (BLF) representatives and Small Tea Growers (STGs) in Assam's Golaghat district.
Khera's remarks came after Amit Shah, in a rally in Assam's Dibrugarh on Friday, said that PM Narendra Modi had opened unprecedented economic and developmental opportunities for Dibrugarh and Assam.
"PM Modi has done a great job for the people of Dibrugarh. The biggest benefit of this free trade agreement is going to be for the people here. Tea produced in the tea gardens of Assam will reach European morning tea cups with zero tariff across all 27 EU countries," he said.
Honouring the priceless contribution of tea garden workers to Assam's 200-year-old tea industry, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday launched the Mukhya Mantrir Eti Koli Duti Paat Scheme at Doomdooma in Tinsukia district.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma highlighted the transformative potential of upcoming international trade agreements for the state's tea industry. In an interview with ANI, the Chief Minister emphasised that while India's do
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday distributed appointment letters to 296 candidates belonging to the Tea Tribes and Adivasi communities, selected for reserved posts through the Assam Direct Recruitment Examination (ADRE), at a ceremony held at the GMCH Auditorium in Guwah
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday presented appointment letters to 215 candidates from the Tea Tribes and Adivasi communities for various technical and non-technical posts in the state's health sector at a function held at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
"If we cannot bring the 40 lakh people of the tea community into the mainstream of the society, Assam as a whole will never progress. Therefore, we are continuously working towards this goal," the Chief Minister said.
In a post on X, Chief Minister Sarma said he held a detailed discussion on September 7 with the Assam Tea Tribe Students' Association (ATTSA) and the All Adivasi Students' Association of Assam (AASAA).
On the auspicious occasion of Teachers' Day, Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya felicitated Rajat Chandra Goswami, a 94-year-old primary school teacher who is also the oldest surviving retired primary school teacher of the State, at his residence at Adhar Satra, Hatigarh in Jorhat on Fri