Till date, around 17 lakh women have been receiving an amount of Rs 1,250 each on the 10th of every month through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) method under the first phase of this social sector scheme, Assam Chief Minister said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday ceremonially flagged off a truck carrying 2,000 water-proof solar lights donated by the Art of Living Foundation for the Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong districts.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain the plea of AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia challenging the Gauhati High Court order refusing to quash the criminal defamation case filed against him by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and others on Monday took part in the oath-taking ceremony of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar.
On this occasion, Chief Minister Dr Sarma attending a programme held at Kamalakanta Kshetra in Biswanath laid the foundations virtually for 12 schemes covering Biswanath, Gohpur and Sootea Assembly Constituencies.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of as many as 14 projects with an aggregate cost of more than Rs 1500 crore that have the potential to radically transform the upper Assam district into one of the most progressive districts in the
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the government wants students of the migrant muslims to become doctors, and engineers instead of becoming Junab, Imam "by studying in Madrasas".
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that there is a need to change the system of men marrying three-four women to give justice to Muslim women.
Assam Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to create a Safai Karamchari Commission and decisions related to providing financial benefits to pregnant women, monitoring drug prices, protecting Safai Karmacharis' rights and filling up vacancies in Forest Department were also taken in the meetin
The Assam Chief Minister attended the Bhumi Pujan of the proposed medical college and hospital, which are to be constructed at a cost of Rs 686 crore, at Kosubari.