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This project will be launched to provide guidance to students and boost their skills.

For this project, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Anita Rajan, CEO of Tata STRIVE, to sought their cooperation on this project.

Tata STRIVE is a Skill development programme of Tata Trusts.

Tata STRIVE

Tata STRIVE is an initiative of the TCIT. It was launched with the aim of Tata STRIVE started working under the parent head of Tata Trusts in FY 2017-18. It was started working a result of strategy of SIMPLIFICATION, synergy and scale of Tata Group. This move recognises close synergies between Tata STRIVE and broader community interventions of Tata Trusts. This initiative is skilling youth from underprivileged backgrounds by means of innovations in technology, methodology and pedagogy. Since 2014, 6.5 Lakh Individuals have experienced the advantage of Tata STRIVE.

:AssamandMeghalayahave agreed in principle to divide about 36 sqkm of disputed land at six places between them in almost equal parts to partially end the 50-year-old border row between them.

The disputes in six other remaining areas, which are termed as complicated, will be taken up for settlement in the next phase.

The two states have, however, agreed that the disputes will be limited to only these 12 areas based on the claims made by Meghalaya till 2011 and that Meghalaya cannot make any further claims.

The Assam-Meghalaya proposal will be sent to MHA for approval as inter-state boundary is a central subject, which will have to be then approved by parliament as Meghalaya became a full-fledged state in 1972 under the North Eastern Region (Re-organisation) Act of 1971 and then ratified by the legislative assemblies of both states.

Smartphone availability at Home for schoolchildren has doubled to 71% during the Covid pandemic in Assam and for the two northeastern states of Manipur and Nagaland it went up to 92% this year. But their access to smartphones for purposes of study remains a concern. For more than half of the schoolchildren, smartphones are available sometimes or not accessible at all.

This was revealed in the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021 published on Wednesday, covering 581 districts across 25 states and three Union Territories in the country.

In the five northeastern states, where the survey was conducted, the smartphones were available at homes of 36.1% of the surveyed children of Assam in 2018. The corresponding figure in Manipur went up to 92.9% in 2021 from 53.4% in 2018. In Nagaland also smartphones were available with 92.9% children at home in 2021, though the same was 50% in 2018. For Meghalaya, the corresponding figures were 41.3% (2018) and 77.9% (2021) respectively.

In Assam, 51.4% of the surveyed children got access to smartphones for purposes of study sometimes, whereas for 22.9% it was not accessible despite being available at home. In Manipur, 39.9% got access only sometimes and for 24.5% it was not accessible. The corresponding figures for Meghalaya were 34.2% and 30.7% respectively.

ASER 2021 was a household rural survey conducted via phone. At an all India level, 67.6% children were found to have a smartphone at home.

CM Himanta Biswa Sarmaon Wednesday urged the heads of Indian and American companies to join hands with theAssamgovernment and explore the opportunities offered by the state, especially in tea, trade and tourism. He was addressing an event hosted by theUS-India Strategic PARTNERSHIP Forum(USISP) in New Delhi.

“Our inherent strengths – geographical, https://exam.pscnotes.com/natural-Resources“>Natural Resources, Flora and Fauna, coupled with the enabling policy push guided by the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi – have made Assam a powerhouse of opportunities. From tea to trade and tourism, we offer enormous possibilities for businesses,” Sarma said. He added that the Assam government has been working tirelessly to create a robust Environment for investments through a bouquet of policies, including investments in higher Education.

Union Minister for Social and Empowerment Virendra Kumar said the Centre has been extending all possible cooperation to border states in fighting the menace of drug trade and abuse. Setting up rehabilitation centres to help the drug users give up their addiction is a part of the fight against drugs in which his Ministry is directly involved, he said. Addressing a press conference here, Kumar said, “In border states like Rajasthan, Assam, Punjab and Sikkim, among others, the problem of drugs is a major issue. The government here (in Assam) is already fighting it and the Central government has been extending its full support.”

The minister said he visited the rehabilitation centre for addicts run by the Committee on Social Economic Health Development-ICRA at Khetri on the outskirts of the city earlier in the day and interacted with inmates there.

The buzz of devotees is set to return to temples in Assam as the new government SOP released on Tuesday has allowed those who are fully vaccinated to enter places of worship.

The famous Kamakhya temple will see footfall after three months of closure. Other religious places are also expected to come alive with the presence of devotees.

The also withdrew the inter-district travel ban, except to and from state capital Guwahati.

The Kamakhya temple management welcomed the temple reopening decision as thousands of people across the state were rendered jobless for months due to Covid restrictions.

TheAssamgovernment signed an agreement with the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (MGAHV) for setting up a campus in this northeastern state.

The Maharashtra-based central varsity will be functioning from a temporary campus in Guwahati for the time being, an official release said.
The MGAHV campus will engage in popularising and research of Hindi and other Indian languages. Vice-chancellor Rajnish Kumar Shukla, present on the occasion, said a mass Communication course in Assamese language will soon be launched in the Guwahati campus.

TheIndian Union Muslim League(IUML) has condemned theAssamgovernment’s proposed Population policy and labeled it not only “discriminatory” but also “anti-secular and unconstitutional”.

It also slammed Assam chief minister Himanta BiswaSarmafor advocating a two-child norm for availing benefits under specific schemes and omitting certain communities from it.

Assam currently has a two-child norm, along with requirements of minimum educational qualifications and functional sanitary toilets, for contesting in gaon panchayat polls as per an amendment in 2018 to the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994.