ASSAM

CM Sarma said in Hojai that the decision to cleanse the state of the scourge of drugs was beyond political inclination or ideology.

Three central Assam districts Nagaon, Hojai and Morigaon and the hill district of Karbi Anglong, bordering Nagaland, are under the Police‘s radar as these have become the most-favoured transit routes of drug runners. DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said in Hojai that most drug consignments originate in Myanmar and enter the state through Karbi Anglong.

A total of 874 cases have been registered and 1,493 drug runners arrested since the new government was formed on May 10.

AllAssamMinorities Students Union (AAMSU), while meeting the Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, submitted a memorandum seeking rejection orders for those excluded from theNRCand for improving the educational and Health of the minority dominated areas for checking the Population–Growth“>Population Growth.

The leaders of Aamsu, an influential students body representing both religious and linguistic minorities, met the chief minister on Wednesday, following the controversy where Sarma had appealed the states immigrant Muslim population to adopt a decent family planning practice.

It added that as per PM POSHAN (Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman) guidelines, children studying in classes from Bal Vatika (just before Class-I) to Class VIII in government, government-aided and NCLP (National Child Labour Project) schools only are covered under PM POSHAN.
The venture schools were set up by locals of various places from time to time and later got recognition from the to impart Education. However, the Services of the teachers were not regularised in these schools and the local residents mostly took care of the school Infrastructure needs.

The Manas and Tiger Reserve in Assam have witnessed a sharp rise in the Population of rhinos and tigers.

The authorities of the national park expect the tiger population will rise to more than 60 from 48 as per the 2021 census.

In 2010, the tiger population of the park was recorded 10 while in 2020 it had increased to 30.

In 2010, after the first tiger census in Manas National Park was conducted the Tiger Conservation Authority had said during their analysis that the national parks tiger population will be increased by double in 2020 and it reached 30.

In the 2021 census, 48 tigers were counted in the park which means the tiger population had increased by 18 within a year. The census for 2022 is ongoing and it will be finished by March and it is being expected that the population will increase to more than 60.

The state assembly was informed by the government that since 2006, about 97 elephants have been sent outside of the state.

Most of these elephants were sent for religious activities and many over-stayed there even after the completion of the lease period.

Gamosa, a symbol of the culture and identity ofAssam, has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the central government. The handwoven rectangular fabric is made of and features red borders, signifying the cultural heritage of the state.

The GI tag has been registered in favour of the Directorate of Handloom & Textiles of the Assam government under the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999. The certificate has been awarded for Gamosa as of October 16, 2017, as per the application by the directorate. The process was started in 2017 when an application for a GI tag was filed by the Institute of Handicraft Development of Golaghat district.

Project RE HAB Reducing Elephant Human Attacks using Bees was launched in Assam.

Highlights:

The Project RE HAB creates bee fences, where the honey bees in these fences stop elephant attacks in human habitations.

They discourage the elephants without harming them and are more cost-effective than erecting fences or digging trenches.

It also raises honey production and improves farmer income, and helps to address https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change issues by regenerating forest cover.

The bee boxes, around 15 to 20, are placed in the premises of human habitation. They are placed as fences.

The buzz of the bees irritates the elephants the most as they fear that the honey bees might sting them in their trunks and eyes so, they do not walk ahead of the boxes.

The boxes are connected with a string, and as the elephants try to pass through the string, a pull or tug causes the bees to swarm towards the elephant.

The Project REHAB is implemented by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).

The Project RE-HAB is a submission to the National Honey Mission of KVIC, which launched to provide awareness and training in using bee boxes and the bee colonies. The mission was launched in 2017, first in Karnataka.

It will be launched in West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Between 2014 and 2019, around 403 deaths happened due to elephanthuman conflict.

Three hundred ninety-seven deaths happened in Odisha, 349 in Jharkhand, 332 in Assam, 170 in Karnataka and 289 in Chhattisgarh.

Around 500 elephants died in the human-elephant conflict alone in the last five years.

TheAssam governmenthas decided to create a newschool Education departmentby merging two existing ones, an official notification said. Theelementary and secondary educationdepartments are being merged to form the new one, it said.

Consequent to the merger, all officers and staff of the two departments will come under the administrative control of the school education department.
All correspondence relating to the existing departments will also be henceforth made in the name of the new one, it said.

All existing directorates and organisations of the two departments will be under the administrative control of the school education.