The Assam government has announced a significant initiative to promote a culture of reading by providing a one-time book allowance of ₹1,000 to all its employees. This grant will be disbursed with their November 2025 salary and will cost the state exchequer approximately ₹40 crore. The ...

Assam Government is focusing to transform Karbi Anglong into a leading tourist hotspot in the state and beyond. Karbi Anglong has natural charm and rich cultural heritage and it will be a base to build a sustainable tourism-driven economy. To achieve desired goal Government has taken following ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched India's first Aqua Tech Park in Sonapur, near Guwahati, Assam. The park will also support fish farmers learn about technology such as aquaponics, biofloc system, and ornamental fishes breeding. This will help to increase fish production and farmers ...

Assam Cabinet green-lighted several welfare measures aimed at improving rural livelihood, education of youth, and revitalization of traditional industry. These decisions include new pay structures for the Gaon Pradhans and Anganwadi workers, the introduction of the Gaja Mitra Scheme to curb ...

The Assam Cabinet, during its meeting on 20 October, 2022, approved a new framework called Gajah Mitra, to reduce the incidents of human-elephant conflict in the state as it is being reported that there have been hundreds of deaths of both people and elephants. The new scheme seeks to protect ...

The forests of Assam have produced yet another species of tree belonging to the Garcinia family. Judged by them to be a new species of Garcinia, and called Garcinia kusumae, it was first recognized while surveying the Baksa district. Because Kusum Devi, the mother of botanist Jatindra Sarma, has ...

The Ambubachi Mela is an annual religious festival celebrating the menstruation period of the Goddess Kamakhya at Kamakhya Temple in Assam. It takes place every year during the month of June, for four days. The event is part of a four-day observance of the temple being closed as a sign of the ...

On June 23, 2025, in a historic policy announcement aimed at supporting social inclusion and the empowerment of grassroots workers, Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma declared that the transgender community in Assam would be assigned OBC (Other Backward Class) status. In a parallel ...

Recent fossil discoveries in the Makum Coalfield of Assam, India, have shed light on ancient biodiversity. Researchers at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences discovered fossil leaves of the genus Nothopegia (approximately 24 million years old) in the Makum Coalfield. This genus of plant ...

Nagshankar Temple, located in Biswanath district in northeastern Assam, has been named a model temple for turtle conservation. This recognition was given on May 23, 2025, during a special event held on World Turtle Day.The event celebrated the temple’s important work in protecting turtles, which ...