Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
How did South Asian societies rebuild their economies following natural disasters? Based on five episodes from colonial India, this article suggests that between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth century, the response to disasters changed from laissez-faire to more state intervention. Despite this change, post-disaster rebuilding was complicated by unspecified rights …
The trace metal levels were studied in soil and water of Tipong, Tirap and Tikak Collieries of Makum Coal Field, Tinsukia, Assam. The toxic trace metals were analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). On the basis of the results obtained, it is clear that continuous mining operations have left permanent …
India's endangered wild buffalo, a favourite prey of tigers, is being counted at the Kaziranga National Park (KNP). The results will be out next week. Over 300 forest staff covered the sprawling grasslands and forest looking for the rare herbivores. The last count in the 430-square-km KNP put the number …
The Centre has earmarked an amount of Rs 102.89 crore for Asom under the Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) for the year 2008-09, with the major allocation made for buying tractors and irrigation. While informing this at a press conference here today, State Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma said that …
The Asom Government claims from time to time that from 2001 onwards the fiscal reforms carried out in the State benefited the people to a large extent leading to rise in per capita income of the people. But the question that arises now is: Has the "rise' in per capita …
Fifteen notorious wildlife poachers, who were creating havoc in Manas Biosphere area, surrendered before the Assam Forest and Wildlife Department officials in Chirang district of the state. Divisional forest officer of Chirang district, B N Patiri informed that the poachers surrendered at Kuklung Range of Manas Biosphere Reserve area and …
The very existence of Deepor Beel is under threat as some anti-social groups are busy encroaching its areas and illegally cutting the soil of the wetland. The efforts of the government and other nature-loving organisations for eco-tourism development of the Beel, situated on the western side of Guwahati, have failed …
While replying to a question in the Budget session of Assam Assembly on March 24, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi acknowledged that the per capita burden of the State's public debt now comes to Rs 6,806 at current prices. It means that the loan burden for a family on an average …
Its enormous water resources notwithstanding, Assam continues to be a deficit State in fish production. This is a drawback that can be traced to inadequate planning and implementation. Traditionally, fishery has been among the most neglected sectors and over the years little has been done to tap its immense potential. …
There is an indifferent attitude, almost of a colonial type, in the mainland of India towards NE. This needs to be changed through an arrangement so as to remove the feeling of alienation that afflicts the psyche of the NE people and thus to save the integrity of the country. …
It seems the state Government has made a total mess of the Central funds meant for children under the Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP). According to the latest CAG report, the SNP has been nothing but a story of not just diversion of funds and materials, but also of shortfall of …
During the last few days, questions and replies in the Assam Assembly relating to the food situation in the State have been a major cause for concern. This is not to suggest that we repose unquestioned faith in the replies and statistics furnished in Assembly or Parliament. But in a …
Asom Water Resources Minister Bharat Chandra Narah informed the State Assembly today that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh would take stock of erosion and other problems afflicting Majuli by paying a visit to the river island in the first half of April. The Brahmaputra Board and the Water Resources Department …
The Manas National park and Manas Tiger project authority conducted a census on elephants within the park recently. Director of Manas Tiger project Aninda Swargiary, informed that 1025 elephants were found in an area stretching 500 km and known to be the natural habitat of this pachyderm in Bansbari, Parbari …
To create awareness among the rural masses on the benefits of the National Rural Employment Assurance Act (NREGA), an awareness meeting was organized by the Biswanath Civil Administration yesterday at the SDO (c) office Conference hall with the lat mondals and gaon burahs under Biswanath subdivision Vishal Solanki, SDO (C), …
The construction of the coal-based 750mw Thermal Power Project at Salakati in Kokrajhar district at the site of the existing non-operational Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (BTPS) of NTPC is progressing as per schedule. Replying to a question raised by Rajya Sabha MP UG Brahma recently about the status and progress …
From the cosy confines of Dispur, it is not possible to feel the worries of farmers or even appreicate their yield. That was the message that Asom Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma today seemed to be sending across to the MLAs when she asked them to take the trouble of …
The State has a demand of about 545 metric tonnes of fish, on an average, per day. The State produces around 500 mt of fish and it imports around 45 mt of fish every day, on an average. Fisheries Minister Nurjamal Sarkar disclosed this in reply to a question of …
Rice production in the State is dwindling. Though there was a fluctuating trend between 2003-04 and 2005-06 in its production, the output of the item showed a sharp decline during 2006-07. Minister for Agriculture Pramila Rani Brahma stated this while replying to a question of Mission Ranjan Das (BJP) in …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday launched a new health scheme under which cancer patients in the State will be provided chemotherapy drugs free of cost. Speaking at a function held on the occasion at the Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute here, Mr. Gogoi said the government decided to provide …
