Assam
The 48th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) on Friday has approved 371 recommendations from participating states and Union Territories for construction of 2,31,532 lakh houses with an overall investment of Rs 7,322 crore including central help of Rs 3,473 Cr. A total of 7-states/UTs participated [...] Continue Reading »
Road and drain projects worth Rs 66.68 crore for Hojai and Lanka in Assam have been approved by the Union Ministry of Urban Development under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Town (UIDSSMT). Union Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath informed this to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in a letter. [...] Continue Reading »
The Government of India has signed a $125 million loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB). The amount would be utilized for upgrading of roads in North Eastern states.’ The North Eastern States Roads Investment Program’, as it is known, is designed to reconstruct roads in the North Eastern states of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Sikkim, thereby cutting [...] Continue Reading »
To fulfill the most cherished dream of having roads to connect the remote areas of Manipur, Assam and Nagaland, about 100 Northeast villagers are working hard towards collecting funds to complete the road construction. The deadline will be until Christmas. An example, wherein a resident from Manipur’s remote Phoklong village has contributed Rs 1,000 from his old-age pension for the [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of cities and towns across Assam will be able to use their mobile phones to check their property taxes from next year onwards. Assam’s urban development department has decided to launch an e-governance project, under which the property tax collection system will be streamlined to bring in more transparency. The programme will include 89 [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate firm Infinity group of Kolkata planned to invest Rs 1000 crore in Assam in next 3-4 years. They will invest the amount for the construction of office space and residential apartments in Guwahati and other major cities of Assam. According to the Infinity group there is a huge opportunity in the cities [...] Continue Reading »
The Assam Real Estate & Infrastructure Developers’ Association (AREIDA) has put a proposal to the government to reconsider the Circle rate. The main agenda behind the reconsideration of circle rates is to make it appeal reasonable and rational to the citizens of the city. The AREIDA president say that they have no objection to levy [...] Continue Reading »
