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Government of Assam will roll out the ‘Orunodoi’ Scheme, which will provide financial assistance of Rs. 830 per month through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme to around 17 Lakh Families in the state.

This scheme will help the impoverished families in the state to meet their nutritional and medical needs.

In order to avail the benefits of the scheme, the applicant must be a permanent resident of Assam as well as must be presently residing in the state. The household income of the applicant must be less than Rs. 2 lakh per annum. Under the scheme the priority will be given to the household with an especially abled nominated female, widowed/divorced/unmarried female/separate female, specially-abled household member.

Flood Early Warning System (FEWS), fully automated web-based tool will help local authorities to take timely and appropriate measures in the event of a natural disaster befalling the city.

The Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) project was developed under The Energy and Resources Institute’s (TERI) project supported by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

Odisha retained the first position by scoring 85.67 per cent followed by Chandigarh, Telangana, Gujarat and Karnataka in the implementation of AMRUT.

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) was established in August 1981 as a not-for-profit research organisation to provide a strong economic basis for policy making.

ICRIER maintains a wide network of resource persons from India and abroad. It strives to attract well-qualified researchers, provides them a stimulating and scholarly work environment and encourages researchers to work in teams.

The Supreme Court has held that a daughter would have an equal share of inheritance as a son regardless of when she was born and whether her father was alive when the Hindu Succession Act was amended in 2005.

Sikkim has become the first state in the world to become fully organic and other states including Tripura and Uttarakhand have set similar targets.

In 2015, the Government initiated Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCD) and Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) to encourage chemical-free farming. It also aims at assisting farmers to adopt organic farming and improve remunerations due to premium prices.

North-east India has traditionally been organic and the consumption of chemicals is far less than the rest of the country.

Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) of Chhattisgarh has become the first in the country to provide forest land right certificate to the urban people under Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

The new initiative is completely technology based which will revolutionise the health sector in India.

Under this initiative every Indian would get an ID card containing all relevant information about his/her medical conditions and treatments, tests etc. Every time they visit a doctor or a pharmacy, or a lab, everything will be logged in this health card.

The vaccine has been developed jointly by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Defence Ministry.

The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in November 2020 as per the schedule of the event.