CHAPTER- 29 MISCELLANEOUS

Table 29.1- Revenue collection from tourism in during 2014-15 to 2016-17

No. of Visitors # Name of National Park Year Revenue (in Indian Foreign Lakh) 1. 2014-15 123360 7994 29.46 2015-16 162799 11417 419.77 2016-17 159669 7383 493.15 2. 2014-15 9786 475 33.48 2015-16 40559 614 73.69 2016-17 36201 351 76.24 3. 2014-15 1946 45 2.31 2015-16 3502 20 4.04 2016-17 3354 62 0.4 4. Dibru-Saikhowa National 2014-15 4249 27 2.1 Park 2015-16 2695 27 0.16 2016-17 2968 58 0.26 5. 2014-15 8448 1035 14.13 2015-16 10384 702 9.25 2016-17 11539 874 18.58

Table 29.2- Domestic and foreign tourist arrivals and earnings in Assam during 2014-15 to 2016-17

Type 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Indian 21092 42988 24036 Tourist staying in Tourist Lodges Foreign 422 1077 474 Tourist in other accomodation like Indian 4842734 5599962 5389841 Hotel etc. Foreign 19583 25243 6735 Total Revenue earned from Tourist lodges only (Rs. in Lakh) 211.77 1057.24 252.39 Source: Directorate of Tourism, Assam.

Table 29.3- Revenue collection in Controller of Metrology in Assam during 2015-16 to 2016-17

(Rs. in Lakh) # Item 2015-16 2016-17 1 Verification and Stamping fees. 344.19 432.92 2 Fees for Calibration of Storage Tank 21.03 20.65 3 Composition fees 19.69 67.42 4 Registration of Manufactures and Packers fees 1.32 1.2 5 Licence fees 4.83 3.25 Total 391.06 525.44 Source: Controller of Legal Metrology, Assam.

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Table 29.4- Monthly allocation of PDS in Assam in during 2016 to 2017 (DURING THE PERIOD DECEMBER 2016 TO DECEMBER 2017)

NFSA Rice (in MT) Wheat (in MT) SK Oil (in KL) Month AAY Rice PH Rice

December/ 2016 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 31404 January/ 2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 23364 February/ 2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 23376 March/ 2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 23460 April/ 2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 20424 May/ 2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 20508 June/ 2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 20532 July/ 2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 20412 August/ 2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 20520 September/ 2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 20532 October/2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 20412 November/2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 20508 December/2017 24507.98 110971.35 5781.61 20544 AAY= Antrodoya Anna Yojona; PH= Priority House; NFSA= National Food Security Act. Source: Directorate of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Assam.

Table 29.5- Visitors and revenue collection in state botanical gardens in Assam during 2006-07 to 2015-16

Nos. of Tourists Revenue collected (Rs.) Year All Indian Foreigner Total Tourists Sources 2006-2007 430342 122 430464 4733835 4897712 2007-2008 434695 101 434796 4827987 4919187 2008-2009 524598 166 524764 5412795 5680944 2009-2010 574056 138 574194 5878200 6566765 2010-2011 606154 186 606340 5456045 6693716 2011-2012 602797 276 603073 6874380 7423873 2012-2013 573560 258 573818 5138900 6983454 2013-2014 760280 217 760497 18766240 21076245 2014-2015 754795 277 755072 17930890 19895186 2015-2016 582583 281 582864 582864 17278651 Source: Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden.

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Table 29.6- District-wise FP shops in Assam under Aamar Dukan in 2016-17

District Nos. of “Aamar Dukan”

Kokrajhar 64

Dhubri 254

Goalpara 137

Barpeta 195

Morigaon 120

Nagaon (including Hojai) 303

Sonitpur (including Biswanath) 370

Lakhimpur 432

Dhemaji 171

Tinsukia 244

Dibrugarh 401

Sivasagar 442

Jorhat 295

Golaghat 383

Karbi Anglong 100

Dima Hasao 20

Cachar 253

Karimganj 61

Hailakandi 130

Bongaigaon 272

Chirang 72

Kamrup 136

Kamrup Metro 284

Nalbari 198

Baksa 85

Darrang 70

Udalguri 66

South Salmara 65

Assam 5623

Source: Directorate of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Assam.

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Fire & Emergency service Fire Accident station Fire District person Value of Population No. of No. of (in Nos.) Property No. of Nos. covered(No. Accident Human Lost (Rs. in Injured in Lakh) (Fire Calls) life lost Lakh)

Kokrajhar 2 9 37 55 133 3 - 5 19 40 108 246 1 - 3 10 59 90 297 1 - 9 17 113 271 521 12 1 Morigaon 3 10 656 90 208 9 - 7 28 86 268 859 5 20 Sonitpur 5 19 91 223 168 25 4 Lakhimpur 4 10 47 85 224 2 - Dhemaji 3 7 72 44 149 9 2 5 13 71 110 230 11 1 7 13 90 170 270 36 3 4 12 55 67 161 - - 5 11 84 77 167 7 2 5 11 81 129 300 13 2 Karbi Anglong 3 10 45 725 135 - - Dima Hasao 3 2 45 25 16 - - Cachar 8 17 118 173 351 23 1 6 12 81 64 149 1 - Hailakandi 2 7 28 50 224 1 - 3 7 54 68 306 1 2 Chirang 2 5 39 34 124 1 - Kamrup 7 15 176 173 733 1 - Kamrup Metro 10 13 195 619 804 61 5 Nalbari 4 8 94 66 15 3 - Baksa 1 10 23 9 28 - - Darrang 5 9 90 116 122 - - Udalguri 4 8 54 40 61 - - Biswanath 3 * 45 43 49 - - 1 * 16 12 105 - 1 Hojai 5 * 67 147 386 - - S. Salmara 2 * 36 49 64 - - W.KarbiAnglong 1 * 14 - - - - 1 * 21 11 21 - - Assam 138 312 2823 4211 7626 226 44 * Separate data for six newly created districts are not available, figures are include in the existing 27 districts. Source: State Fire & Emergency Service, Assam.

-240- Table 29.8- Warehouse centers in Assam in 2016-17

Capacity (in M.T.) Revenue Nos. of District Received (Rs. in Temp Hired Centres Own Const Total ‘000) Shed Godown

Kokrajhar 2000 - - 2000 1 0

Goalpara 14451 175 - 14626 3 9663.22

Barpeta - - 9723 9723 1 10899.76

Nagaon 19118 770 - 19888 3 12179.48

Hojai 16525 - - 16525 3 5968.53

Sonitpur 5500 - - 5500 1 1630.88

Biswanath 495 - - 495 1 54.99

Lakhimpur 4877 - - 4877 1 4140.45

Dhemaji 11632 - - 11632 5 902.65

Tinsukia 13384 - - 13384 2 11588.81

Dibrugarh 5750 160 - 5910 1 3613.09

Sivasagar 10140 - - 10140 1 7512.26

Golaghat 5000 170 - 5170 2 1323.67

Karbi Anglong 6032 - - 6032 2 217.39

Cachar 5800 310 4450 10560 1 5278.08

Karimganj 3650 - - 3650 1 1333.11

Bongaigaon 22100 1125 - 23225 1 15230.89

Kamrup 5950 - - 5950 4 21768.35

Kamrup Metro 53772 88 13714 67574 4 42419.62

Darrang 7177 - 200 7377 2 3937.57

Udalguri 6600 - - 6600 2 944.81

Assam 219953 2798 28087 250838 42 160607.61

Source: Assam State Warehousing Corporation, Christianbasti, -05.

-241- Table 29.9- Public Libraries in Assam in 2016

Books up to New Books Average daily Registered # Name of Public Library 31-03-2016 Added during reading response member up to (Nos.) 2016-17 (Nos. of Persons) 31-03-2017 1 Ref. Sanction, Directorate of Library Services, Assam 43186 1500 20 Nil 2 Branch Library, Guwahati 42577 262 25 3349 3 Bishnu Nirmala Children Library, Guwahati 16043 329 20-30 3065 4 Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Hall Library, Guwahati 15000 1289 70 Nil 5 District Library, Guwahati 44979 1149 95 3926 6 District Library, Dibrugarh 105627 374 32 12372 7 District Library, Karimganj 56335 3794 45 3044 8 District Library, Goalpara 58923 298 45 3716 9 District Library, Sivasagar 64867 1188 85 9283 10 District Library, Kokrajhar 68317 5122 35-37 5063 11 District Library, Bongaigaon 10841 342 50 1167 12 District Library, Golaghat 60628 2796 85 7562 13 District Library, 73819 1375 14 5288 14 District Library, Haflong 90436 624 20 30 15 District Library, 78389 983 25 8098 16 District Library, N. Lakhimpur 97699 951 150 11154 17 District Library, Mangaldoi 73315 745 70 9699 18 District Library, Nalbari 64422 819 65 6200 19 District Library, Jorhat 115215 3384 81 19440 20 District Library, 68351 1482 75 16212 21 District Library,Nagaon 112273 778 57 16491 22 District Library, Dhubri 83071 2030 40 7610 23 District Library, Barpeta 62765 820 50 7285 24 District Library, Morigaon 50794 1363 125 5454 25 District Library, Dhemaji 48889 327 25-30 4552 26 District Library, Tinsukia 67954 3936 47 5764 27 District Library, Hailakandi 43332 936 20 2822 28 Sub-Div. Library, Pragjyotishpur 12869 1586 35 504 29 Sub-Div. Library, Rangia 24020 608 9 2602 30 Sub-Div. Library, Hojai 18424 563 24 2077 31 Sub-Div. Library, Udalguri (D.L) 19500 1243 25 1098 32 Sub-Div. Library, B.Chariali 25607 248 20 2762 33 Sub-Div. Library, Jonai 30438 Nil 53 1994 34 Sub-Div. Library, Majuli 25588 198 37 35 35 Sub-Div. Library, Sodia 18922 254 17 2204 36 Sub-Div. Library Sarupathar 15473 147 30 1412 37 Sub-Div. Library,Hamren 20746 500 Oct-15 1103 38 Sub-Div. Library, S.Salmara 16143 50 26 766 39 Sub-Div. Library, N.Salmara 11800 1000 8 1261 40 Sub-Div. Library, Charaideo 21917 - 31 2473 41 Sub-Div. Library, Gossaigaon 15041 321 25 864 42 Sub -Div.Library, Tamulpur 8393 235 25 1025 43 Distrrict Library, Chirang 3529 300 18 58 44 Disrict Library. Baksa 3550 Nil 30 112 Source: Directorate of Library Services, Assam. -242- Table 29.10- Plant investment in state zoo-cum-botanical gardens in Assam in 2016

Nos. of Indigenous Species Nos. of Introduced Species Plant 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16 Tree 95 94 143 143 Shrub 80 80 34 34 Herb 123 123 41 120 Climber 33 30 10 8 Epiphyte (Orchid) 5 7 - 6 Pteridophyte 7 7 8 6 Total 343 341 236 317 Source: Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden.

Table 29.11- Birds, animals and reptiles in state zoo-cum-botanical garden in Assam in 2016

Nos. of Species Population # Item 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16 I. Mammals A. Schedule I & II 33 32 218 219 B. Other Indigenous 9 7 288 295 C. Exotic 2 2 6 7 D. Hybrid 1 1 6 5 Total 45 42 518 526 II. Birds A. Schedule I & II 6 5 31 35 B. Other Indigenous 40 39 458 528 C. Exotic 8 6 82 13 Total 54 50 571 576 III. Reptiles A. Schedule I & II 15 12 49 65 B. Other Indigenous 14 8 23 13 Total 29 20 72 78 Grand Total 128 112 1161 1180 Source: Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden. Source: (Table 29.09 to 29.11) Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden.

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