KEY DECISIONS
December 1, 2023
Rule 4 of the Assam Food Security Rules, 2022 to be amended as part of the Government’s efforts to provide free rice to underprivileged households
Land to be settled in favour of indigenous, landless families in Tinsukia, Sonitpur, Dibrugarh, Dhemaji, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Nagaon, Barpeta, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Nalbari and Dhubri districts under Mission Basundhara 2.0
To streamline the process of paddy procurement, Partial Decentralised Procurement (DCP) of paddy to be implemented in Bongaigaon and Biswanath districts by Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd (AFCSCL) during Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2023-24 at an estimated cost of ₹1.69 crore
For creating an enabling environment for welfare activities, approval to the Constitution of Corporate Social Responsibility Authority of Assam (CSRAA) and its rules and regulations
For providing equal opportunities to students from diverse backgrounds, 5% seats in BTech/BE courses in Government Engineering Colleges to be reserved for students who studied from Class VII to X in Government Schools (under SEBA) and Class XI to XII in Government Schools/Colleges/Provincialised Colleges (under AHSEC)
Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to issue municipal bonds under Section 124(1) of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act, 1971
100 crore to be released to Assam Tea Corporation Ltd (ATCL) against the budget provision in 2023-24 for payment of interest on delayed deposit of Provident Fund to Assam Tea Employees Provident Fund Organisation (ATEPFO)
Approval to amendment of the draft Assam State Prosecution Service Rules, 2023 for ensuring a clear methodology for recruitment to the Assam State Prosecution Service
Approval to settlement/transfer and reclassification of land measuring 10 bigha at Utar Fulung village under Barbongshar Mouza in North Guwahati Revenue Circle in favour of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for establishing state-of-art Centre of Excellence at Guwahati
For transforming the industrial sector of Assam, customised incentives to be granted to three companies – M/s Galaxy Infra, The Indian Hotels Company (Taj Kaziranga) and Bhavya Shristi Udyog Pvt Ltd as recommended by Empowered Committee for Customised Incentives under the Industrial and Investment Policy of Assam (IIPA), 2019
Approval to optimisation of patta types through a Harmonised System of Nomenclature (HSN)
Special package for Tinsukia District
December 8, 2023
In-principle approval to the issue of detailed procedure/SOP for permitting traditional buffalo and bull fights to be organised during Magh Bihu at Ahatguri, Morigaon district, Nagaon district or in any other part of Assam.
The Directorate of Char Areas Development, Assam to be renamed as the Directorate of Minority Affairs & Char Areas, Assam
For inculcating the habit of reading among students, libraries for children and adolescents, and digital infrastructure to be created under the ‘Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2023-24’
December 21, 2023
To ensure proper balance between written examination and viva-voce test, interview test/viva-voce marks for the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) conducted by Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) to be scaled down from the existing 275 (18.33%) to 180 (12% of total written examination marks)
Land to be settled in favour of indigenous landless families in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Darrang, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Biswanath, Hojai, Nalbari, Bongaigaon, Goalpara and Bajali districts under Mission Basundhara 2.0
Approval to guidelines for implementation of Mukhya Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (MMAY-G)
Approval to 946 proposals for settlement of land to landless Indigenous familles across Assam, conversion of Annual Patta to Periodic Patta land, allotment/settlement of land for educational institutions (both Govt and Private), allotment to NGOs/societies and allotment to various government institutions, etc
15% hlke In existing stipend for post-doctorate, post-graduate doctors, senior resident, non-PG resident, internee doctors, post graduate diploma, pre-registered internee of Government Medical and Dental Colleges to be effective from 1 April 2024
Approval to 197 proposals for de-reservation of VGR/PGR land and reservation of equivalent quantum of land as VGR/PGR for settlement to landless Indigenous familles as received from District Commissioners of Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Bongaigaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Biswanath and Charaideo
Concurrence to the administrative approval for construction of Sports Complex at Chandrapur and establishment of Old Age Home and Child Care Institution at Boko, for a combined amount of 205 cr
Approval to Draft Guwahati Central Area Local Area Plan (LAP) within the Guwahati Metropolitan Area for publication inviting public objections and suggestions
Approval to the notification of the Assam State Township Policy, 2023 for implementation across the State for ensuring systematic and planned urban development in the State
To redevelop peri urban areas, Draft Development Scheme {also meaning Town Planning Scheme (TPS)} within the Guwahati Metropolitan Area approved for publication inviting public objections and suggestions
