10th July 2025 Cabinet has approved the Draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and Regulatory Guidelines to Prevent Coercive Practices by Private Nursing Homes/Hospitals in Assam Hospitals must hand over dead bodies within 2 hours of death certification irrespective of pending payment. Delay beyond this time frame may attract penal action and incidents must be mandatorily reported to police and district health authority within 4 hours 104: A 24x7 toll-free helpline will allow families to report coercion of any form Upon complaint, the designated authority must visit the site, release the dead body, if wrongfully held and initiate legal proceedings Guilty Hospitals will face license suspension (3-6 months), upto 25 lakh penalty, blacklisting, or permanent deregistration on repeat offences Cabinet has approved the implementation of Prerona Asoni - a financial assistance scheme providing 300 per month, for a period beginning November 1st, 2025 till the HSLC examination (February 2026), to all the students studying in Class X in all ASSEB affiliated schools Cabinet has approved monthly financial assistance of ₹1500 to eligible celibate monks (Udasin Bhakats) residing in Satras of Assam to ensure the wellbeing and sustenance of the bearers of our glorious tradition Cabinet has approved increase of State incentive by ₹1500 and ₹750 respectively for Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers from October 1, 2025 This will increase the incentive of Anganwadi Workers to ₹8,000 and of Anganwadi Helpers to ₹4,000 Cabinet has approved enhancement of the remuneration of Gaon Pradhans (GP) from ₹9,000 per month to ₹14,000 per month from 1st October 2025. This decision shall also apply to GPs of Forest Villages Cabinet has approved implementation of the Gaja Mitra Scheme in 8 most human elephant conflict prone districts of Goalpara, Udalguri, Nagaon, Baksa, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Jorhat and Biswanath Cabinet has approved changing the name of Rabindranath Tagore University to Rabindranath Thakur Vishwavidyalaya Cabinet has approved allotment of Govt land for 127 infra projects of State Govt in urban areas and to allotment of govt land to 2,329 non-governmental educational/religious/socio-cultural institutions Cabinet has approved the Assam Goods and Services Tax (Reimbursement for Indigenous Bell Metal Industries) Scheme, 2025 to reimburse SGST paid by Bell metal manufacturers 18th July 2025 Cabinet has approved financial sanction of ₹342cr for implementation of Mukhya Mantri Eti Koli, Duti Paat Scheme The amount will be disbursed in a single instalment of ₹5,000 per eligible beneficiary to around 7 lakh workers and employees Cabinet has approved allotment of land at Sarusajai in Guwahati for building a 500-bed Medanta Hospital, a 100-bed Women and Child Hospital and a 5 star Lemon Tree Hotel Cabinet has approved the inclusion of willing employees and dependents of Assam Power Distribution Corporation Ltd, Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Ltd, Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd and Adarsha Vidyalaya under Mukhya Mantri Lok Sevak Arogya Yojana (MMLSAY) Cabinet has approved a project to build Teachers Quarters and Students' Hostel in Assam Medical College and Hospital worth ₹357.28cr Cabinet has approved allotment of land and waiver of premium to Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for setting up of a National University for Disability Studies To streamline the process of land availability for hydrocarbon exploration & production activities, Cabinet has approved notifying exemption of hydrocarbons exploration and production activities from the purview of "The Assam Regulation of Reclassification and Reclassification cum Transfer of Lands Act, 2015" subject to the payment of the applicable premium Cabinet has approved allotment of Govt land under Mission Basundhara 3.0 to 36 infrastructure projects of State Govt 45 infrastructure projects of corporations, boards, etc. 3,247 non-individual juridical entities 28 Central Govt departments and undertakings 23rd July 2025 Cabinet has approved the Chief Minister's Foreign Language Initiative for Global Human Talent (CM-FLIGHT), to provide structured foreign language training to the youth of Assam. 180 candidates will be trained in the current financial year Cabinet has approved a ₹2,750 crore project Supporting School Education in Assam (Assam: School Education and Adolescent Wellbeing Project) to improve infrastructure and equip schools with trained teachers and advanced facilities Cabinet has approved the Collective Infrastructure Development of Apartment Buildings to be funded through MLALADs and United Fund to ensure reach of Govt welfare schemes to residents of Apartments Cabinet has approved conversion of 158 land in 6 districts from Annual Patta to Periodic Patta, conversion of 234 Tea Grant/Period land to Periodic Patta, allotment of land for 48 infrastructure projects and allotment of land to 27 non-individual juridical entities Cabinet has approved ₹150 crore for development of police stations under MOITRI Cabinet has approved upgradation and redesignation of existing sanctioned posts of Assam Police as Co-District Superintendent of Police (CDSP) to create another 10 posts for smooth policing in the soon to be operational 10 co-districts Cabinet has approved formation of company, Assam Innovation and Startup Foundation' under the Department of Innovation, Incubation and Startups (DIIS) to promote innovation and Startup related activities in Assam 31st July 2025 Cabinet has approved the transfer of investigation of suspected suicide case of Late Joshita Das, Assistant Engineer, PWD, Bongaigaon Sub-Division to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Cabinet has approved to expand the ambit of Chief Minister's Jibon Anuprerana Scheme to cover all full-time current research scholars including Divyang scholars enrolled in Central or State Government Institutions situated in Assam, admitted on or after 1st April 2021 To support families of SwaJal Mitras/Jal Sahayaks in the event of their demise, Cabinet has approved providing ex-gratia assistance of ₹5 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased Cabinet has approved interchange of Performance Guarantee obtained against the contracts for JJM schemes with balance bill amount due to the contracting agencies To provide piped drinking water to the people of Badarpur, Cabinet has approved the Badarpur Town Water Supply Scheme at a cost of ₹49.588cr Cabinet has approved– Conversion of 299 proposals from Annual Patta to Periodic Patta in 8 districts Allotment of land for 10 infrastructure projects Reclassification of land for 118 proposals in Dibrugarh Transfer of land to 190 non-individual juridical entities in 7 districts Settlement of land to 1,742 indigenous landless families in Dhemaji Cabinet has approved the inclusion of Ahom, Koch Rajbongshi, Matak, Moran, Chutia, Gorkha, Tea garden and Adivasi communities in the list of protected classes of persons in the Tirap Tribal Belt, those who have been occupying the land prior to 2011 in the area Cabinet has approved– Aerial LiDAR survey and development of GIS Database for GMDA and GMC Area in Guwahati covering 328 sq. km which will help in assessment and maintenance of road, drains, pumping stations, transformers, etc. Aerial LIDAR Survey for the Sonai Irrigation Project in Cachar, Assam, covering 147 sq. km which will help in analysis of Catchment Area, planning of the Head Work, Canal Layouts and Command Area Mapping etc
