The decision was taken under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Guwahati:
Ahead of the Durga Puja festival, the Assam government on Tuesday decided to provide Rs 10,000 to every 6,953 puja pandals in the state as relief grant.
The decision was taken during the state cabinet meeting in Guwahati chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Announcing the cabinet decisions, Assam Tourism Minister Jayanta Mall Baruah said that Rs 10,000 each would be given to 6,953 puja pandals as relief grant.
“The state cabinet has also decided that all ministers will stay in a particular village for five days and five nights from December 25 to January 10, 2024. Foundation stones will be laid for 400 new buildings of secondary and higher secondary schools and 100 of them will be constructed. Completely new schools will come up in tea garden areas. For renovation of buildings of old schools, Rs 7 crore will be allocated to each school and foundation stones will be laid from December 25 to January 10, 2024. The 5 villages will be chosen from Five different zones. During their stay, the Ministers will review the practical implementation of the welfare programmes, including the level of saturation achieved in such programmes,” Mr Baruah said.
Mr Baruah said the State Cabinet has also taken the decision to settle land in favor of 123 indigenous landless families (105 families of Charaideo and 18 families of Darrang) for homestead purposes in urban areas under Mission Basundhara 2.0. The settlement offer has already been made to over 55,000 landless families after approval by respective district SDLACs and supervision by Guardian Ministers.
“The State Cabinet also approved the Holiday List for 2024, to strengthen the financial health, convert the outstanding loan amount of Rs 54 crore and outstanding interest of Rs 10.92 crore as on March 31, 2023 of Assam Financial Corporation in share capital of the Company, opt-in and opt-out options for Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) will be provided to doctors under the Department of Public Health once every five years from January 1, 2024. The NPA is being rolled out to all doctors working under the Public Health Department. Department from the rank of M&HO-I to the rank of DHS, uniform date of retirement for Anganwadi workers and Anganwadi helpers in mini Anganwadi Centers (AWCs), date of termination of services for all Anganwadi workers and helpers in mini -AWC’s term expires on April 30 of the year on or just after attaining the age of 60 years, and their services will be discontinued accordingly.” Minister Baruah further said.
Mr Baruah further said that in order to boost renewable energy, the State Cabinet has decided that the 24 MW Karbi Langpi Middle-II Hydro Power Project would be implemented at a revised cost of Rs 417.32 crore and it would also provide employment during the period will generate for 150 people. the construction phase and 44 people during the operation phase.
“To strengthen AIDC, the State Cabinet decided to effectively utilize HPCL’s resource investment of Rs 758.75 crore made by the Government of Assam under Grants-in-Aid for acquisition of assets and payment of a relief package which would be converted by the Government of Assam into an equity investment in AIDC The limit of the authorized share capital of AIDC will be increased from the existing Rs 150 crore to Rs 1000 crore to accommodate the proposed investment of the Assam Government and this is to strengthen and empower AIDC as a premier industrial development company,” he added.
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