Council of Ministers under the chairmanship of State Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday took a few major decisions.
The meeting of the Council of Minister was held at Janata Bhawan, Dispur on February 10.
The major decisions taken are:
• Service benefits to employees of Municipal Boards (1653 Nos)
a. Signing of agreement by employees on a contractual basis.
b. Enabling transfer between Municipal Boards.
c. Additional Service benefits till 60 years of age.
A bill will be introduced in Assam Legislative Assembly (ALA).
• Allotment of land to NGO etc.
a. Guwahati Press Club- 3 katha in Guwahati.
b. Karunadhara – 2 bigha in Guwahati.
c. Jatiya Swahid Parial Samannaya Rakhi Parishad – 1 bigha in Guwahati.
d. Assam Anusuchit Jati Safai Karmachari Parishad- 5 bigha in Rangia.
e. Other organizations also are included.
• In-principle approval of a new Campus of Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra at Dibrugarh.
• Renaming of PWD as Lok Nirman Bibhag.
• Adoption of Energy Conservation building code- providing for energy conservation in commercial buildings.
• Cyber Security Policy for the State.
• Amendment in Integrated Sports Policy of Assam providing for appointment into Class I officer and Class II Officer under different department of the state like Police, Excise, Transport, etc.
Hima Das will be appointed by S.P. in Assam Police.
• Establishment of Bodoland and 6th Schedule areas Administrative Staff College.
• Hills Areas Department will be renamed and will work as Assam Sixth Schedule Council Department.
• Free Electricity in all households for consumption of up to 30 units a month for the period January 2021 to March 2021.
• Establishment of Mini Secretariat in Barak Valley (Silchar). To start with 6 departments viz. Personnel, Revenue and Disaster Management, GAD, Agriculture, Fishery and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department.