Assam To Increase Tenure Of Seats Reserved For Women In Local Bodies
NDTV
The Council of Ministers also decided to set up a super speciality hospital in collaboration with IIT, Guwahati on their campus.
The Assam Cabinet on Friday decided to amend laws to increase representation of women in municipal bodies by providing them with reservation for 10 years so that they can take part in the decision-making process more effectively.
The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, decided to amend the Assam Municipal Act, 1956, and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act, 1969 for the purpose, Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika said while briefing the media after the meeting.
The Cabinet also gave its nod to a proposal for establishing the Assam Agroforestry Development Board for incentivising farmers to take up the planting of trees in their land and this will serve as a platform to establish a partnership among farmers, industry, and other stakeholders.
The Cabinet also decided to provide government jobs to the family of two persons, Indreswar Bora and Parismita Das, who died in the Majuli boat mishap on September 8, Mr Hazarika said.
